October 2025
Wed. 1 Oct, 2025
UPSC Wednesday Seminar 2025
Wed. 1 Oct, 2025 15:00 - 16:00
15:00 Teitur Ahlgren Kalman
Title: A highly organized 3D genome: Chromatin compartments, TADs, and loops organize the regulatory landscape of giant conifers
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street
Place: UPSC Lunch room
Time: 15:00-16:00
Contact: Thomas Dobrenel, Anne Honsel
Thu. 2 Oct, 2025
UPSC Seminar: Dorota Kwiatkowska
Thu. 2 Oct, 2025 14:00 - 15:00
Dorota Kwiatkowska
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Title: Heterogeneous growth of leaf epidermis: from subcellular to tissue scale
Host: Stéphane Verger
Fri. 3 Oct, 2025
PhD Thesis Defence: Özer Erguvan
Fri. 3 Oct, 2025 9:00 - 13:00
PhD Thesis Defence
Özer Erguvan
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (SLU)
Title: Ultrastructural and molecular basis of cell-cell adhesion in plants
Faculty opponent: Dorota Kwiatkowska, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Supervisor: Stéphane Verger
Wed. 8 Oct, 2025
UPSC Wednesday Seminar 2025
Wed. 8 Oct, 2025 15:00 - 16:00
15:00 Ahsan Rizvi
Title: Bioinformatics of miRNA dynamics of Norway Spruce
Supervisor: Ulrika Egertsdotter
15:30 Alexis Brun
Title: ChIP-MS a new method for plant biology to identify proteins linked to histone post-translational modifications
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
Place: UPSC Lunch room
Time: 15:00-16:00
Contact: Thomas Dobrenel, Anne Honsel
Thu. 9 Oct, 2025
PhD Thesis Defence: Tuuli Aro
Thu. 9 Oct, 2025 9:00 - 13:00
PhD Thesis Defence
Tuuli Aro
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (SLU)
Title: Colder in a warming world - Global warming challenges low temperature resilience of boreal trees
Faculty opponent: Majken Pagter, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Denmark
Supervisor: Vaughan Hurry
Fri. 10 Oct, 2025
UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Fri. 10 Oct, 2025 9:00 - 10:00
Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Vikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Title: Stem cells of the vascular cambium: where a receptor captures its ligand
Host: Hannele Tuominen
Sat. 11 Oct, 2025
SLU-dagen / SLU Open house 2025
Sat. 11 Oct, 2025 11:00 - 15:00
In Swedish:
https://www.slu.se/om-slu/organisation/fakulteter/fakulteten-for-skogsvetenskap/om-oss/slu-dagen/
In English:
https://www.slu.se/en/calendar/2025/10/slu-open-house-in-umea/
Tue. 14 Oct, 2025
INUPRAG meeting 2025
All day
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
Wed. 15 Oct, 2025
INUPRAG meeting 2025
All day
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
Thu. 16 Oct, 2025
INUPRAG meeting 2025
All day
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
Fri. 17 Oct, 2025
PhD Thesis Defence: Laura Tünnermann
Fri. 17 Oct, 2025 9:00 - 13:00
PhD Thesis Defence
Laura Tünnermann
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (SLU)
Title: Organic nitrogen – molecular regulation of uptake and physiological implications
Faculty opponent: Andreas Weber, Department of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Supervisor: Torgny Näsholm
Wed. 22 Oct, 2025
UPSC Wednesday Seminar 2025
Wed. 22 Oct, 2025 15:00 - 16:00
15:00 Dhriti Singh
Title: Ribosomal Heterogeneity: A New Layer of Translational Regulation
Supervisor: Johannes Hanson
Place: UPSC Lunch room
Time: 15:00-16:00
Contact: Thomas Dobrenel, Anne Honsel
Fri. 24 Oct, 2025
UPSC Seminar: Omid Karami
Fri. 24 Oct, 2025 14:00 - 15:00
UPSC Seminar
Omid Karami
Molecular Biology Department, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany
Title:The Mystery of Auxin in Plant Regeneration
Host: Ove Nilsson
Wed. 29 Oct, 2025
UPSC Seminar: Jean-Christophe Palauqui
Wed. 29 Oct, 2025 14:00 - 15:00
Jean-Christophe Palauqui
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), Versailles, France
Title: Studying and predicting cell division plane positioning in Arabidopsis embryo
Host: Stéphane Verger
Thu. 30 Oct, 2025
PhD Thesis Defence: Léa Bogdziewiez
Thu. 30 Oct, 2025 9:00 - 13:00
PhD Thesis Defence
Léa Bogdziewiez
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (SLU)
Title: Quantitative imaging and mechanics of single plant cell adhesion
Faculty opponent: Jean Christophe Palauqui, INRAE – Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB),Versailles, France
Supervisor: Stéphane Verger