December 2025
Tue. 2 Dec, 2025
Information meeting about Swedish Academia 2025
Tue. 2 Dec, 2025 15:15 - 16:15
The Heads of Department invite to an information meeting about Swedish Academia. This meeting is especially addressed to PhD students and postdocs at UPSC and is organised once per year in November.
Wed. 3 Dec, 2025
UPSC Christmas Lunch 2025
Wed. 3 Dec, 2025 12:00 - 14:00
UPSC Christmas lunch
The Christmas lunch will start at 12.00 o'clock and will include e.g. rice pudding, ham, glögg and more.
Date: Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
Place: KBC Cafeteria (Location in Mazemap)
Wed. 10 Dec, 2025
UPSC Wednesday Seminar 2025
Wed. 10 Dec, 2025 15:00 - 16:00
UPSC Wednesday Seminar series 2025
15:00 Jeky Chanwala
Title: Genomic Architecture and Functional Insights into Antisense Transcription
Supervisor: Peter Kindgren
15:30 Sara Häggström
Title: 409 Conflict: Bioinformatic Predictions vs. Wet-Lab Reality
Supervisor: Johannes Hanson
Place: UPSC Lunch room
Time: 15:00-16:00
Contact: Thomas Dobrenel, Anne Honsel
15:00 Jeky Chanwala
Title: Genomic Architecture and Functional Insights into Antisense Transcription
Supervisor: Peter Kindgren
15:30 Sara Häggström
Title: 409 Conflict: Bioinformatic Predictions vs. Wet-Lab Reality
Supervisor: Johannes Hanson
Place: UPSC Lunch room
Time: 15:00-16:00
Contact: Thomas Dobrenel, Anne Honsel
Thu. 11 Dec, 2025
UPSC Seminar: Kristiina Mäkinen
Thu. 11 Dec, 2025 13:00 - 14:00
UPSC Seminar
Kristiina Mäkinen
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Title: Synthetic biological solutions for virus resistance in potato
For more information about Kristiina Mäkinen: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kristiina-m%C3%A4kinen/
Host: Benedicte Albrectsen
Kristiina Mäkinen
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Title: Synthetic biological solutions for virus resistance in potato
For more information about Kristiina Mäkinen: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kristiina-m%C3%A4kinen/
Host: Benedicte Albrectsen
Fri. 12 Dec, 2025
UPSC Christmas lecture 2025
Fri. 12 Dec, 2025 13:30 - 15:00
UPSC Christmas lecture 2025
13.30: Sustainable Forestry: From a geneticist’s perspective
María Rosario García Gil, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
14.15: tba
Olivier Keech, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
15.00: Christmas fika with "pepparkakor" and "glögg" in the UPSC lunchroom
Mon. 15 Dec, 2025
PhD Thesis Defence: Anna Renström
Mon. 15 Dec, 2025 13:00 - 17:00
PhD Thesis Defence
Anna Renström
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (SLU)
Title: Physiological and molecular responses to nitrogen-stimulated cambial growth in aspen
Faculty opponent: Andrea Polle, University of Göttingen, Germany
Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen
Tue. 16 Dec, 2025
UPSC Seminar: Andrea Polle
Tue. 16 Dec, 2025 9:00 - 10:00
UPSC Seminar
Andrea Polle
University of Göttingen, Germany
Title: Ectomycorrhizal fungal-plant communication: consequences for plant stress resistance
More information about Andrea Polle: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/58018.html
Host: Hannele Tuominen
Andrea Polle
University of Göttingen, Germany
Title: Ectomycorrhizal fungal-plant communication: consequences for plant stress resistance
More information about Andrea Polle: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/58018.html
Host: Hannele Tuominen