Events in November

ViPS events in November 2020

Friday 6th, 14:00

Ecosystem Processes' Wine & Science seminar

Liisa Kulmula, University of Helsinki

Highlights from the Carbo city project

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Tuesday 17th, 12:00

Thesis defence

Neha Rai (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences  & DPPS)

Perception of solar UV radiation and blue light by plants: photoreceptors, transcriptome and environmental acclimation

Opponent: Nigel Paul, Lancaster University, UK

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 18th, 13:00

Invited Plant Seminar

Miguel Aranda Regulés, Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Loss-of-susceptibility to pepino mosaic virus in tomato

Host: Kristiina Mäkinen

Location: Remotely via Zoom



Wednesday 18th, 14:15

Plant Club

Introducing our new Professor in Translational Plant Biology

Saija-Liisa Kangasjärvi, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Stress-induced senescence in plants

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Thursday 19th, 13:00-16:30

Advances in berry research - lectures

Organisers: Paula Elomaa & Pauliina Palonen

Berry Secondary Metabolites

13.00 – 14.00 Laura Jaakola, UiT, Tromsø, Norway: Berry secondary metabolites

14.15 – 15.15 Marina Heinonen, University of Helsinki, Finland: Berries and health

15.30 – 16.30 Brian Farneti, Foundation Edmund Mach, Italy: Interdisciplinary approaches to improve quality of berries

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Friday 20th, 13:00

Thesis defence

Shreya Saha (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)

VPg-eIF(iso)4E interaction, coat protein production and virion formation in potato virus A infection

Opponent: Miguel Aranda Regulés, Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 25th, 13:00-16:30

Advances in berry research - lectures

Organisers: Paula Elomaa & Pauliina Palonen

Berry Crop Breeding and Applications

13.00 – 14.00 Heiko Rischer, VTT, Finland: Cellular agriculture – berry based cell factories

14.15 – 15.15 Helen Cockerton, NIAB EMR, UK: Breeding for berry quality

15.30 – 16.30 Tuuli Haikonen, Luke, Finland: Berry and fruit breeding in Finland, Nordic pre-breeding collaboration

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Thursday 26th, 13:00-16:30

Advances in berry research - lectures

Organisers: Paula Elomaa & Pauliina Palonen

Berry Crop Physiology

13.00 – 14.00 Anita Sønsteby, NIBIO, Norway: Flowering physiology and dormancy in berry crops

14.15 – 15.15 Majken Pagter, Aalborg University, Denmark: Winter climate change effects on fruit crops

15.30 – 16.30 Robert Hancock, James Hutton Institute, Scotland: Photosynthetic adaptation in blueberry: mechanisms and consequences

Location: Remotely via Zoom