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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.
The symposium is free of charge but registration is required. If you would like to participate in the symposium and/or the anniversary party but missed the registration deadline, please contact Anne Honsel (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).
The symposium is free of charge but registration is required. If you would like to participate in the symposium and/or the anniversary party but missed the registration deadline, please contact Anne Honsel (
We are looking forward celebrating with you on the 30th of April!
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Illustration: Carolin Seyfferth
Welcome to the PhD and Postdoc Retreat 2018 in Skeppsvik!
We would like to invite you to the UPSC PhD and Postdoc Retreat 2018. It will take place on August 23-24 in Skeppsvik herrgård (close to Sävar, 30km outside of Umeå; http://www.skeppsvik.se/herrgarden/).
During the retreat, we will discuss our individual research projects in a relaxed atmosphere using creative presentation methods. We will have a problem solving and a community building session. The highlight will be an interactive workshop with an invited speaker.
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Read more: Joint meeting with the PhD students from Helsinki University
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Last date for signing up is Tuesday December 5th.
The lunch includes rice pudding, ham, glögg etc
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More information about the White Water Rafting tour here http://www.forsranning.se/forsranning/
The Team Building is suitable for everyone and is onshore.
The bus to Vindeln will depart at 08.00 and we will be back at 21.00
Preliminary program
here204.3 KBLast Day for registration is 30th of June
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In August 2017, Plant Science in Umeå will become 50 years. We will celebrate this anniversary with a three-day lasting symposium. You are welcome to join us and listen to talks about the past, the present and the future of Plant Science in Umeå (and the world)!
Plant Science in Umeå begun with the foundation of the Department of Plant Physiology (FysBot) at Umeå University in 1967. In the late 1970’s, a second Plant Science Department started its activities in Umeå, the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (GenFys) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). These two Departments joined their forces in 1999 and created the Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), first “virtually”, and in 2001 also physically.
The research at UPSC today is fundamentally different from the science in 1967. Over 200 persons are working at UPSC now, in contrast to the handful of people that started in August 1967. We like to discuss with you how this tremendous development has been possible, where plant science is today and what its importance is for the society and the citizens of Sweden and how the future of plant science might look like.
Read more: Welcome to the 50 Years Plant Science in Umeå Symposium on August 21-23, UPSC, Umeå
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The UPSC Days 2016 will focus on cutting edge research in plant science and highlight new initiatives and facilities here at the UPSC. The UPSC Young Scientist Symposium will be part of the UPSC days.Location: P.O. Bäckström salen and Åteln, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) in Umeå
How to find the place (map)
Read more: UPSC Days 2016
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As coordinators of the Forest Tree Workshop and deputies of IUFRO Working Party 2.04.10 -Tree Genomics, we (Jeanne Romero-Severson, Nathaniel Street, and Larry Smart), continue the tradition of organizing a community-based PAG Forest Tree Workshop that provides a forum for presentation of the latest results in forest tree genomics by PIs, postdocs, and students.
Information & Registration - Plant and Animal Genome XXIV (PAG XXIV) 2016
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Welcome to the Swedish Experimental Plant Science Symposium
This meeting is a follow-up on the successful meeting in Uppsala where plant researchers working in Sweden meet and discuss common interests, national policies and strategies for Swedish plant science. This is also the moment for new PI to get welcomed into the Swedish plant community. Join the meeting and network to find synergies between your work and other researchers for joint national proposals or just meet the locals after a week with international interaction at the SPPS meeting.
Note - The meeting is only for PIs active in Swedish universities.
Fee covers dinner. The rest of the costs are sponsored by the three research centers UPSC, Linnaeus and Plant Link.
We will meet in the room Bergsmannen, close to the aula used for the main SPPS meeting.
Preliminary schedule:
13:30 Welcome – introduction
13:40 New SPPS board informs on future developments
Stefan Jansson, UPSC, Umeå University
13:50 Current European-wide policy activities
Jens Sundström, Department of Plant Biology, SLU Uppsala
14:20 SPPS early career PI network
Karin Stensjö, Microbial Chemistry, Uppsala University
14:30 "Exploring the full potential of cyanobacteria for production of solar fuels"
Karin Stensjö, Microbial Chemistry, Uppsala University
15:00 "Quantitative modeling in (plant) cell biology"
Andreas Grönlund, UPSC, Umeå University
15:30 Coffee
16:00 How to get the students to continue with experimental plant biology?
Panel discussion with the coordinators of the master programs in plant biology.
Representatives from Stockholm, Umeå, Uppsala, SLU, Lund and Gothenburg
16:45 “Towards Sustainable control of potato late blight”
Laura Grenville-Briggs, Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU Alnarp
17:15 “Replication-dependent nucleosome assembly represses spurious activation of defence responses in Arabidopsis”
Iva Mozgova, Department of Plant Biology, SLU Uppsala
17:45 “Hormonal regulation of development in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha”
Magnus Eklund, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
18:15 Closing and joint walk to dinner
18:30 Buffet dinner and get together.
The faculty club
Direct your questions, comments and suggestions to:
Johannes Hanson
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
090 7866744
Note - The meeting is only for PIs active in Swedish universities.
Fee covers dinner. The rest of the costs are sponsored by the three research centers UPSC, Linnaeus and Plant Link.
We will meet in the room Bergsmannen, close to the aula used for the main SPPS meeting.
Preliminary schedule:
13:30 Welcome – introduction
13:40 New SPPS board informs on future developments
Stefan Jansson, UPSC, Umeå University
13:50 Current European-wide policy activities
Jens Sundström, Department of Plant Biology, SLU Uppsala
14:20 SPPS early career PI network
Karin Stensjö, Microbial Chemistry, Uppsala University
14:30 "Exploring the full potential of cyanobacteria for production of solar fuels"
Karin Stensjö, Microbial Chemistry, Uppsala University
15:00 "Quantitative modeling in (plant) cell biology"
Andreas Grönlund, UPSC, Umeå University
15:30 Coffee
16:00 How to get the students to continue with experimental plant biology?
Panel discussion with the coordinators of the master programs in plant biology.
Representatives from Stockholm, Umeå, Uppsala, SLU, Lund and Gothenburg
16:45 “Towards Sustainable control of potato late blight”
Laura Grenville-Briggs, Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU Alnarp
17:15 “Replication-dependent nucleosome assembly represses spurious activation of defence responses in Arabidopsis”
Iva Mozgova, Department of Plant Biology, SLU Uppsala
17:45 “Hormonal regulation of development in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha”
Magnus Eklund, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
18:15 Closing and joint walk to dinner
18:30 Buffet dinner and get together.
The faculty club
Direct your questions, comments and suggestions to:
Johannes Hanson
090 7866744