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 (
PhD Thesis Defence
Bodil Häggström
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Title: Improving boreal forest regeneration in a variable climate
Faculty opponent: Douglass Jacobs, Fred M. van Eck Professor of Forest Biology, Department of Forest and Natural Resources, Purdue University, USA
Supervisor: Annika Nordin
Link to PhD thesis: https://publications.slu.se/?file=publ/show&id=128176
You can also attend online:
https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/66376831020?pwd=c0VGYmVxa3Y1aWxLYzJWUlZqVnJVQT09
Code: 346198
All interested are welcome to attend!
9:00 Welcome by Johannes Hanson
9:05 Plant cell’s borderline in cell fate
Andriani Mentzelopoulou, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
9:35 The Role of the Plant Endomembrane System in Salt Stress Tolerance
Daniel McKay, University of Heidelberg, Germany
10:05 Unravelling the role of root cap in shaping the Arabidopsis response towards abiotic stress
Krishna Kodappully Das, IISER Tirupati, India
10:40 Fika (coffee break)
10:55 Physiological, molecular and genetic mechanisms of adaptation to alkaline in Arabidopsis thaliana populations
Laura Perez Martin, University of Geneva, Switzerland
11:25 The ups and downs of being an outdoor plant-The epigenetic and transcriptomic landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to fluctuating light
Robyn Emmerson, University of Birmingham, UK
11:55 Comparing genomic prediction methods for (relatively) oligogenic traits: a case study in maize grain carotenoids
Mary-Francis LaPorte, University of California, Davis, USA
The afternoon programme is tailored to the invited candidates and not open for everyone.
Please find more information about the symposium here
Contact: Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava, Stéphane Verger
9:00 - 11:00: EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship writing course for principal investigators and incoming postdocs organsied by the Research Support and Collaboration Office from Umeå University
This workshop is open for everyone but registration is needed. More information and registration: https://www.umu.se/en/events/learn-how-to-apply-for-msca-postdoctoral-fellowships_11902275/
The rest of the programme is taylored to the invited candidates but in the evening everyone working at UPSC is invited for a UPSC Pizza & Ping-Pong evening starting at 18:00.
Please find more information about the symposium here
Contact: Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava, Stéphane Verger
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.