Events in February

ViPS events in February 2019

Wednesday 13th, 13:15

Invited Plant Seminar

Christine Faulkner, John Innes Centre Norwich, UK

Cell-to-cell communication during plant immune responses

Host: Michael Wrzaczek

Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5



Wednesday 13th, 14:15

Plant Club

1415 Marta Pieristè, OEB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Light after death: the importance of spectral composition in litter decomposition process

1435 Melis Kucukoglu, OEB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Cytokinin regulation of cambial activity and wood formation in trees

1455 Marina Leal Gavarrón, OEB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Novel regulators of stomatal closure & plant abiotic stress tolerance

Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5

Monday 18th

Plant Cell Walls: Guest lectures

13.15 -14.25 Stephen C. Fry (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Re-modelling of the cell wall in the living plant cell

15.10 -16.20 Kaisa Nieminen (Natural Resources Institute Finland, LuKe)

Hormonal control of secondary cell wall synthesis

Location: Seminar room 5405, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1

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Tuesday 19th

Plant Cell Walls: Guest lectures

09.00 -10.10 Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Cell wall signaling during development and plant-pathogen interactions

13.25 -14.35 Stephen C. Fry (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Vitamin C - a small, metabolically active solute in the plant cell wall

Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5

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Wednesday 20th

Plant Cell Walls: Guest lectures

09.00 -10.00 Riikka Piispanen (Natural Resources Institute Finland, LuKe)

Wood anatomy – methods and influence on practice

10.45 -11.45 Mikhail Balakshin (Aalto University, Finland)

Analysis of lignin

12.45-13.15 Antti Meriläinen (University of helsinki)

Ultrasound microscope analysis of wood

13.15 -14.25 András Gorzsás (Umeå University, Sweden)

Multivariate analysis of spectroscopic data in plant research

14.45 -16.00 Ndegwa Maina (University of Helsinki)

Analytical methods for evaluating plants’ carbohydrates

Location: Seminar room 130, C building, Latokartanonkaari 5

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Thursday 21st

Plant Cell Walls: Guest lectures

09.00-09.35 Taina Lundell (University of Helsinki)

Plant cell wall-attacking fungi

09.35-10.10 Taina Lundell (University of Helsinki)

Lignin-modifying enzymes

10.40 -11.40 Ronald de Vries (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Fungal diversity with respect to plant cell wall degradation: enzymes, genes and regulation

13.10 -14.10 Jenni Rahikainen (Technical Research Centre Finland, VTT)

Discovery of cell wall modifying enzymes for current and future uses

Location: Seminar room 130, C building, Latokartanonkaari 5

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Friday 22nd

Plant Cell Walls: Guest lectures

09.00-09.45 Ilona Liukkonen (St1)

Bioproducts from industrial waste and residue

10.05 -11.00 Kirsi Mikkonen (University of Helsinki)

Wood to food: applications of hemicelluloses

11.25 -12.15 Kati Koponen (Technical Research Centre Finland, VTT)

Life cycle assessment of bioenergy systems

13.15 -14.05 Ilkka Kilpeläinen (University of Helsinki)

Novel materials from cellulose and wood

14.25 -15.10 Petri Ihalainen (MetGen)

TBA

Location: Learning lab 1401, Biocentre 1, Viikinkaari 9

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