Events in October

Events in October 2025

Wednesday 1st October 1600-1800

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 (Oppimiskeskus) 1401, Biocentre 1, Viikinkaari 9

Wednesday 8th October, 13:00

Agata Burian, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Architecture of Shoot Vasculature: Coordination of Organogenesis and Vascular Development in Arabidopsis
Host: Paula Elomaa
Location: Lecture room 228, Lab building, Koetilantie 5 and online via Zoom

Wednesday 8th October, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Maija Pollari, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Practical packing tips for stable potato virus A particles – from a high-resolution cryo-EM structure to validation in planta
14:35 Matteo Grenzi, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Osmotic changes at the crossroad of GLRs activation
Host: Paula Elomaa
Location: Lecture room 228, Lab building, Koetilantie 5 and online via Zoom

Friday 31st October, 11:00
Special Plant Club Seminar
Sergey Shabala, School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia
Cell-based phenotyping for breeding crops for future climates
Host: Alexey Shapiguzov
Location: Seminar room B4, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9