Events in March

Events in March 2025

Wednesday 12th March, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Dario Ojeda Alayon, Finnish Museum of Natural History
Bird-pollinated Macaronesian Lotus (Leguminosae) originated from an entomophilous ancestor with post-anthesis flower colour change
14:35 Richard Gossens, OEB; Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Altered RNA splicing through co-transcriptional regulator RCD1
Location: Lecture room K110, Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5 and online via Zoom

Thursday 20th March, 13:15
Departmental Seminars
Teemu Teeri, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki
Bitter flowers: Polyketide reductases in Gerbera hybrida
Location: Lecture room B3, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9

Wednesday 26th March, 10:00
Special Plant Seminar
Alfred Holzwarth, Max-Planck-Institute, & Chief Technology Officer, ChloroSpec, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mechanisms of non-photochemical quenching regulation in steady state and under fluctuating light conditions
Host: Alexey Shapiguzov 
Location: Lecture room B7, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 

Thursday 27th March, 14:00
Special Plant Seminar
Fernando Andrés, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Valencia, Spain
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Bud Dormancy Cycle in Apple Trees
Host: Timo Hytönen 
Location: Lecture room B7, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9

Friday 28th March, 13:15
Thesis defence
Javier Andrés, Faculty of Agricluture and Forestry and DPPS
Regulation of axillary bud fate in wild strawberries
Opponent: Fernando Andrés, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Valencia, Spain
Location: Lecture room B5, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9