Events under 'Dissertations'
PhD Thesis Defence: Bastian Schiffthaler
Friday, June 12, 2020 10:00 - 14:00
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Please note that the time has moved to 10:00 o'clock
PhD thesis defence
Bastian Schiffthaler
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Embracing the Data Flood - Integrating Diverse Data to Improve Phenotype Association Discovery in Forest Trees
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/64861332450?pwd=TjBvM0Z0aTJmV3FBQ012MWlJV2ZUQT09
Meeting ID: 648 6133 2450
Password: 863393
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.
PhD thesis defence
Bastian Schiffthaler
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Embracing the Data Flood - Integrating Diverse Data to Improve Phenotype Association Discovery in Forest Trees
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/64861332450?pwd=TjBvM0Z0aTJmV3FBQ012MWlJV2ZUQT09
Meeting ID: 648 6133 2450
Password: 863393
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.
PhD Thesis Defence: Jean Claude Nzayisenga
Monday, June 15, 2020 10:00 - 14:00
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PhD thesis defence
Jean Claude Nzayisenga
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Autotrophic and heterotrophic culture of nordic microalgae in wastewater for lipid production
Faculty opponent: Professor Ashton Keith Cowan, Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, Rhodes University, South Africa
Supervisor: Anita Sellstedt
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live via Zoom:
https://umu.zoom.us/j/66172818246?pwd=T2dEcEIrKzgwQmxVV1BDRHJSRUFkQT09
Meeting ID: 661 7281 8246
Password: 575533
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.
Jean Claude Nzayisenga
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Autotrophic and heterotrophic culture of nordic microalgae in wastewater for lipid production
Faculty opponent: Professor Ashton Keith Cowan, Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, Rhodes University, South Africa
Supervisor: Anita Sellstedt
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live via Zoom:
https://umu.zoom.us/j/66172818246?pwd=T2dEcEIrKzgwQmxVV1BDRHJSRUFkQT09
Meeting ID: 661 7281 8246
Password: 575533
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.
PhD Thesis Defence: Linghua Zhou
Friday, August 28, 2020 14:00 - 18:00
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PhD thesis defence
Linghua Zhou
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Towards genomic-based breeding in Norwary spruce
Faculty opponent: Marcio Resende, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Florida, USA
Supervisor: M. Rosario Garcia-Gil
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live on https://play.slu.se.
Linghua Zhou
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Towards genomic-based breeding in Norwary spruce
Faculty opponent: Marcio Resende, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Florida, USA
Supervisor: M. Rosario Garcia-Gil
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live on https://play.slu.se.
PhD Thesis Defence: Pieter Nibbering
Friday, October 30, 2020 8:30 - 12:30
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PhD thesis defence
Pieter Nibbering
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: The role and synthesis of β1,3-galactans in plant cell wall formation
Faculty opponent: Grégory Mouille, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318 INRAE-Agro Paris Tech, Versailles, France
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live on https://play.slu.se.
Pieter Nibbering
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: The role and synthesis of β1,3-galactans in plant cell wall formation
Faculty opponent: Grégory Mouille, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318 INRAE-Agro Paris Tech, Versailles, France
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live on https://play.slu.se.
PhD Thesis Defence: Bernadette Sztojka
Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:00 - 14:00
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PhD thesis defence
Bernadette Sztojka
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: New regulators of xylem lignification in Arabidopsis
Faculty opponent: Prof. Simon Hawkins, Department of Biology, University of Lille, France
Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen
The public dissertation will be streamed online.
Bernadette Sztojka
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: New regulators of xylem lignification in Arabidopsis
Faculty opponent: Prof. Simon Hawkins, Department of Biology, University of Lille, France
Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen
The public dissertation will be streamed online.
Virtual UPSC Christmas Celebration
Monday, December 14, 2020 10:15 - 11:45
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We will have a small virtual Christmas celebration and also announce the winner of the UPSC Agrisera Prize 2020.
More information has been send out via mail.
More information has been send out via mail.
