13.30: Deciphering plant fortresses: insights into plant cell wall integrity
Laura Bacete, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
14.15: The soil microbiome and the fate of carbon
Vaughan Hurry, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
15.00: Christmas fika with "pepparkakor" and "glögg" in the UPSC lunchroom
Seminar series
Do you want to know which career paths are waiting for you outside of academia?
Title: Can the innovation system be useful for your career?
Speakers: Pia Kayser from the Umeå Biotech Incubator and Sofia Mayans from Inficure Bio
Pia Kayser and Sofia Mayans have both worked in companies with support from the innovation system. And both are now working within the innovation system. During this seminar they will tell you about their journey: why they chose to leave academia, how it was to work in a small startup as well as why they are working at the innovation system today. They will also discuss how you can use the innovation systems at UmU and SLU to get a career outside of academia. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in a networking lunch afterward.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/1swhdMCPGYBw5phL7
Contact:
For questions, please contact the organisers Laura Tünnermann (
UPSC PhD Student Halftime Seminar
10:30 Julie Guerreiro
Title: Characterization of tissue specific molecular signaling pathway controlling plant defense responses
External evaluator: Charles Melnyk, Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala, SLU
Supervisor: Peter Marhavý
Listen to Sonhita Chakraborty a former editor at Elsevier and Cell Press.
Have you ever wondered about what happens after you hit submit and send your paper to a journal? Do you know what a scientific editor does? Do you like to think and read about scientific concepts over a piping hot cup of coffee?
Then a career in scientific editing might be just the thing for you! Listen to Umeå Plant Science Centre postdoc Sonhita Chakraborty.
After completing her PhD in plant molecular biology from the University of Toronto, Sonhita worked as an editor for an editing company, the academic publishing company Elsevier and its associated partner Cell Press.
Besides giving you a basic rundown of academic publishing and where it is heading, Sonhita will tell you about her journey, how she got into editorial work, what the day-to-day of an editor looks like and help you decide if it’s a career option for you.
This seminar is jointly organised by "Outside of Academia" seminar series and Umeå Postdoc Society (UPS).
Contact:
For questions, please contact Laura Tünnermann (
Seminar series
Do you want to know which career paths are waiting for you outside of academia? Then listen to Henrik Svennerstam and Jörgen Hajek from Skogforsk.
Skogforsk is the forestry research institute of Sweden with a mission to develop and communicate knowledge about forests, and promote sustainability in forestry through research, services and products. Both Henrik Svennerstam and Jörgen Hajek have been working at Skogforsk for years in their silviculture team. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in a networking lunch afterwards.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/PTp7qgG5b6wtd2rh9
Last date for registration is February 14
Contact:
For questions, please contact the organisers Laura Tünnermann (
Extra Edge Seminar in connection to André Graça dissertation (Department of Chemistry)
hosted by UPSC-associated group leader Wolfgang Schroeder
Title: High-resolution cryoEM of membrane protein complexes from and in mitochondria
Speaker: Werner Kühlbrandt, Professor emeritus at the Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Contact: Wolfgang Schroeder
Seminar series
Do you want to know which career paths are waiting for you outside of academia? Then listen to Johanna Qvarnström from the Swedish Defence Research Agency.
Johanna Qvarnström is working as an analytical chemist at the Swedish Defence Research Agency in Umeå. Her background is in analytical chemistry. Before switching to the industry Johanna finished her Ph.D. at Umeå University and continued her academic career as a Postdoc at UPSC. After her Postdoc Johanna joined the biotech company Karo Bio. Johanna will share her career path from academia to industry and introduce us to the Swedish Defence Research Agency. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in a networking lunch afterwards.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/Tbs6WPnWrJyMr4pb
Contact:
For questions, please contact the organisers Laura Tünnermann (
Dr Laura Riggi
Postdoc Fellow at the Department of Ecology, Uppsala, SLU & at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
Title: Crop diversity effects on soil-mediated services in potato-ley strip-cropping systems"
Host: Benedicte Albrectsen
After the talk there will an opportunity to talk to Laura about the Formas Mobility Grant for Postdoc Studies.
UPSC Monday Seminarseries 2024
9:00 Ondřej Hodek
Title: Development of LC-MS methods for metabolomics
Supervisor: Thomas Moritz
9:30 Loïc Talide
Title: Crafting tailored tools to study plant cell wall properties and carbon metabolism
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
Place: Lilla hörsalen KB.E3.01
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Maria Israelsson Nordström, Anne Honsel