Thursday 7th November, 13:00
Special Plant Seminar
Andrew Friend, University of Cambridge, UK
Modelling vegetation responses to global change: the role of carbon source-sink feedbacks
Host: Annikki Mäkelä
Location: Lecture room B4, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9
Friday 8th November, 13:00
Thesis defence
Che Liu, Faculty of Agricluture and Forestry and AGFOREE
Whole-tree Lagrangian optimal stomata model and its application to predicting cambial growth of tree stem
Opponent: Andrew Friend, University of Cambridge, UK
Location: Lecture room B2, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9
Wednesday 13th November, 13:00
ViPS Invited Seminar
Andrea Polle, University of Göttingen, Germany
Ectomycorrhizal fungal-plant communication and consequences for plant stress resistance
Host: Melis Kucukoglu Topcu
Location: Lecture room B6, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom
Wednesday 13th November, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Wiktoria Fatz, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
It's all in the balance: A zinc-finger transcription factor represses secondary growth and increases stress responses in Arabidopsis roots
14:35 George Woodward, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Girdling: Investigating the carbon sink in trees by directly manipulating phloem transport
14:55 Priscille Steensma, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Revealing the mechanism of post-harvest deterioration of fresh-cut lettuce through multidisciplinary approaches
Host: Melis Kucukoglu Topcu
Location: Lecture room B6, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9
Friday 29th November, 13:00
Thesis defence
Sakari Välimäki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS
Tissue culture and cryopreservation in the utilization and conservation of genetic resources of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and elms (Ulmus glabra, U. laevis)
Opponent: Elina Oksanen, University of Eastern Finland
Location: Auditorium B2, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7