Welcome at Umeå Plant Science Centre!
Sammanfattning på SvenskaUPSC is one of the strongest research environments for experimental plant biology in Europe and we conduct research of both basic and strategic importance. Research at UPSC covers a wide range of disciplines in plant biology including ecology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology. The common goal shared by scientist within UPSC is to understand the mechanisms driving plant development and plant adaptation to environmental changes. Our work is carried out at all organization levels of the plant, and through integrating the different research fields and areas of expertise. We aim to describe the plant as a complex organism in dynamic interaction with its environment.
Our research is organized in individual research groups, each led by an independent principal investigator (PI), who is either a full professor, an associate professor (universitetslektor) or an assistant professor (forskarassist). You can find the research profile of all research groups under Research Groups. In addition to the PIs employed at the two departments, who are the core of UPSC, several researchers are affiliated to UPSC as “associated PIs”. You will find their research group profile under Associated Research Groups. We have organized the infrastructure and equipment into common resources and technical platforms that are available to all UPSC researchers. Most of these are financed by external grants, and UPSC has successfully competed for several large “Centre of Excellence” grants. Information about collaborative research projects, facilities as well as our educational programs is available under the respective rubrics.
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| Member | Board Position | University |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Bellini | Chairman | UmU |
| Rishikesh Bhalerao | Vice chairman | SLU |
| Stefan Jansson | Head of Department | UmU |
| Karin Ljung | Head of Department | SLU |
| Maria Eriksson | Board member | UmU |
| Rosario García Gil | Board Member | SLU |
| Olivier Keech | Board member | UmU |
| Alizée Malnoë | Board member | UmU |
| Stéphanie Robert | Board member | SLU |
| Stéphane Verger | Board member | SLU |
| Ove Nilsson | Adjunct, Director of UPSC | SLU |
| Félix Barbut | Adjunct, PhD representative | SLU |
| Ruben Benstein | Adjunct, PostDoc representative | UmU |
| Veronica Bourquin | Adjunct, TA staff representative | SLU |
| Sara Raggi | Adjunct, PostDoc representative | SLU |
| Sara Westman | Adjunct, PhD representative | UmU |
| Anne Honsel | Adjunct, Communications Officer and secretary | UPSC |
| Department of Plant Physiology Umeå University 907 36 Umeå SWEDEN Phone: +46 (0)90 786 5000 Fax: +46 (0)90 580 50 |
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 901 83 UMEÅ SWEDEN Phone: +46 (0)90 786 8210 Fax: +46 (0)90 786 8165 |