Current Challenges in Tree Biology 2021
Time: 13th-14th December 2021
Organisers: Ari Pekka Mähönen & Teemu Hölttä
Place: Viikki campus, Lecture room 2 (K111), Viikki C building, Latokartanonkaari 5 or alternatively via Zoom
Local Speakers: Jaana Bäck, Ykä Helariutta, Teemu Hölttä, Melis Kucukoglu Topcu, Ari Pekka Mähönen, Albert Porcar-Castell, Tanja Pyhäjärvi, Yann Salmon, Jarkko Salojärvi, Alexey Shapiguzov, Maija Sierla, Anne Vatén, Cezary Waszczak
Invited Speakers: Totte Niittylä (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden) & Ram Oren (Duke University, USA)
Program
Monday 13.12.
08:30-09:00 Coffee
09:00-09:10 Opening of the symposium, & general information Ari Pekka Mähönen & Teemu Hölttä
09:10-09:30 Ykä Helariutta Overwiew of the CoE in tree biology
09:30-10:10 Maija Sierla Guard cell signalling and stomatal function
10:10-10:25 Short break
10:25-11:05 Cezary Waszczak Epidermal permeability and plant water relations
11:05-11:45 Alexey Shapiguzov Stress acclimation and the energy organelles
11:45-13:00 Lunch break
13.00-13.40 Anne Vatén Control of stomatal development
13:40-14:20 Ykä Helariutta Phloem development
14:20-14:30 Coffee break
14:30-15:10 Ari Pekka Mähönen Vascular cambium development in model plant arabidopsis
15:10-16:00 Totte Niittylä (Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden) To store or to grow – mechanisms of carbon allocation in trees
Tuesday 14.12.
08:30-09:00 Coffee
09:00-09:40 Melis Kucukoglu Topcu Regulation of cambium and wood formation in trees (preliminary)
09:40-10:20 Jaana Bäck Biogenic volatiles - role as messengers and influencers
10:20-10:30 Short break
10:30-11:10 Albert Porcar-Castell Application of active and passive chlorophyl fluorescence in plant science
11:10-11:50 Tanja Pyhäjärvi Natural genetic variation in trees
11:50-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-13:40 Jarkko Salojärvi Tree genomics
13:40-14:20 Teemu Hölttä Source transport and sink
14:20-14:30 Coffee break
14:30-15:10 Yann Salmon Ecophysiological measuments of leaf gas exchange, xylem/phloem transport and growth
15:10-16:00 Ram Oren (Duke University, USA/University of Helsinki) Effects of atmospheric and edaphic variation on ecosystem physiological function and production
16:00-16:05 Closing of the symposium