Which kind of plants have people eaten thousand years ago and how did they prepare their food? How does the pollen look like that causes allergies and how have the plants we eat developed over time? Find out what is the plant’s favourite food, discover their bacterial and fungal neighbours and be amazed at how different plants can look like. On the 21st of May, we invite you to a day filled with different activities around plants and plant research. Pass by and get fascinated!
At the Fascination of Plants Day, plant scientists will present their favourite plants, you can take a look into the underground life watching plant roots and their fungal friends, test how elastic plants are and do many more experiments.
Bonsaisällskapet will show bonsai trees from our forest trees and the Friends of Arboretum Norr will present the diversity of trees and bushes growing at the arboretum in Baggböle and that derive from different parts of the world. You can find all activities following the below programme link. Our mascot Flora will welcome you!
Umeå Plant Science Centre together with Curiosum, Umeå University and SLU are arranging the Fascination of Plants Day in Umeå. It is an international event and will be celebrated all over the world. More than 500 scientific institutions, universities, botanical gardens in more than 50 countries will open their doors to visitors.
Come and become part of this world-wide event and be amazed at the fascinating world of plants!
Link to more information and the full programme
Are you interested to read more about the Fascination of Plants Day in general? Have a look on these pages:
https://plantday18may.org (official international page)
https://www.fascinerandevaxtersdag.se (Swedish national page)
SciLifeLab has launched four new sites across Sweden in 2022. The sites, located in Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund, and Umeå, will be crucial in promoting scientific research and research infrastructure nationally, while also strengthening the collaboration between all Swedish universities. Throughout this year, each site arrange a whole day program to highlight the national and local perspectives of SciLifeLab.
Learn more about the services and infrastructure development, research highlights, and activities offered by SciLifeLab, both nationally and locally; interact with the SciLifeLab capabilities - Precision Medicine, Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness and Planetary Biology, and much more! Site Umeå cordially invite the research community of Umeå and beyond to join, network, and celebrate together the Umeå site inauguration!
More information: https://www.scilifelab.se/event/scilifelab-day-umea/
Are you new at UPSC?
We invite every newcomer at UPSC to participate in the Welcome Meeting. This meeting will be held twice per semester, four times per year and gives you important information about UPSC, how it is organised, who are your contact persons and will help you to find your way around at UPSC.
Please make sure to attend at least one meeting after your arrival at UPSC. We will serve fika for everyone participating.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Johannes Hanson (Head of Department, UMU), Totte Niittylä (Head of Department, SLU), Ove Nilsson (Director of UPSC)
27 - 29 September 2023 Lund, Sweden
More information: http://sppsphd2023.org
27 - 29 September 2023 Lund, Sweden
More information: http://sppsphd2023.org
27 - 29 September 2023 Lund, Sweden
More information: http://sppsphd2023.org