Events in March

ViPS events in March 2023

Wednesday 8th, 12:15-16:00

Special Soil Science Seminar: Forest soil science adventures of Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari and Mike Starr

Program coming soon!

Location: Lecture room B6, Viikki A/B building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9

Wednesday 15th, 14:15

Plant Club

14:15 Suzhou Chenxing, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Effect of light fluctuations on photoprotection against UV-B radiation

14:55 William Aspelin, Faculty of Agriculture and Foresty

The host interactions of Potyviral CI helicase and its role in viral movement

15:15 Moona Rahikainen, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Post-translational control of organelle stress responses in Arabidopsis

Location: Lecture room B6, Viikki A/B building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom

Friday 17th, 12:00

Thesis defence

Sanna Ehonen (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)

Systemic signaling in plant gas exchange

Opponent: Tracy Lawson, University of Essex, UK

Custos: Jaakko Kangasjärvi

Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5 

Friday 24th, 09:00-12:00

PlantImPhys seminar series by LuKe: Plant Physiology: learning to see the "invisible", seminar 1

Speakers: Irene Vänninen, Alexey Shapiguzov, Petteri Karisto (LuKe), Marjaana Rantala, University of Turku & Heta Mattila, University of Aveiro, Portugal

More information and registration

Location: LuKe Jokioinen and remotely via Teams

Friday 31st, 13:00

Thesis defence

Bahram Peivastegan (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)

Transcriptome profiling of potato tubers in response to wet conditions and soft rot bacterium Dickeya solani

Opponent: Hans Thordal-Christensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Custos: Teemu Teeri

Location: Lecture room B2, Viikki A/B building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9