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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted 39, 7 million SEK and considered the application lead by Rishikesh Bhalerao, UPSC, as one of 24 funded research projects that have the possibility to lead to new scientific breakthroughs.
Besides the lead applicant, Anna-Maria Jönsson from Lund University, Maria Eriksson, Pär Ingvarsson, and Stefan Jansson from UPSC and Umeå University, and Thomas Moritz and Ove Nilsson from UPSC and SLU are co-applicants.
Read the press release from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
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Professor Harry X Wu has received a 5 million grant from the research council Formas for the project "Urval för elitpopulationer av tall för uthållig produktion av nya bioenergi- och kolhydratprodukter".The call was for research on forest raw materials and biomass – sustainable primary production, new materials and bio-based products for a bio-based economy.
Harry Wu research page
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UPSC postdoc symposium 2 - 3 June 2014
Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) invited five promising young scientists on 72 applicants for a postdoc project symposium organised on 2nd and 3rd of June 2014. The aim of the symposium was to bring together postdoc candidates and UPSC group leaders to identify common research interests to develop a project together to apply for international post-doc fellowships (such as EMBO, Marie-Currie, Human Frontiers).
During their two-day visit at UPSC, the selected candidates had the chance to present their PhD work in front of UPSC people. They also visited the institute, identified and discussed potential projects with different research groups. The candidates had the possibility to interact with people already working at UPSC during a post-doc lunch and barbecue at Nydalasjön. The prospective postdocs and group leaders are expected to submit a postdoc fellowship application in the fall.
The participants (from the left): Envel Kerdaffrec, GMI Vienna, Austria; Sunita Kushwah, National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India; Simon Law, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Western Australia, Australia; Julia Wind, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden; Lin Xu, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Western Australia, Australia.
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Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) invites promising young scientists for a postdoc project symposium. The aim of the symposium is to bring together postdoc candidates and UPSC group leaders to identify common research interests to develop a project together.
Welcome to interesting talks of young applicants for the UPSC postdoctoral programme!
Monday 2 June 2014, 9.00-12.00, Stora hörsalen, KBC
Five applicants will visit UPSC and present their research topics:
- Envel Kerdaffrec, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI), Vienna, Austria
- Sunita Kushwah, National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India
- Simon Law, Australian Research Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Western University Australia, Perth
- Julia Wind, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- Lin Zu, Australian Research Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Western University Australia, Perth
See the programme and title of the talks in the UPSC calendar
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Conference Venue: Umeå Arts Campus
The Lignin 2014 conference is organised by UPSC and Bio4Energy. It aims to strengthen our knowledge on the various aspects of lignin biosynthesis and utilization, from the basic cell biology, molecular biology to pre-treatment of plant biomass and utilization of lignin. The conference is supported of the Formas-financed strong research environment BioImprove, the strategic research environment Bio4Energy, and the Swedish government.
Deadlines:
Early registration and abstract submission: 12 June 2014
Late registration: 8 August
Conference webpage: www.lignin2014.se
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Contact: For questions regarding the scientific programme of the conference, please contact us at UPSC:
Marlene Karlsson,
Edouard Pesquet,
Hannele Tuominen,
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It is well known that inorganic carbon in the form of CO2 (carbon dioxide) is reduced in a light driven process (photosynthesis) to organic compounds in the chloroplasts. Less known is the fact that inorganic carbon also affects the rate of the photosynthetic electron transport, as was published by the Nobel Prize winner Otto Warburg and his collaborator in the late 50's (Warburg and Krippdahl 1958).
Their explanation for the stimulating effect was logical at that time since they proposed that CO2 was the source of oxygen that plants produce. Their idea was proven to be incorrect many years later and instead we now know that H2O (water) is the source of oxygen in the atmosphere. The observed stimulating effect by inorganic carbon on photosynthetic electron transport, also observed by others later, has ever since Warburgs publication continued to cause an inflammatory debate among researchers around the world up till these days as indicated by the hundreds of papers published.
Our results will now put an end to this debate.
Read more: The new role of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis! Warburg was wrong but right
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During a ceremony held on 26 March in the Archbishop’s palace in Olomouc, Cyech Republic, Petr Bilík, Vice-Rector of the University honoured the UPSC-professor with the doctor honoris causa for his long-time collaboration with the Faculty of Science and for an essential contribution to the development of its research groups. Ivo Frébort, dean of the Faculty of Science mentioned in his laudatio the very fruitful collaboration between the UPSC-professor and the Palacký University during almost twenty years. Sandberg had supported the faculty with his knowledge and experience during the build up of their new research centre for plant biotechnology and agriculture, the Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research. In connection with the doctorate ceremony the centre organised an extra mini-symposium on Auxin and Cytokinin to honour Göran Sandberg.
"I regard the honorary doctorate of this university as one of the top things in my career, because it is built on true science and true collaboration", Göran Sandberg said in his speech during the ceremony.
Annika Jagander, Swedish Ambassador in the Czech Republic, participated also in the ceremony.
The Palacký University of Olomouc was founded 1566 and is the second oldest university in the Czech lands.
The University has about 24, 000 students and over 1,800 employees.
Watch the ceremony in English on Video (YouTube)
Press release of the Palacký University in Olomouc
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UPSC och kemiska institutionen inbjuder gymnasieelever till spännande information om det nya civilingenjörsprogrammet i bioresursteknik som kommer att starta hösten 2014. Eleverna får träffa forskare och lärare för att diskutera det nya programmet. Forskarna visar runt på laboratorier och i växthuset.När: 1 april 2014, kl 18.00-20.00
Var: Entrén vid KBC-huset, Umeå universitet
Efter informationen bjuds eleverna på tilltugg och mingel.
Anmälan via formulär eller genom email till Theres Lasses (
Mer information om det nya programmet.
On 1 April, 18.00-20.00, UPSC and the department will organise an open house with a lot of exciting information about the new programme "Bioresource technology" in civil engineering. The programme will start in fall 2014. Researchers and teachers from UPSC and the department of chemistry will inform about the programme and guide the visitors around in laboratories and green houses. Contact:
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(2014-02-26) Olivier Keech, PhD, scientist at UPSC and supervisor in the engineering course "Design-Build-Test", presented last Tuesday the result of the students' project. Together with the students Alberto Ferreira and Beatrice Lif, Olivier Keech informed the media representatives, staff at KBC and people from the university's administration about the "Oasis" in the cafeteria at Chemical Biological Centre, KBC. Several vertical farming solutions have been designed with organically-grown culinary herbs which could be used by the cafeteria to flourish the food of students and staff.
Two groups have been involved in the "Green Corner Project": A visualisation group and a construction group. Both groups worked very interdisciplinary on the design of a better place to meet and study in the KBC cafeteria. Besides Olivier Keech the students also had Mette Harder, teacher at the Umeå School of Architecture, as supervisor, who supported the groups in visualisation and architecture problems,
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Contact Olivier Keech
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Stefan Jansson, professor at UPSC, was elected as new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. At the General Meeting on 15 January 2014, The Academy elected six new members, one of them is the scientist at the department of plant physiology at Umeå University.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is an independent organisation whose overall objective is to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society. The Academy awards every year the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, and the Crafoord Prize
Read the news on The Academy's webpage (in Swedish)