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On March 24, two docent lectures will be held at SLU in Umeå. The lectures will be broadcasted.

10:00: Petter Axelsson (biology)
Title: Why intraspecific genetic variation matters for the broader understanding of ecology and function of forest ecosystems

11:00: Judith Lundberg-Felten (biology)
Title: Open the gates! How fungi pass tree root walls.

Please find more information on the SLU homepage:
https://internt.slu.se/en/calendar-originals/2020/3/docent-lectures-sfak/

The lectures will be broadcasted live via the web at:
https://play.slu.se

10 am – 10.30: Presentation AFM for life science (with some focus on plant science applications)
10.30 – 12.00: Introduction into the Nanowizard 4XP BioAFM (https://www.jpk.com/products/atomic-force-microscopy/nanowizard-4-xp-bioafm​) showing hardware/handling/software/Data Processing
Lunch break
13.00 – 14.00: Demonstration of applications on plant live samples (onion epidermal peel): Surface topology, mechanical mapping, force spectroscopy.
14.00 – 15.30: Demonstration of applications on plant fixed samples (Root sections)
Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00: Demonstration of applications on polymer sample
17.00 – 17.30: Open time for summary, additional measurements, configuration

It is still possible to join the demonstration if you contact Stéphane Verger (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) latest on Monday, the 27th of April.

Master thesis presentation

Mèrijn Smit
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: A reverse genetics approach to the Identification of evolutionary conserved essential genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Supervisor: Totte Niittylä

The presentation will be held online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 648 8807 5572
Password: 324391

Master thesis presentation

Tinkara Bizjak
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Nitrogen Fixation Inside Pine Needles

Supervisor: Annika Nordin

The presentation will be held online via Zoom

Master thesis presentation

Alexandra Goetsch
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Title: Interactions between glucose and tryptophan modulates development and possibly symbiotic potential of ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor

Supervisor: Judith Lundberg-Felten

The presentation will be held online via Zoom

Harriet Berglund from Feelgood will give a lecture divided in two parts:

9:00-10:00: Ergonomics in the office and when working from home

15 min break

10:15-11:15: Ergonomics during laboratory work

The lecture will be held online via Zoom and is open for everyone at UPSC. More information will come later.

Contact: Anna Gustavsson

More information about this year's SPPS conference can be found here:
https://spps.se/spps2021/

More information about this year's SPPS conference can be found here:
https://spps.se/spps2021/

More information about this year's SPPS conference can be found here:
https://spps.se/spps2021/

More information about this year's SPPS conference can be found here:
https://spps.se/spps2021/