PhD Thesis Defence

Sara Rydman

Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University (UMU)

Title: A systems approach to identify candidate genes driving salicinoid diversity in Populus tremula

Faculty opponent: Fernando Geu-Flores, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Supervisor: Nathaniel Street

UPSC PhD Student Halftime Seminar Day

09:00 Jarl Kjellström (SLU)
Title: Exploring the link between protein glycosylation and cellulose biosynthesis: A sugar sweet mystery
External evaluator: Colin Ruprecht (Institute of Organic Chemistry, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria)
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä

10:00 Annica Nordström (SLU)
Title: Landscape Breeding: A cost- and time- effective tool to accelerate tree selection and guide deployment
External evaluator: Nathaniel Street (Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University)
Supervisor: María Rosario García Gil

11:00 Anne van Humbeeck (UMU)
Title: LITTLE TWEEZERS: microProteins regulating plant reproduction
External evaluator: Germán Martinez-Arias (Department of Plant Biology, SLU, Uppsala)
Supervisor: Stephan Wenkel

12:00-13:00 Lunch break

13:00 Hemamshu Ratnakaram (SLU)
Title:The Plant Cuticle Regulates Apical Hook Morphogenesis via ROS
External evaluator: Edwige Moyroud (Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK)
Supervisor: Stéphanie Robert

Contact:
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU: Hannele Tuominen
Department of Plant Physiology, UmU: Stefan Jansson

This is the first annual meeting for the Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Sciences - WIFORCE.

The 2-day meeting takes place at Elite Hotel Mimer, downtown Umeå for invited WIFORCE participants only. More information on WIFORCE and the finalized programme (by the end of December) can be found at www.slu.se/en/wiforce 

The WIFORCE Initiative consists of:

WIFORCE Research School

WIFORCE Forest Biology and Biotechnology & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders

WIFORCE Future Silviculture & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders

WIFORCE Arena and Computing Centre

The Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE) is a basic science research programme that aims to deepen our understanding of the processes behind forest growth, survival, and biodiversity. The knowledge can contribute to sustainable forestry, new management practices, and climate-adapted trees.

This is the first annual meeting for the Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Sciences - WIFORCE.

The 2-day meeting takes place at Elite Hotel Mimer, downtown Umeå for invited WIFORCE participants only. More information on WIFORCE and the finalized programme (by the end of December) can be found at www.slu.se/en/wiforce 

The WIFORCE Initiative consists of:

WIFORCE Research School

WIFORCE Forest Biology and Biotechnology & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders

WIFORCE Future Silviculture & newly recruited WIFORCE group leaders

WIFORCE Arena and Computing Centre

The Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE) is a basic science research programme that aims to deepen our understanding of the processes behind forest growth, survival, and biodiversity. The knowledge can contribute to sustainable forestry, new management practices, and climate-adapted trees.

UPSC technical seminar (UPSCtech)

The speaker will be Mengrou Li (Master's Student in Management, Umeå University) who will talk about:

Growth Through Conflicts: Understanding Causes and Building Effective Solutions

The UPSCtech seminar series is an internal series organised by PhD students and Postdocs at UPSC to exchange knowledge about different methods and techniques used in plant science.

Contacts: Isabell Rosenkranz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Laura García Romañach (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Wallenberg Wood Science Centre (WWSC) Meeting

Lars Berglund. KTH/Linköping University. “Aspen – unique characteristics for new materials”

Eva Malmström. KTH. “Introduction to Wallenberg Wood Science Centre”

Short presentations from UPSC PIs working on wood.

The workshop is open to everyone

PhD Thesis Defence
Location: UMU lecture room NAT.D.410 (mazemap link)

Elena van Zalen

Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University (UMU)

Title: Comparative co-expression network analysis of abiotic stress response in boreal conifers

Faculty opponent: Marek Mutwil
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Supervisor: Nathaniel Street