Tuesday 1st October, 14:15
Special Plant Seminar
Giovanni Sena, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK
Feel the force: a modern view of root electrotropism
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Lecture room 1015, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 9th October, 13:00
ViPS Invited Seminar
Francesco Licausi, University of Oxford, UK
Eversive evolution: exploring and rewiring oxygen sensing mechanism
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Seminar room K1088, Viikki Info Centre, Viikinkaari 11 and online via Zoom
Wednesday 9th October, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Santeri Kankaanpää, Natural Resources Institute, Finland (LuKe)
Using gene-editing to combat the changing environment
14:35 Sampo Muranen, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Virtual Tissue
Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
Location: Seminar room K1088, Viikki Info Centre, Viikinkaari 11 and online via Zoom
Thursday 10th October, 16:00-18:00
ViPS Science Fair 2024
Doctoral researchers and post-docs from ViPS research groups will present their projects to students from the Master's Programmes in Integrative Plant Sciences, Agricultural Sciences & Forest Sciences. The aim is to gain an understanding of the plant biology research being carried out at the University of Helsinki and to explore the possibility of joining a research group for a short period of practical training.
Location: Learning centre (Oppimistori) 1401, Biocentre 1, Viikinkaari 9
Friday 11th October, 14:00
Wine & Science Seminar
Zuosinan Chen, University of Oulu
Boreal tree water uptake and forest hydrology under changing seasonal precipitation: In-situ water isotope and water flux measurements
Location: Room 332, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7 and online via Zoom
Friday 25th October, 14:00
Wine & Science Seminar
Steffan Grebe, University of Helsinki
Let's talk about PAM fluorescence! - An introduction to common measurements, parameters and best practices
Location: Room 332, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7 and online via Zoom
Wednesday 30th October, 10:00
Special Plant Seminar
Wolfgang Bilger, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany
In vivo measurement of epidermal transmittance - chances and surprises
Host: Matthew Robson
Location: Lecture room K111, Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5
Thursday 31st October, 11:15
Thesis defence
Twinkle Solanki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS
Exploring spectrally resolved leaf optical properties in plants from alpine meadows, boreal forests and along understorey-canopy vertical profiles
Opponent: Wolfgang Bilger, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany
Location: Auditorium B2, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7 and online via UniTube