PhD Thesis Defence: Yan Ji
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 10:00 - 14:00
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PhD thesis defence
Yan Ji
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Regulation of chloroplast development during the greening process
Faculty opponent: Eevi Rintamäki, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
The public dissertation will be streamed online.
Yan Ji
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Regulation of chloroplast development during the greening process
Faculty opponent: Eevi Rintamäki, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
The public dissertation will be streamed online.
PhD Thesis Defence: Jenny Lundströmer
Friday, January 29, 2021 9:00 - 13:00
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PhD thesis defence
Jenny Lundströmer
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Adaption of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) to current and future climatic conditions
Faculty opponent: Darius Danusevičius, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Supervisor: María Rosario García Gil
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/69342594349?pwd=NVdFK1pJUU9BaEFacktzNlBrdVB1Zz09
Passcode: 269071
Link to thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/21159/
Jenny Lundströmer
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Adaption of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) to current and future climatic conditions
Faculty opponent: Darius Danusevičius, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Supervisor: María Rosario García Gil
The public dissertation will be broadcasted live via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/69342594349?pwd=NVdFK1pJUU9BaEFacktzNlBrdVB1Zz09
Passcode: 269071
Link to thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/21159/
PhD Thesis Defence: Sanaria Abbas Jaafar Alallaq
Thursday, June 03, 2021 10:00 - 14:00
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PhD thesis defence
Sanaria Abbas Jaafar Alallaq
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Characterization of adventitious root formation in Populus species and Norway spruce
Faculty opponent: María Carmen Díaz-Sala Galeano, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Supervisor: Catherine Bellini
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Sanaria Abbas Jaafar Alallaq
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Characterization of adventitious root formation in Populus species and Norway spruce
Faculty opponent: María Carmen Díaz-Sala Galeano, Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Supervisor: Catherine Bellini
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PhD Thesis Defence: Domenique André
Friday, August 27, 2021 13:00 - 17:00
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PhD thesis defence
Domenique André
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Molecular Regulation of the Annual Growth Cycle in Populus Trees
Faculty opponent: Soraya Pelaz, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Barcelona, Spain
Supervisor: Ove Nilsson
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/61529444980
Passcode: 286111
Link to thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24748/
Domenique André
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Molecular Regulation of the Annual Growth Cycle in Populus Trees
Faculty opponent: Soraya Pelaz, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Barcelona, Spain
Supervisor: Ove Nilsson
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/61529444980
Passcode: 286111
Link to thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/24748/
PhD Thesis Defence: Anne Bünder
Friday, October 29, 2021 9:00 - 13:00
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PhD thesis defence
Anne Bünder
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: The biology and properties of wood for nanocellulose production
Faculty opponent: Ingo Burgert, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/67948993612
Passcode: 370438
Link to the thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/25573/
Anne Bünder
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: The biology and properties of wood for nanocellulose production
Faculty opponent: Ingo Burgert, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/67948993612
Passcode: 370438
Link to the thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/25573/
PhD Thesis Defence: Evgeniy Donev
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 14:00 - 17:00
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PhD thesis defence
Evgeniy Donev
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Modification of forest trees by transgenic biotechnologies. From design to the field
Faculty opponent: Sharon Regan, Department of Biology, Queens's University Kingston Ontario, Canada
Supervisor: Ewa Mellerowicz
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/64843961201
Passcode: 125433
Link to the thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/25690/
Evgeniy Donev
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Modification of forest trees by transgenic biotechnologies. From design to the field
Faculty opponent: Sharon Regan, Department of Biology, Queens's University Kingston Ontario, Canada
Supervisor: Ewa Mellerowicz
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/64843961201
Passcode: 125433
Link to the thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/25690/
PhD Thesis Defence: Laxmi Mishra
Thursday, December 02, 2021 14:00 - 18:00
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PhD thesis defence
Laxmi Mishra
Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
Title: FtsH metalloproteases and their pseudo-proteases in the chloroplast envelope of Arabidopsis thaliana
Faculty opponent: Catherine De Vitry, CNRS, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Supervisor: Christiane Funk
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom.
