Wednesday 2nd, 12 noon
Thesis defence
Mirko Pavicic (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)
Multifaceted roles of RING-type ubiquitin E3 ligases: reverse phenomic approaches
Opponent: Professor Thomas Roitsch, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Location: Seminar room 228, Lab building, Koetilantie 5
Thursday 3rd, 10:00
Special Plant Seminar
Thomas Roitsch (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Plant phenomics of assimilate partitioning: importance for development, stress responses & biotechnology
Host: Kristiina Himanen
Location: Seminar room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 9th, 13:15
Invited Plant Seminar
Eric Kemen, Tübingen University, Germany
Inferring Microbiota Functions in the Plant Phyllosphere
Host: Kirk Overmyer
Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 9th, 14:15
Plant Club
1415 Lingping Zhu, Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry
Missing Polyketide processing enzymes in Gerbera (Gerbera hybrida)
1435 Tiina Blomster, OEB/Institute of Biotechnology/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Hormonal regulation of secondary growth in the Arabidopsis root
1455 Agate Auzane, OEB/Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Mannopeptide - the forgotten MAMP from yeast extract?
Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Thursday 10th
ViPS visit to Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd.
Hosts: Outi Manninen & Merja Veteläinen
Location: Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd./Boreal Kasvinjalostus Oy, Myllytie 10, Jokioinen
Friday 11th, 12 noon
Thesis defence
Yu Sun (Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
Phylogeny and biogeography of liverworts (Marchantiophyta), evidence from the Southern Hemisphere family Schistochilaceae and the cosmopolitan genus Herbertus (Herbertaceae)
Opponent: Dr. Sanna Huttunen, Herbarium, University of Turku
Location: Nylander room, Botanical Museum, 2nd floor, Kaisaniemenranta 2
Wednesday 16th, 10:00
Special Plant Seminar
Jim Whelan (La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF), La Trobe University, Canberra, Australia)
Mitochondrial signaling - pathways, interactions and roles
Host: Jaakko Kangasjärvi
Location: Seminar room 6602, Biocentre 3, Viikinkaari 1
Thursday 17th, 12 noon
Thesis defence
Jinhui Wang (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & AGFOREE)
Genomics and transcriptomics of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ and its interaction with its host plant Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Opponent: Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs Didymus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
Location: Seminar room B6, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7
Monday 21st - Friday 25th
Plant Responses to Climate Change
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Thursday 24th, 14:00
Special Plant Seminar
Yusuke Saijo (NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan)
PRR-mediated aquaporin regulation in resistance against bacterial water acquisition under high humidity
Host: Michi Wrzaczek
Location: Seminar room 2012, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Friday 25th, 12 noon
Thesis defence
Kiflemariam Belachew (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & AGFOREE)
Root and shoot traits associated with acidity and drought tolerance in Vicia faba L. plants
Opponent: Assoc. Professor Boris Rewald, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Location: Walter auditorium, EE building, Agnes Sjöberginkatu 2
Monday 28th, 15:15
Viikki Biocentre Monday Lecture
Kenneth Birnbaum (New York University, USA)
Reviving the Meristem: How Plant Cells Rejuvenate During Regeneration
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 30th, 13:15
Special Plant Seminar
Michelle Cleary (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, Sweden)
Exploiting host resistance in European ash using traditional and advanced phenotyping
Host: Fred Asiegbu
Location: Seminar room B7, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7
Thursday 31st, 12 noon
Thesis defence
Mukrimin Mukrimin (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)
Heterobasidion – conifer pathosystem: Host mycobiome and evaluation of potential resistance markers
Opponent: Docent Michelle Cleary, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, Sweden
Location: Auditorium B3, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7