Program

Please find the program of the Finnish Plant Science Days 2025 below.
Tuesday, 27 May 2025

09:00-09:45    Coffee & snack, registration/check in (and poster hanging) 

09:45-10:00    Opening words 

10:00-12:00    Theme 1: Biodiversity and climate change
10:00-10:30    Elina Oksanen, University of Eastern Finland
                        Bending the curve for biodiversity loss - approaches from plant biology
10:30-10:50    Risto Virtanen, University of Oulu
                        Plant biodiversity and climate change: observations, processes, and predictions
10:50-11:10    Selected speaker from abstracts
11:10-11:30    Selected speaker from abstracts
11:30-11:50    Selected speaker from abstracts

12:00-13:00    Lunch break 

13:00-15:00    Theme 2: Plant stress acclimation and biotic interactions
13:00-13:30    Paula Mulo, University of Turku
                        Plant, light and photosynthesis: How to acclimate?
13:30-13:50    Janne Ihalainen, University of Jyväskylä
                        Plant associated photoheterotrophs and their multifaceted photoreceptor compositions
13:50-14:10    Selected speaker from abstracts
14:10-14:30    Selected speaker from abstracts
14:30-14:50    Selected speaker from abstracts

15:00-17:00    Poster session 1 (with refreshments) 

18:00-18:40    Welcome reception at the University of Helsinki Kaisaniemi Botanic Gardens 
19.30               Conference dinner (location to be announced later)

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

08:30-09:00    Coffee

09:00-11:00    Theme 3: Primary production in the genomic era
09:00-09:30    Teemu Teeri, University of Helsinki
                        Gerbera bitter polyketides
09:30-09:50    Pauli Kallio, University of Turku 
                        Photosynthesis as a driver for next-generation biotechnology applications
09:50-10:10    Selected speaker from abstracts
10:10-10:30    Selected speaker from abstracts
10:30-10:50    Selected speaker from abstracts

11:00-13:00    Poster session 2 (with refreshments) 

13:00-14:00    Lunch break 

14:00-16:00    Theme 4: Green transition in plant breeding and production
14:00-14:30    Alan Schulman, University of Helsinki & Natural Resources Institute Finland
                        Many by Big: How multiple large genomes of a minor crop generate major improvements for future agriculture
14:30-14:50    Saila Karhu, Natural Resources Institute Finland
                        Greening up horticultural production
14:50-15:10    Selected speaker from abstracts
15:10-15:30    Selected speaker from abstracts
15:30-15:50    Selected speaker from abstracts

16:00 -16:10   Closing remarks