Monday 6th
Production of heterologous proteins and metabolites in plants: Guest lectures open to all
10:15 -11:45 Teemu Teeri (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Gene transfer to plants
Location: Seminar room 2402, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1
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Tuesday 7th
Production of heterologous proteins and metabolites in plants: Guest lectures open to all
09:15 -10:45 Hadrien Payret (John Innes Centre, UK)
Past, present and future expression systems for plant molecular farming
12:15 -13:45 Domink Mojzita (VTT, Finland)
P-SES: Synthetic expression system for orthogonal gene expression in plants
Location: Seminar room 2402, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1
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Wednesday 8th
Production of heterologous proteins and metabolites in plants: Guest lectures open to all
09:15 -10:45 Inge Broer (University of Rostock, Denmark)
Commercially important protein product applications
12:15 -13.45 Kristiina Mäkinen (University of Helsnki, Finland)
Downstream processing / product quality
Location: Seminar room 4, Korona Info Centre, Viikinkaari 11
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Friday 10th
Production of heterologous proteins and metabolites in plants: Guest lectures open to all
09:15 -10:45 Suvi Häkkinen (VTT, Finland)
Commercially important secondary metabolite applications
Location: Seminar room 2402, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1
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Friday 10th, 13:00
Thesis defence
Maria Kalliola (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
Phytohormone-related crosstalk in pathogen and stomatal responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
Opponent: Professor Erik Andreasson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Friday 10th, 14:30
Wine-Science Seminar
Lukas Kohl, University of Helsinki
Interferences of VOCs on laser spectroscopy and FTIR based methane analysers
Location: Room 332, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7
Monday 13th - Tuesday 14th
ViPS retreat 2019
Hyytiälä Forest Field Station
Wednesday 15th
Fungal Interactions: Multi-trophic Interactions: Guest lectures open to all
09:10 -10:00 Fred Asiegbu (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Fungi associated to forest trees: Friends or foes
10:00 - 11:00 Kari Saikkonen (University of Turku, Finland)
Fungi as endophytes
11:10 - 12:00 Kari Saikkonen (University of Turku, Finland)
Functional roles of fungal endophytes
Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 15th, 13:15
Invited Plant Seminar
Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institute, USA
Methane Production and Emissions in Trees and Forests
Host: Mari Pihlatie
Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 15th, 14:15
Plant Club
1415 Hannu Hotti, MIB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Translational adaptation to directed evolution by post-transcriptional RNA modifications
1435 Kaisa Rissanen, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
The role and dynamics of Scots pine stem as a source of VOCs
1455 Markku Koskinen, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science
Controlled-environment system for automated soil-plant-atmosphere gas exchange measurements
Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Thursday 16th
Fungal Interactions: Multi-trophic Interactions: Guest lectures open to all
09:00 -10:00 Fred Asiegbu (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Forest tree mycobiome: impact on tree health
10:00 - 11:00 Lynne Boddy (University of Cardiff, UK)
Fungi as a saprotroph & Interspecific combative interactions
11:15 - 12:00 Michael Thomas-Poulsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Symbiotic paths to sustainable insect fungiculture
13:15 - 14:10 Anna Maria Pirtillä (Oulu University, Finland)
Symbiotic plant microbes as a source for biomimetic drugs
14:10 - 15:00 Anna Maria Pirtillä (Oulu University, Finland)
Endophytes of forest trees: Saviours to defeat antimicrobial resistance?
15:15 - 16:00 Michael Thomas-Poulsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Disease-defence dynamics in fungus farming symbioses
16:00 - 16:45 Markku Saloheimo (VTT, Helsinki, Finland)
Industrial and biotechnological applications of fungi
Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Thursday 16th, 15:00
Special Plant Seminar
Bente Jessen Graae, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Windows of Opportunities in seedling recruitment in Arctic/alpine vegetation
Host: Timo Saarinen
Location: Seminar room 171, Korona Info Centre, Viikinkaari 11
Friday 17th
Fungal Interactions: Multi-trophic Interactions: Guest lectures open to all
09:00 - 10:00 Taina Lundell (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Role of fungi in Biotechnology of renewable natural resources
10:15 - 11:00 Lynne Boddy (University of Cardiff, UK)
Fungus wars
Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Friday 17th, 12:00
Thesis defence
Friederike Gehrmann (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
Effects of Microclimatic variation of snowmelt and temperature on Subarctic-alpine and Arctic Plants
Opponent: Professor Bente Jessen Graae, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Location: Seminar room B3, Viikki Forest Science Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9
Friday 17th
Fungal Interactions: Multi-trophic Interactions: Guest lectures open to all
13:00 – 14:30 Lallemand/Verdera
Practical and commercial applications of fungi in biocontrol
Gunnar Salingre: Biological control of forest pathogen Heterobasidion annosum
Päivi Heino: Commercial applications of biofungicides in horticulture
Pekka Seiskari: Technical considerations in commercial production of biocontrol agents
Marina Brandtberg: Regulatory considerations in commercializing a biocontrol product
Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Friday 17th, 14:30
Wine-Science Seminar
Anna Lintunen, University of Helsinki
Extracellular freezing process of trees
Location: Room 332, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7
Friday 24th, 12:00
Thesis defence
Mari Mäki (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research)
Volatile organic compound fluxes from northern forest soils
Opponent: Senior Scientist Rainer Steinbrecher, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Location: Lecture room B5, Viikki Forest Science Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9
Wednesday 29th, 10:15
Special Plant Seminar
Peter Etchells, University of Durham, UK
Boundary formation in plant vascular tissue: A game of zones
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Seminar room 2402, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1