Events in February

ViPS events in February 2022

Friday 4th, 13:15
Thesis defence
Margaretta Christita (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
Taphrina as model phytopathogenic yeasts infecting the model plant Arabidopsis and woody plant Betula pendula
Opponent: Professor Minna Pirhonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Custos: Prof. Kurt Fagerstedt
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 16th, 13:00
Invited Plant Seminars
Karin Ljung, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
Roles of plant hormones during root growth and development in relation to nutrient availability and drought stress
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 16th, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Guangxun Fan, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Natural variation in the control of flowering and shoot architecture in diploid Fragaria species
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Friday 18th, 14:15
Thesis defence
Junko Sugano (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & AGFOREE)
Synergistic effect on wood degradation by interspecific interactions of white and brown rot fungi
Opponent: Anikó Várnai, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Custos: Fred Asiegbu
Location: Seminar room B3, Viikki B building, Latokartanonkaari 7 & remotely via Zoom