Events in February

Events in February 2026

Wednesday 11th February, 13:00

Stéphane Verger, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden
Mechanics and dynamics of cell-cell adhesion in plants
Host: Anna Happonen
Location: Lecture room B7, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 

Wednesday 11th February, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Quan Zhou, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Identification of photoperiodic flowering pathway in woodland strawberry
14:35 Kaotar Elhazzime, OEB; Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Sugar in Motion: A Transporter Driven Mechanism for Stomatal Adjustment to Osmotic Stress
15:05 Arttu Mäkinen, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Photobiological effects of dynamic lighting regimes on lettuce and recent updates on our CEA-testbed system
Host: Anna Happonen
Location: Lecture room B7, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 

Friday 27th February, 13:15
Thesis defence
Maja Ilievska, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and DPPS
Inference of gene regulatory and functional interactions with high-throughput analysis. Application to cell wall biosynthesis and photosynthesis
Opponent: Torgeir R. Hvidsten, Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Norway
Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5