University of Helsinki

Current Research projects

• Effect of lignin modification on wood properties

• Functional genomics of wood formation: The role of peroxidases and beta-glucosidases in lignification of xylem in Norway spruce, Scots pine and Silver birch

• Mitochondrial behaviour under low oxygen stress

• Oxygen stress signalling and tolerance mechanisms in wild and cultivated plant species

• The role of haemoglobin genes in Arabidopsis and Poplar under oxidative and nitric oxide stress
  

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Prof. Kurt Fagerstedt

Tel: +358 (0)9 191 59438

Fax: +358 (0)9 191 59552

E-mail: kurt.fagerstedt(at)helsinki.fi

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 65
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND