Events in March

ViPS events in March 2022

Friday 11th, 14:00

Invited Plant Seminars

Antonio Encina García, Universidad de León, Spain

Further exploring the plasticity of the primary cell wall: the use of cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors

Host: Anna Kärkönen

Location: Remotely via Zoom



Wednesday 16th, 13:00

Invited Plant Seminars

Jean-Luc Gallois, INRA, Avignon, France

Resistance to viruses by loss-of-susceptibility: from natural variation to edited genes

Host: Kristiina Mäkinen

Location: Auditorium 2, Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5 and remotely via Zoom



Wednesday 16th, 14:15

Plant Club

14:15 Maija Pollari, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

A comprehensive look at poty-potexvirus synergism through systematic phenotyping and metabolite analysis

14:35 Sara Forlani, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Investigating plant senescence: the role of NAC transcription factors in Solanum lycopersicum and Arabidopsis thaliana

Location: Auditorium 2, Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5 and remotely via Zoom

Friday 18th, 12 noon

Thesis defence

Xin Wang (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology & DPPS)

Genome editing and its use to study secondary growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

Opponent: Moritz Nowack, Ghent University, Belgium

Custos: Ari-Pekka Mähönen

Location: Auditorium 2041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5 and remotely via Zoom