Link to Laxmi Mishra's PhD thesis
Laxmi Mishra
Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
Title: FtsH metalloproteases and their pseudo-proteases in the chloroplast envelope of Arabidopsis thaliana
Faculty opponent: Catherine De Vitry, CNRS, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Supervisor: Christiane Funk
The public dissertation will be live broadcasted via Zoom.
Link to Laxmi Mishra's PhD thesis
UPSC Christmas Lunch 2021
Tuesday, December 07, 2021 12:00 - 14:00
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UPSC Christmas lunch at SLU Kårhus
The Christmas lunch will start at 12.00 o'clock and will include e.g. rice pudding, ham, glögg and more.
Date: Tuesday, 7th December 2019
Place: Skogis Kårhus (SLU’s student union house), Umeå
The registration for the lunch is closed. For questions please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Christmas lunch will start at 12.00 o'clock and will include e.g. rice pudding, ham, glögg and more.
Date: Tuesday, 7th December 2019
Place: Skogis Kårhus (SLU’s student union house), Umeå
The registration for the lunch is closed. For questions please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Licentiate: Matej Domevscik
Friday, January 28, 2022 9:00 - 11:00
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Licentiate lecture
Matej Domevscik
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title:
Adapting Scots pine Regeneration to the Changing Climate: An investigation of the effects of seed coating, arginine addition, and planting position
Supervisor: Annika Nordin
Link to the thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/id/eprint/26663
You are welcome to attend the lecture online, via Zoom! To register, please contact Tinkara Bizjak, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
With a valid vaccination certificate you can also join the lecture in P-O Bäckströms sal, SLU Umeå.
Matej Domevscik
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title:
Adapting Scots pine Regeneration to the Changing Climate: An investigation of the effects of seed coating, arginine addition, and planting position
Supervisor: Annika Nordin
Link to the thesis: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/id/eprint/26663
You are welcome to attend the lecture online, via Zoom! To register, please contact Tinkara Bizjak, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
With a valid vaccination certificate you can also join the lecture in P-O Bäckströms sal, SLU Umeå.
PhD Thesis Defence: Pushan Bag
Friday, May 20, 2022 9:30 - 13:30
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PhD thesis defence
Pushan Bag
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: How do Christmas trees remain ever green? Photosynthetic acclimation of Scots pine and Norway spruce needles during winter
Faculty opponent: Francis Andre Wollman, Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology (IBPC), Laboratory of Membrane and Molecular Physiology of Chloroplast, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Supervisor: Stefan Jansson
Pushan Bag
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: How do Christmas trees remain ever green? Photosynthetic acclimation of Scots pine and Norway spruce needles during winter
Faculty opponent: Francis Andre Wollman, Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology (IBPC), Laboratory of Membrane and Molecular Physiology of Chloroplast, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Supervisor: Stefan Jansson
PhD Thesis Defence: David Castro
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 9:00 - 12:00
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PhD thesis defence
David Castro
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Title: Who comes first? Implications of the plantmicrobiome-soil continuum feedback on plant performance
Faculty opponent: Barbara Hawkins, Centre for Forest Biology, University of Victoria, Canada
Supervisor: Vaughan Hurry
The thesis defence will be live broadcasted via Zoom (please contact Vaughan Hurry for details).
David Castro
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
Title: Who comes first? Implications of the plantmicrobiome-soil continuum feedback on plant performance
Faculty opponent: Barbara Hawkins, Centre for Forest Biology, University of Victoria, Canada
Supervisor: Vaughan Hurry
The thesis defence will be live broadcasted via Zoom (please contact Vaughan Hurry for details).
PhD Thesis Defence: Andreas Schneider
Wednesday, June 01, 2022 9:00 - 13:00
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PhD thesis defence
Andreas Schneider
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Perturbance and Stimulation - Using nitrogen addition and high throughput sequencing to study fungal communities in boreal forests
Faculty opponent: Colin Averill, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street
Andreas Schneider
Department of Plant Physiology
Title: Perturbance and Stimulation - Using nitrogen addition and high throughput sequencing to study fungal communities in boreal forests
Faculty opponent: Colin Averill, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street