Events in June

Events in June 2023

Thursday 1st, 8 am

Thesis defence

Pezhman Baran (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)

Investigating plant resistance and infection patterns in a wild plant - Case study of Plantago lanceolata

Opponent: Ksenia Krasileva, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Custos: Kurt Fagerstedt

Location: K110, C building, Latokartanonkaari 5 and remotely via Zoom

Thursday 1st, 13:15

Department of Agricultural Sciences seminar series

Kodambiyakamenna Saidamak Shameer, University of Helsinki

Food webs and agro-ecological community characteristics

Location: Lecture room K110, Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5

Thursday 8th 14:15

Special Viikki Soil Science seminar

Patrick Faubert
, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada

Industry ecology and climate change mitigation: contributions of the agriculture and forest sectors as nature-based solutions 

Host: Mari Pihlatie

Location: Viikki Info Centre, room K1088, Viikinkaari 11

Friday 9th, 12 noon

Thesis defence

Kenneth Peltokangas (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & DENVI)

Wood-derived soil amendments and their effects on soil fertility and greenhouse gas emissions from cultivated boreal soils

Opponent: Patrick Faubert, Université du Québec à Chicoutimista, Canada

Custos: Mari Pihlatie

Location: B3, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7 and remotely via Unitube

Thursday 15th, 13:15

Department of Agricultural Sciences seminar series

Kristiina Mäkinen, University of Helsinki

Virus diseases of potato and potato virus research in Finland

Location: Lecture room K110, Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5

Friday 16th, 14:00 -POSTPONED!

Wine & Science Seminars

Olli Tahvonen, University of Helsinki

Optimizing forestry for wood production and carbon sinks

Location: Seminar room 332, Forest Science Building, Latokartanonkaari 5 and remotely via Zoom

Tuesday 20th, 13:00

Special Plant Club seminar

Pirita Paajanen, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Natural variation in birch as an uptapped resource for tree research

Host: Ykä Helariutta

Location: Seminar room 2402, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1 and remotely via Zoom