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
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