Events in December

ViPS events in December 2022

Thursday 1st, 12:00

Thesis defence

Paulina AA. Rajewicz (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & ATM-DP)

Metholodogical and mechanistic context for the interpretation of leaf-level spectral chlorophyll-a fluorescence

Opponent: Petya K. E. Campbell, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

Custos: Albert Porcar-Castell

Location: Auditorium 1 (K110), Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5 and remotely via Zoom

Monday 12th  -Tuesday 13th

ViPS/DPPS Autumn Symposium

Current Challenges in Genetics and genomics of plant adaptation


Invited speakers: Kirsten Bomblies, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Zoran Nikoloski, Potsdam University, Germany; Korbinian Schneeberger, LMU, Munich, Germany and Phillip Wigge, IGZ Berlin, Germany

Local speakers: Paula Elomaa, Timo Hytönen & Tanja Pyhäjärvi

Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5



Wednesday 14th, 13:00

Invited Plant Seminars

Kirsten ten Tusscher, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Reverse engineering the earliest stages of lateral root formation

Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen

Location: Lecture room B5, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 14th, 14:15

Plant Club

14:15 Brecht Wybouw, Institute of Biotechnology, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

The role of auxin transporters during xylem vessel patterning

Location: Lecture room B5, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 14th, 15:30-21:00

ViPS Christmas Party

Location: Viikki manor house (Viikin kartano)