UPSC Seminar: Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson

Professor at University of Sheffield, UK. 

Title: Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to rewire photosynthetic electron transfer

Host: Stefan Jansson

PhD Thesis Defence

Sanchali Nanda

Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University (UMU)

Title: New Light on Photoprotection. Spectral resolution of non-photochemical quenching

Faculty opponent: Matt Johnson, Professor at University of Sheffield, UK.

Supervisor: Stefan Jansson

Link to PhD thesis: It can be found here.

Seminar series "Outside of Academia"

Title: Working for RISE (Research Institute of Sweden)

Speaker: Jenny Veide Vilg

Jenny Veide Vilg is working as a Unit Manager for Process Engineering, Security, and Hygiene at the RISE Research Institute of Sweden. Before leaving academia, Jenny finished her PhD at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg with a focus on biotechnology, microbiology, and food science. After her PhD, she continued her academic career as a Postdoc at the University of Gothenburg and as a researcher and project manager at the Chalmers University of Technology. Jenny worked as a project leader at a grants office before she moved on as a unit manager at RISE.

Location: Vitis, UPSC (meet us by the main UPSC entrance at 10:25 if you do not have access to UPSC)

You will have the opportunity to ask questions after the presentation.

Contact:

For questions, please contact the organisers Laura Tünnermann (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Tinkara Bizjak-Johansson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

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

PhD Thesis Defence

Mikko Luomaranta

Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University (UMU)

Title: Decoding lignin in Swedish aspen: Paths to Better Feedstocks and Resilient Trees

Faculty opponent: Remko Offringa, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen