Friday 2nd, 12:00
Thesis defence
Subin Kalu (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & AGFOREE)
Long-term effects of biochars as a soil amendment in boreal agricultural soils
Opponent: Claudia Kammann, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany
Custos: Johan Ekroos
Location: Walter Hall, EE-building, Agnes Sjöberginkatu 2
Friday 2nd, 14:30
Wine & Science seminars
Sanna Sevanto, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Directed plant-microbiome evolution to improve plant drought tolerance
Location: Lecture room 332, Forest Sciences building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom
Thursday 8th, 15:00
Special plant seminar
Paula Soares, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Introduction of pine species in portuguese forest and product compatibility (wood/resin/cones) under a climate change scenario
Host: Annikki Mäkelä
Location: Room 332, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 5
Friday 9th, 12:00
Thesis defence
Man Hu (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & AGFOREE)
The growth and aboveground biomasses of Scots pine and Norway spruce in relation to tree structural regularities
Opponent: Paula Soares, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Custos: Pasi Puttonen
Location: Auditorium U3032, Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33
Friday 9th, 13:00
Thesis defence
Omid Safranov (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
Chaga Genome and Convergent Evolution of Betulinate Biosynthesis in Host (Betula pendula) and the Pathogen (Inonotus obliquus)
Opponent: Marco Thines, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Custos: Kurt Fagerstedt
Location: Auditorium 1041, Biocentre 2, Viikinkaari 5
Wednesday 14th, 09:00
Invited Plant Seminars
Troy Magney, UC Davis, USA
Potential and limitations of remote sensing metrics for tracking ecosystem photosynthesis: Insights from a network of tower spectrometers
Host: Maxime Durand & Albert Porcar-Castell
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Wednesday 14th, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Xixi Zhang, Institute of Biotechnology, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Undifferentiated xylem cells function as reservoirs for cambium stem cells
14:35 Yaseen Mottiar, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Exploring the plasticity of lignification
Location: Lecture room B5, Forest Sciences Building, Latokartanonkaari 7-9 and remotely via Zoom
Wednesday 28th, 10:00
LUOMUS seminar
Vanessa Bieker, Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Uncovering the genomic basis of an extraordinary plant invasion
Location: Remotely via Zoom