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