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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

Day 1 (Wednesday 26th of March)

Program:

Scientific symposium

Venue: Lilla hörsalen

9:00: Welcome by UPSC Director Ove Nilsson

9:10: Zoe Weeks, Oxford University, UK

The 2D to 3D growth transition in Physcomitrium patens.

9:30: Alagarasan Ganesan, IISER Tirupati, India

Phenotypic plasticity in crop reintroduction: Bridging genetics and evolution to address climate change.

9:50: Che Liu, University of Helsinki, Finland

Whole-tree Lagrangian optimal stomata model and its application to predicting cambial growth of tree stem.

10:10: Research pitches by UPSC PI's

 

10:30: Coffee break

11:00: Seungmee Jung, University of Wyoming, USA

Discovery of Autophagy Modulators to Combat Phytofungal Pathogens in Ascomycota.

11:20: Surendra Saddala, CEITEC Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Late Meiotic Genes by CDM1 in Arabidopsis thaliana.

11:40: Elsa Gascon, ENS, Lyon, France

Investigating the role of tissue topology during plant morpho-genesis: computational approaches in root and seed systems.

12:00: Research pitches by UPSC PI's

12:30: Lunch break with PI’s

13:30-17:00: Meet and discuss - Matchmaking event with UPSC PI’s

18:00: Joint dinner downtown with PI’s

Day 2 (Thursday 27nd of March)

Program: 

8:30    Meeting at UPSC

9:00    MSCA Grant writing workshop (Triple helix, https://link.mazemap.com/TTiJTa2R)  

11:30  Lunch

13:00  UPSC Facility Visits

15:30  Panel discussion “academic journeys” with UPSC PI’s

 

17:00  Pizza & Ping-Pong

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

Contact: Stefan Jansson

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TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) is the annual meeting of the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR). More information about TRACE and ATR can be found here.

Contact: Kelly Swarts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) is the annual meeting of the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR). More information about TRACE and ATR can be found here.

Contact: Kelly Swarts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) is the annual meeting of the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR). More information about TRACE and ATR can be found here.

Contact: Kelly Swarts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Link to the conference homepage

TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) is the annual meeting of the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR). More information about TRACE and ATR can be found here.

Contact: Kelly Swarts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Link to the conference homepage

TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) is the annual meeting of the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR). More information about TRACE and ATR can be found here.

Contact: Kelly Swarts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Link to the conference homepage

TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) is the annual meeting of the Association for Tree-Ring Research (ATR). More information about TRACE and ATR can be found here.

Contact: Kelly Swarts This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

UPSC Day 2025

Venue: Hotel Mimer, Umeå

More information on the programme will be announced later.

The 4th INUPRAG Symposium will take place in Montpellier, France between the 16th and the 16th October.

More information about INUPRAG can be found here: https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/organization-2/5348-inuprag.html

The 4th INUPRAG Symposium will take place in Montpellier, France between the 16th and the 16th October.

More information about INUPRAG can be found here: https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/organization-2/5348-inuprag.html

The 4th INUPRAG Symposium will take place in Montpellier, France between the 16th and the 16th October.

More information about INUPRAG can be found here: https://www.upsc.se/about-upsc/organization-2/5348-inuprag.html

A two-day meeting: UPSC Scientific Advisory Board & UPSC PIs

Venue: to be decided, in proximity to Umeå

Please note that this event is open for SAB and PI's only, not other personell categories at UPSC.
More information on the programme will be announced in 2026.

UPSC SAB:

Sally Aitken, Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada
Expertise: Tree population genetics and climate adaptation

Julia Bailey Serres, Professor at the University of California, Riversida, USA
Director of the Center for Plant Cell Biology UC Riverside
Expertise: Genetic mechansims controlling abiotic stress resilience

Malcolm Bennett, Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK
Expertise: Systems biology of root growth and development

Alisdair R. Fernie, Professor at Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Expertise: Plant metabolism

Dirk Inze, Professor at Ghent University, Belgium
Scientific Director of VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Expertise: Plant organ growth and development