Monday 9th - Tuesday 10th
ViPS/DPPS Autumn Symposium
Current Challenges in Plant Biology 2019
Sensory Ecology of Plants: Linking metabolic and genetic regulation to ecology and evolution
Location: Seminar room 5405, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1
Invited Speakers: Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile); R. Ford Denison (University of Minnesota, USA), via remote video, recoded talk + live video Q&A; Jarmo Holopainen (University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio); Tarja Lehto (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu); Luis Morales (Örebro University, Sweden); Ariel Novoplanksy (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel); T. Matthew Robson (University of Helsinki, Finland); Roman Ulm (University of Geneva, Switzerland).
Wednesday 11th, 13:15
Invited Plant Seminar
Rosangela Sozzani, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
The Goldilocks principle, just the right amount of growth
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Seminar room 172, Viikki Korona Info Centre, Viikinkaari 11
Wednesday 11th, 14:15
Plant Club
1415 Brecht Wybouw, OEB/Institute of Biotechnology/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
A forward genetic screen to study TMO5/LHW mediated vascular proliferation
1435 Feng Wang, Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry
Characterization of inflorescence meristem in Gerbera hybrida
1455 Richard Gossens, OEB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Using the nuclear transcriptional co-regulator RCD1, to find PARylated & PAR-related proteins
Location: Seminar room 172, Viikki Korona Info Centre, Viikinkaari 11
Wednesday 11th, 14:00
Special Plant Seminar
Michael Staudt, Senior Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CRNS), Montpellier, France
Using enantiomeric ratios to dissociate BVOC sources from forests
Host: Jaana Bäck
Location: Seminar room B340, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7
Wednesday 11th, 15:30-18:00
ViPS Christmas Party
Location: Viikki manor house (Viikin kartano)
Thursday 12th, 10 am
Thesis defence
Kaisa Rissanen (Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry & AGFOREE)
Scots pine resin and BVOC emissions in relation to tree water dynamics
Opponent: Michael Staudt, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CRNS), Montpellier, France
Location: Lecture room B5, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7
Monday 16th, 15:15
Viikki Biocentre Monday Lecture
Trevor Corson (Author, editor and teacher)
Telling Science Stories: How can scientists communicate with the public and reach a wider audience
Host: Juha Saarikangas
Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5