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