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Doctoral Program Office
P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5D)
00014 University of Helsinki
Phone +358-(0)9-191 59105
Fax +358-(0)9-191 59079
Coordinator:
Karen Sims-Huopaniemi
karen.sims-huopaniemi@helsinki.fi
Welcome to the Finnish Doctoral Program in Plant Science!
- molecular plant biology
- genetics, genomics and breeding
- physiology and biochemistry
- developmental biology
- pathology and biotechnology
- plant production
- ecophysiology
- systematics
- bioenergy
The Finnish Doctoral Program in Plant Science is a national doctoral program administered by the University of Helsinki. The director is Tapio Palva from the Department of Biosciences at the University of Helsinki and the vice director is Eva-Mari Aro from the Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry at the University of Turku.
The doctoral program aims to train scientific researchers in the following themes:
The doctoral program is funded by the Ministry of Education & Culture and the Academy of Finland.
Upcoming thesis defences (see News for more information)
4th October - Johanna Nykyri, Helsinki
1st November - Mikko Lehtonen, Helsinki
Updated 1 October 2013