PhD degrees awarded to ViPS members:
2020
3rd December
Eija Virolainen-Arne: Plant oxygen deprivation stress and function of plant mitochondria under anoxia
PI: Kurt Fagerstedt
20th November
Shreya Saha: VPg-eIF(iso)4E interaction, coat protein production and virion formation in potato virus A infection
PI: Kristiina Mäkinen
17th November
Neha Rai: Perception of solar UV radiation and blue light by plants: Photoreceptors, transcriptome and environmental acclimation
PI: Pedro Aphalo
22nd October
Satu Ruokolainen: The MADS world of floral regulators in Gerbera hybrida
PIs: Teemu Teeri & Paula Elomaa
24th September
Eeva Marttinen: Pathogens of green roof mosses and the use of a Physcomitrella mutant collection as a source for elucidating genes involved in the chitosan-induced signaling pathway
PI: Jari Valkonen
11th September
Åsa Stam: Growth and resilience of non-vascular epiphytes in the Taita Hills, Kenya
PI: Joukko Rikkinen
4th September
Teemu Paljakka: Tree water transport mediating the changing environmental conditions to tree physiological processes
PI: Teemu Hölttä
27th August
Juan Alonso Serra: Molecular and mechanical control of plant secondary development
PI: Ykä Helariutta
16th June
Marta Pieristè: Light after death: the importance of spectral composition in litter decomposition processes
PI: Matt Robson
11th June
Fang Wang: A Spatio-Temporal Understanding of the Arabidopsis Root Development
PI: Pedro Aphalo
9th June
Janne Korhonen: Nitrogen cycling from the perspective of boreal Scots pine trees
PIs: Mari Pihlatie & Timo Vesala
4th June
Craig Brelsford: Light quality affects leaf pigments and leaf phenology
PI: Matt Robson
29th May
Nashmin Ebrahimi: Selenium biofortification in crops and its cycling in the agroecosystem
PI: Mervi Seppänen
26th May
Linping Wang: Identification of chemical inhibitors for RNase III of Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV)
PI: Jari Valkonen
6th May
Long Xie: Identification of chemical inhibitors for RNase III of Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV)
PI: Jari Valkonen
7th February
Jungok Heo: A Spatio-Temporal Understanding of the Arabidopsis Root Development
PI: Ykä Helariutta
2019
13th December
Kerri Hunter: The cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase CRK2 during stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
PI: Michael Wrzaczek
29th November
Kai Wang: Protomyces Comparative Genomics and Modulation of Arabidopsis Immunity
PI: Kirk Overmyer
31st October
Mukrimin Mukrimin: Heterobasidion – conifer pathosystem: Host mycobiome and evaluation of potential resistance markers
PI: Fred Asiegbu
25th October
Kiflemariam Belachew: Root and shoot traits associated with acidity and drought tolerance in Vicia faba L. plants
PI: Fred Stoddard
17th October
Jinhui Wang: Genomics and transcriptomics of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ and its interaction with its host plant Daucus carota subsp. sativus
PI: Minna Pirhonen
2nd October
Mirko Pavicic: Multifaceted roles of RING-type ubiquitin E3 ligases : reverse phenomic approaches
PI: Kristiina Himanen
27th September
Elisa Vainio: The contributions of soil, ground vegetation and trees to the methane exchange of boreal forest
PI: Mari Pihlatie
28th June
Aleksia Vaattovaara: Evolution of the DUF26-containing proteins in plants
PIs: Michael Wrzaczek & Jarkko Salojärvi
14th June
Zhen Zeng: Genome, transcriptome, and methylome in the conifer pathogen Heterobasidion parviporum
PI: Fred Asiegbu
7th June
Iris Sevilem: The integration of developmental signals during root procambial patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana
PI: Ykä Helariutta
24th May
Mari Mäki: Volatile organic compound fluxes from northern forest soils
PIs: Jaana Bäck & Jussi Heinonsalo
10th May
Maria Kalliola: Phytohormone-related crosstalk in pathogen and stomatal responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
PI: Mikael Brosché
19th March
Ali Amiryousefi: Chloroinformatics
PI: Jaakko Hyvönen
17th January
Swarnalok De: Interactions of potyviral protein HCpro with host metionin cycle enzymes and scaffolding proteins viracose in potato virus A infection
PI: Kristiina Mäkinen
9th January
Yafei Zhao: Functional characterization of transcription factor LEAFY in Gerbera hybrida
PIs: Paula Elomaa & Teemu Teeri
2018
10th August
Samia Samad: Regulation of vegetative and generative reproduction in the woodland strawberry
PI: Timo Hytönen
18th June
Juha Immanen: Cytokinin signaling in hybrid aspen cambial development and growth
PI: Ykä Helariutta
4th May
Elina Kettunen: Diversity and evolution of dark filamentous microfungi on plant exudates
PI: Jouko Rikkinen
4th May
Anni Vanhatalo: Long-term dynamics of BVOC production, storage and emission in boreal Scots pine
PI: Jaana Bäck
9th March
Beñat Olascoaga: Leaf optical properties and dynamics of photosynthetic activity
