Events in January 2023

ViPS events in January 2023

Wednesday 18th, 13:00
Invited Plant Seminars
Alexander Jones, Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK
Bringing into focus the cellular dynamics of plant hormones using fluorescent biosensors and optogenetics
Host: Timo Hytönen
Location: Lecture room B6, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 18th, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Riikka Mäkilä, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Gibberellins promote polar auxin transport to regulate stem cell fate decisions in cambium
14:35 Kimmo Kivivirta, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Genetic basis of flower size plasticity
14:55 Attiq Ur Rehman, Natural Resources Institute, Finland
Genetic dissection of adaptive traits in strawberry pre-breeding population
Location: Lecture room B6, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom

Thursday 26th, 13:15
Special plant seminar
Oliver Brendel, INRAE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
Between and within species diversity of water use efficiency for Q. petraea and Q. robur : The H2Oak project at the crossroads of ecology, ecophysiology and genetics
Hosts: Matt Robson & Maxime Durand
Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5

Friday 27th, 13:15
Thesis defence
David Israel (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
The ecophysiology of plasma membrane aquaporins in Arabidopsis thaliana and Fagus sylvatica
Opponent: Oliver Brendel, INRAE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
Custos: Kurt Fagerstedt
Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5 and remotely via live stream