Events in October

ViPS events in October 2020

Friday 2nd, 13:00

Thesis defence

Rafiqul Hyder (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry  & AGFOREE)

HeterobasidiondsRNA viruses: diversity, taxonomy and effects

Opponent: Daniel Rigling, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Friday 2nd, 14:00

Ecosystem Processes' Wine & Science seminar

Morgane Merline, University of Helsinki

Using sap flow sensors to monitor tree water uptake: challenges and opportunities

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 7th, 1400

ViPS @Kuusijärvi

Outside recreation day with walking, possibility to have smoke sauna and dinner (outside)

Monday 19th, 09:00-13:30

Signal transduction in plants -lecture series

Organisers: Michael Wrzaczek & Kirk Overmyer

Invited speakers: Sachie Kimura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Friedrich Kragler (Max-Planck Golm, Germany); Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)

09:10-09:40 Ari Pekka Mähönen – Root development

09:40-10:40 Sachie Kimura – Calcium signaling

10:40-11:10 Cezary Waszczak - ROS

Break

12:00-12:30 Julia Krasensky-Wrzaczek - Phosphorylation

12:30-13:00 Anne Vatén – Stomatal development

13:00-13:30 Maija Sierla – Stomatal regulation

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Tuesday 20th, 09:00-13:30

Signal transduction in plants -lecture series

Organisers: Michael Wrzaczek & Kirk Overmyer

Invited speakers: Sachie Kimura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Friedrich Kragler (Max-Planck Golm, Germany); Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)

09:00-09-30 Kristiina Himanen – Protein degradation

09:30-10:00 Jesus Pascual Vasquez – Retrograde signalling

10:00-10:30 Paula Mulo – Protein acetylation

11:30-12:00 Matthew Robson – Light signalling

12:00-12:30 Saija Kangasjärvi – Light signalling

12:30-13:30 Fritz Kragler - Mobile mRNAs: Lost in translation?

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 21st, 13:00

Invited Plant Seminar

Ildoo Hwang, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea

In vivo role of RNA G-quadruplex in plants

Hosts: Ari-Pekka Mähönen & Ykä Helariutta

Location: Remotely via Zoom



Wednesday 21st, 14:15

Plant Club

14:15 Sampo Muranen, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & Institute of Biotechnology

Function of LAZY1 Gene in Silver Birch (Betula pendula)

14:35 Munan Lyu, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & Institute of Biotechnology

High-throughput single-cell transcriptome profiling of cambium

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Thursday 22nd, 09:00-11:30

Signal transduction in plants -lecture series

Organisers: Michael Wrzaczek & Kirk Overmyer

Invited speakers: Sachie Kimura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Friedrich Kragler (Max-Planck Golm, Germany); Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)

09:00-09:30 Mikael Brosché – Transcriptional regulation

09:30-10:00 Melis Kucukoglu – Plant hormones

10:00-11:00 Alga Zuccaro

11:00-11:30 Jarkko Salojärvi/Aleksia Vaattovaara – Bioinformatics

Location: Remotely via Zoom

Thursday 22nd, 12:15-14:15

Thesis defence

Satu Ruokolainen (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)

The MADS world of floral regulators in Gerbera hybrida

Opponent: Michiel Vandenbussche, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon /Université de Lyon, France

Location: Remotely via Zoom