Events under 'Dissertations'

Master thesis presentation

Zulema Carracedo Lorenzo
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Enzymatic activity of a member of the carbohydrate esterase family 15

Supervisor: Ewa Mellerowicz


Room: KB.J3.01 Seminar room

UPSC Christmas lunch at Åteln, Skogis

Date: 12 December
Start: 12:00h
Place: Åteln at SLU, Umeå

Register here

Thesis defence

Julia Haas
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Abiotic stress and plant microbe interaction in Norway spruce

Faculty opponent: Jennifer Baltzer, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Forest and Global Change Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

Supervisor: Vaughan Hurry

Master thesis presentation

Mohamed Mounir Boucetta
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Generation of Arabidopsis proteolytic mutants using CRISPR

Supervisor: Panagiotis Nikolaou Moschou (SLU, Uppsala)

Co-Supervisor: László Bakó


Room: KBC Glasburen

Thesis defence

Lorenza Ferro
Department of Chemistry

Title: Wastewater treatment and biomass generation by Nordic microalgae - Growth in subarctic climate and microbial interactions

Faculty opponent: Luisa Gouveia, National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, Lisbon, Portugal

Supervisor: Christiane Funk (Department of Chemistry)

Master thesis presentation

Hannah Ohm
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Functional Analysis of the PIRIN2 interacting basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor

Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen
Co-Supervisor: Bernadette Sztojka

Room: KB.J3.01

On April 28 1999, the application to form Umeå Plant Science Centre was formally filed to the universities. Now - 20 years later - UPSC is a leading research centre for experimental plant biology. We want to celebrate this with an anniversary party for past and current employees and others who have had connections to UPSC.

On the same day, we will organise a symposium highlighting the contributions of Göran Samuelsson and Per Gardeström, long-term leaders of one of the UPSC departments, and both recently retired. The symposium will be followed by the official anniversary celebration, starting with a common activity. 

Please find more information and the programme here:
https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/events/5472-welcome-to-the-20-years-upsc-celebration.html

Thesis defence

Nguyen Thi Hai Hong
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Genetics, breeding and deployment of Melaleuca and Norway spruce

Faculty opponent: Prof. Steven E. McKeand, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Supervisor: Harry Wu

For more information about the event from previous years have a look here:

www.fascinerandevaxtersdag.se

https://www.ishs.org/news/4th-international-fascination-plants-day-2017

Thesis defence

Ainhoa Calleja-Rodriguez
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Selection of Scots Pine

Faculty opponent: Heidi Dungey, Senior scientist and Science Leader of Forest Genetics, Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institution), New Zealand

Supervisor: Harry Wu

Master thesis presentation

Elena van Zalen
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Integrating machine learning and co-expression networks to identify components of abiotic stress responses in Norway spruce 

Supervisor: Nathaniel Street

Room: KB.J3.02

Thesis defence

Kristoffer Jonsson
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Understanding The Molecular Basis Of Differential Growth During Apical Hook Development

Faculty opponent: Mads Eggert Nielsen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Supervisor: Rishikesh Bhalerao

Master thesis presentation

Delphine Noel
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Characterization of Phanerochaete chrysosporium mutants resistant to extractives of Bagassa guianensis and Prunus avium.

Supervisor: Rodnay Sormani & Anita Sellstedt

Room: KB.J3.01

Master thesis presentation

Michele Schneider
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Effects of retrograde and light signalling on chloroplast development

Supervisor: Åsa Strand

Room: KB.J3.01

Master thesis presentation

Sanghyun Kim
Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

Title: The effects of forest management on soil macro-micro fungal communities in Swedish boreal ecosystems

Supervisor: John Senior & Petter Axelsson
Co-Supervisor: Nathaniel Street

Room: KB.J3.01

Master thesis presentation

Johan Hansson
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Brassica nigra primed with thiamine incresaed the fitness parameters and reduced the performance of the P. brassicae.

Supervisor: Benedicte Albrectsen
Co-Supervisor: Jenna Lihavainen

Room: KB.J3.01

More information:

https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/events/5588-visit-of-the-wallenberg-wood-science-center-summer-school.html

Master thesis presentation

Jonathan Lecoy
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: An evolutionary analysis of LP3, an ASR homolog found in Pine

Supervisor: María Rosario García Gil


Room: KB.J3.02

Master thesis presentation

Asma Dob
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: A novel molecular circuit guides IAA-JA crosstalk during adventitious rooting in Arabidopsis

Supervisor: Catherine Bellini


Room: KB.G4.02 Lecture room

More information can be found here (only in Swedish):

https://www.slu.se/ew-kalender/2019/10/slu-dagen/

Master thesis presentation

Han Nguyen
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Nitrogen fixation of two symbionts in the boreal area of Sweden

Supervisor: Anita Sellstedt


Room: KB.J3.01 Lecture room

More information can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-days-2019/

More information can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-days-2019/

Thesis defence

Abdellah Lakehal
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: A molecular network mediating adventitious root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Faculty opponent: Malcolm Bennett, Plant and Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, UK

Supervisor: Catherine Bellini

UPSC Christmas lunch in the KBC Caféteria

Date: 4th December 2019
Start: 12:00h
Place: KBC Caféteria

Register here for the UPSC Christmas lunch

Last date to register: Wednesday, 27th of November

PhD Thesis Disputation

Alexis Sullivan
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Title: A Forest Dark: An Evolutionary History of Norway Spruce

Faculty opponent: Prof. Bengt Oxelman, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg

Supervisor: Xiao-Ru Wang

Thesis defence

Shashank Sane
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Molecular Regulation of Bud Phenology and Vegetative Phase Change in Populus Trees

Faculty opponent: Miguel Blazquez, Institute of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

Supervisor: Ove Nilsson

The public dissertation will be broadcasted live on https://play.slu.se.

Thesis defence

Irena Fundová
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Quantitative genetics of wood quality traits in Scots pine

Faculty opponent: Philippe Rozenberg, Department of Forest, Grassland and Freshwater Ecology, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), France

Supervisor: Harry Xiaming Wu

The public dissertation will be broadcasted live on https://play.slu.se.

PhD thesis defence

Chanaka Mannapperuma
Department of Plant Physiology

Title: Human-computer interaction principles for developing web-based genomics resources

Faculty opponent: Marek Mutwil, The School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Supervisor: Nathaniel Street

The public dissertation will be broadcasted live via Zoom:

https://umu.zoom.us/j/62366789113?pwd=Mjc2N3RVWlhaOXlYODJsRjREVy9KUT09
Meeting ID: 623 6678 9113
Password: 878277

Please join the meeting in time. When joining, you will first come to a waiting room before being able to join the defence (it will be released after the start of the defence). Please stay muted with no video. If you want to ask a question during the public question time at the end of the defence, send a message in the chat clearly stating that you have a question (e.g. like "I have a question"). You will then be unmuted that you can ask your question.