Events in January

ViPS events in January 2019

Tuesday 8th, 15:15

Special plant seminar

Sabine Zachgo, University of Osnabrueck, Germany

TCP activities in cell division and redox regulation: a Marchantia perspective

Host: Paula Elomaa

Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5



Wednesday 9th, 12:00

Thesis defence

Yafei Zhao (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)

Evolution of Asteraceae inflorescence development and CYC/TB1-like gene functions

Opponent:  Professor Sabine Zachgo, University of Osnabrueck, Germany

Location: Auditorium B3, Viikki B building, Latokartanonkaari 7

Wednesday 16th, 13:15

Invited Plant Seminar

Uwe Sonnewald, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Biotechnological approaches to design heat tolerant potato lines

Host: Kristiina Mäkinen

Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5



Wednesday 16th, 14:15

Plant Club

1415 Anirban Bhar, Natural Resources Institute Finland/Faculty of Agriculture

Dynamic plant-microbe interaction between chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and  Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris Race 1 (Foc1) gives clues to resistance mechanism in host plant

1435 David Israel, OEB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

PIP2 Aquaporins in response to low air humidity

Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5

Thursday 17th, 12:00

Thesis defence

Swarnalok De (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)

Interactions of potyviral protein HCpro with host metionin cycle enzymes and scaffolding proteins viracose in potato virus A infection

Opponent:  Professor Uwe Sonnewald, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Location: Auditorium B6, Viikki B building, Latokartanonkaari 7

Monday 21st, 13:00

Special plant seminar

Lennart Wirthmüller, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Getting up to PAR with protein ADP-ribosylation in plant stress signaling

Host: Jaakko Kangasjärvi

Location: Seminar room 2402, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1