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.
Read more: Joint meeting with the PhD students from Helsinki University
Last date for signing up is Tuesday December 5th.
The lunch includes rice pudding, ham, glögg etc
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
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)!
Read more: Welcome to the 50 Years Plant Science in Umeå Symposium on August 21-23, UPSC, Umeå
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
Dear forest tree genomics community,
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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
Welcome to the Swedish Experimental Plant Science Symposium
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
Dear forest tree genomics community,
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This page contains important information about the Forest Tree Workshop to be held at the Plant and Animal Genome XXII (PAG XXII) conference on Sunday, January 12, 2014 in San Diego.
Please forward the a link to this page to others who may be interested.
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), are carrying on 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. This will be the first year of our 3-year term as coordinators.
Read more: Forest Tree Workshop at the Plant and Animal Genome XXII 2014