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Digital conference
SASUF (South Africa – Sweden University Forum) Goes Digital: Connecting the Global South and North

13:00 -15:00 Workshop: Plant biotechnology for a long-term sustainable future on Earth and beyond

https://sasuf2020.sched.com/event/fxUa/m7-plant-biotechnology-for-a-long-term-sustainable-future-on-earth-and-beyond

Digital conference
SASUF (South Africa – Sweden University Forum) Goes Digital: Connecting the Global South and North

12:30 – 14:15 Workshop: Microbial Biotechnology

https://sasuf2020.sched.com/event/fPsa/b12-microbial-biotechnology

Digital conference
SASUF (South Africa – Sweden University Forum) Goes Digital: Connecting the Global South and North

14:30 – 16:30 Workshop: Plants and insects in a changing world

https://sasuf2020.sched.com/event/fQCj/c20-plants-and-insects-in-a-changing-world

The KBC DAYS will be held this year on 9th-10th of November 2021.

More information about the conference can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-days-2021/

The KBC DAYS will be held this year on the 9th-10th of November 2021.

More information about the conference can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-days-2021/

KAW Project workshop

7th joint meeting

Time: 10:00-16:15 (CET), April 25th, 2022. Place: KBE303-Stora hörsalen, UPSC

10.00 - 10.15 Introduction
Nilsson O./Gyllensten U.

Progress report

10.15 - 10.45 Assembly/scaffolding/annotation - Status and evaluation
Nystedt B./Street N.

10.45 - 11.30 Re-sequencing/GWAS/GS
van der Valk T./Wu H.

11.30 - 11.45 NET-sequencing
Peter Kindgren

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 13.30 TE annotation and evolution
Andrea Zuccolo

13.30 – 14.30 Discussion on publication strategies:

• Publications: Options and timelines

• Potential additional datasets

• Potential additional partners

• Recruitment competence profiles

Nilsson O.

14.30 - 15.00 Coffee

15.00 - 16.00 Discussion on publication strategies (cont.)

16.00 - 16.15 Summary and next meeting

UPSC scientists, researchers and students are welcome to participate in the first part of the meeting (the presentations of the project progress).

Contact: Harry Wu

More information and the programme: https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/events/5860-phd-and-postdoc-retreat-2022.html

More information and the programme: https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/events/5860-phd-and-postdoc-retreat-2022.html

The KBC DAYS will be held this year on 8th-9th of November 2022.

More information about the conference can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-days-2022/

The KBC DAYS will be held this year on the 8th-9th of November 2022.

More information about the conference can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-days-2022/

More information:
https://www.upsc.se/inuprag2023

More information:
https://www.upsc.se/inuprag2023

More information:
https://www.upsc.se/inuprag2023

Day 1 (Thursday 1st of June)

Morning session - Open for all
Venue: Hörsal NAT.D.320
Please find map to venue here

9:00 Welcome

Symposium Part I

9:05 Grid formation and tissue emergence in the embryos of Saccharina latissima
Ioannis Theodorou Sorbonne University, France / NMBU, Norway

9:35 Low substitution xyloglucan disrupts trafficking to the cell wall
Natalie Hoffmann University of Toronto, Canada

10:05 A gynoecium is born: what growth patterns underlie its development
Andrea Gomez Felipe Université de Montréal, Canada

10:40 Fika (coffee break)

Symposium Part II

10:55 A molecular mechanism for root thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings
Haiyue Ai Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

11:25 Calcium signaling mediates mitochondrial intra-cellular communication during oxidative stress: Role of CIPK9-VDAC3-CIPK3 module in regulating oxidative stress responses in Arabidopsis
Barkha Ravi University of Delhi, India

11:55 Multifaceted role of WRKYs and its cross talk under abiotic stress in Pearl Millet
Jeky Chanwala Institute of Life Sciences Bhubaneswar, India

12:25 Closing

Afternoon session - Per invitation only
Lunch
14:00-14:30 Sowing the postdoc seeds: a personal journey beyond the PhD - Laura Bacete
14:30-16:00 Project "speed-dating" with PIs (with fika)
19:00 Dinner

Contact: Stéphane Verger, Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava

Photo: Laxmi Mishra

Please find more information about the symposium here

Day 2 (Friday 2nd June)

Day session - Per invitation only:
9:00-9:25 Presentation of UPSC and Umeå Postdoc Society
9:25-9:45 Visit of UPSC
Fika (coffee break)
10:00-12:00 Meetings with PIs I
Lunch
13:30-15:00 Workshop by UmU´s Research Support and Collaborations Office
15:00 Meetings with PIs II

Open for all UPSC and invited guests:
17:00 Evening activity at UPSC with dinner

Contact: Stéphane Verger, Laura Bacete, Petra Marhava 

Please find more information about the symposium here

More information:
http://www.npc-nas2023.se/

More information:
http://www.npc-nas2023.se/

More information:
http://www.npc-nas2023.se/

The KBC DAYS will be held this year on the 7th-8th of November. A scientific focus this year will be on "AI in research".

This interdisciplinary annual conference aims to foster collaborations between different departments and research centres affiliated with the Chemical Biological Centre, KBC, including departments from two faculties from Umeå University as well as from the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU.

More information about the conference can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/events/kbc-days-2023_11766534/

The KBC DAYS will be held this year on the 7th-8th of November. A scientific focus this year will be on "AI in research".

This interdisciplinary annual conference aims to foster collaborations between different departments and research centres affiliated with the Chemical Biological Centre, KBC, including departments from two faculties from Umeå University as well as from the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU.

More information about the conference can be found here:
https://www.umu.se/en/events/kbc-days-2023_11766534/

Day 1 (Thursday 21st of March)

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

Photo: Sonali Ranade

Day 2 (Thursday 22nd of March)

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

Photo: Sonali Ranade

More information and link to the registration:

https://www.upsc.se/25th-anniversary-symposium

More information and link to the registration:

https://www.upsc.se/25th-anniversary-symposium

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Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

The KBC DAYS 2024 will be held on the 5th and 6th of November.

This interdisciplinary annual conference aims to foster collaborations between different departments and research centres affiliated with the Chemical Biological Centre, KBC, including departments from two faculties from Umeå University as well as from the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU.

The KBC DAYS 2024 will be held on the 5th and 6th of November.

This interdisciplinary annual conference aims to foster collaborations between different departments and research centres affiliated with the Chemical Biological Centre, KBC, including departments from two faculties from Umeå University as well as from the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU.

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson