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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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