PI: Albert Porcar-Castell
2017
15th December
Tanja Paasela: The stilbene biosynthetic pathway and its regulation in Scots pine
PI: Teemu Teeri
15th September
Marja Rantanen: Light and temperature as developmental signals in woodland strawberry and red raspberry
PIs: Timo Hytönen, Paulina Palonen & Paula Elomaa
25th August
Kean-Jin Lim: Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) heartwood formation and wounding stress: A view from the transcriptome
PI: Teemu Teeri
30th June
Pär Davidsson: Oligogalacturonide signalling in plant innate immunity
PI: Tapio Palva
28th April
Mantas Survila: Immune Responses to Pathogen Infection in Arabidopsis
PI: Tapio Palva
21st April
Lauri Lindfors: Low apoplastic water potential in trees - dehydration stress on living cells and embolism in xylem
PI: Teemu Hölttä
21st April
Clara Lizarazo: Diversifying Boreal - Nemoral cropping systems for sustainable protein production
PI: Fred Stoddard
10th February
Juha Kontturi: Type III polyketidesynthases from Gerbera hybrida
PI: Teemu Teeri
2016
18th November
Andres Lõhmus: Helper component-proteinase and coat protein are involved in the molecular processes of Potato virus A translation and replication
PI: Kristiina Mäkinen
17th November
Anu Riikonen: Some ecosystem service aspects of young street tree plantings
PI: Paula Elomaa
4th November
Tommy Chan: Dynamic variations in bark hydraulics – understanding whole tree processes and its linkage to bark hydraulic function and structure
PI: Jaana Bäck
14th October
Hannu Hotti: The killer of Socrates exposed – Coniine in the plant kingdom
PI: Teemu Teeri
23rd September
Lauri Vaahtera: Apoplastic ROS and transcriptional response in plant stress signaling
PI: Mikael Brosché
2nd September
Elli Koskela: Genetic and environmental control of flowering in wild and cultivated strawberries
PIs: Timo Hytönen & Paula Elomaa
17th June
Riccardo Siligato: Hormonal regulation of primary and secondary growth in the root of Arabidopsis thaliana
PI: AP Mähönen
14th June
Jane Besong: Molecular insights into a putative potyvirus RNA encapsidation pathway and potyvirus particles as enzyme nano-carriers
PI: Kristiina Mäkinen
30th May
Sedeer El-Showk: Auxin and cytokinin interactions regulate primary vascular patterning during root development in Arabidopsis thaliana
PI: Ykä Helariutta
22nd April
Hanna Help-Rinta-Rahko: The interaction of auxin and cytokinin signalling regulates primary root procambial patterning, xylem cell fate and differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana
PI: Ykä Helariutta
23rd January
Hany El-Sayed Bashandy: Flavonoid metabolomics in Gerbera hybrida and elucidation of complexity in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway
PI: Teemu Teeri
15th January
Abbot Oghenekaro: Molecular analysis of the interaction between white rot pathogen (Rigidoporus microporus) and rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
PI: Fred Asiegbu
2015
18th December
Niina Idänheimo: The Role of Cysteine-rich Receptor-like Protein Kinases in ROS Signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana
PIs: Michi Wrzaczek & Jaakko Kangasjärvi
11th December
Susanna Keriö: Terpene analysis and transcript profiling of the conifer response to Heterobasidion annosum s.l. infection and Hylobius abietis feeding
PI: Fred Asiegbu
10th December
Juho Aalto: Seasonal and spatial variation of VOC emission from boreal Scots pine forest
PI: Jaana Bäck
27th November
Venla Jokela: Regulation of flowering and canopy structure in timothy (Phleum pratense L.)
PI: Mervi Seppänen
6th November
Hongxin Chen: Heterobasidion annosum pathogenesis: Bioinformatic and functional study of cerato-platanin family proteins
PI: Fred Asiegbu
7th October
Nicolas Detry: In Silico Genomics of Fungal Oxidoreductase Genes
PI: Fred Asiegbu
1st October
Linda Garlant: Ecology and genomics of Dickeya solani, a new soft rot bacterium infecting potatoes
PI: Minna Pirhonen
4th September
Eeva Terhonen: Environmental Impact of Using Phlebiopsis gigantea in Stump Treatment Against Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato and Screening Root Endophytes to Identify Other Novel Control Agents
PI: Fred Asiegbu
15th June
Milton Untiveros Lazaro: Molecular variability, genetic relatedness and a novel open reading frame (pispo) of sweet potato-infecting potyviruses
PI: Jari Valkonen
12th June
Enjun Xu: Interaction between Hormone and Apoplastic ROS Signaling in Regulation of Defense Responses and Cell Death
PI: MIkael Brosché
8th May
Mehmet Keceli: Crosstalk in Plant Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
PI: Tapio Palva
20th March
Martin Broberg: Genetic profiling of the interactions between soft rot Pectobacterium species and plants
PI: Tapio Palva
20th March
Ulla Holopainen: Composition and structure of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grain in relation to end uses
PI: Kurt Fagerstedt