Friday 6th, 14:00
Ecosystem Processes' Wine & Science seminar
Liisa Kulmula, University of Helsinki
Highlights from the Carbo city project
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Tuesday 17th, 12:00
Thesis defence
Neha Rai (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
Perception of solar UV radiation and blue light by plants: photoreceptors, transcriptome and environmental acclimation
Opponent: Nigel Paul, Lancaster University, UK
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Wednesday 18th, 13:00
Invited Plant Seminar
Miguel Aranda Regulés, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Loss-of-susceptibility to pepino mosaic virus in tomato
Host: Kristiina Mäkinen
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Wednesday 18th, 14:15
Plant Club
Introducing our new Professor in Translational Plant Biology
Saija-Liisa Kangasjärvi, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Stress-induced senescence in plants
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Thursday 19th, 13:00-16:30
Advances in berry research - lectures
Organisers: Paula Elomaa & Pauliina Palonen
Berry Secondary Metabolites
13.00 – 14.00 Laura Jaakola, UiT, Tromsø, Norway: Berry secondary metabolites
14.15 – 15.15 Marina Heinonen, University of Helsinki, Finland: Berries and health
15.30 – 16.30 Brian Farneti, Foundation Edmund Mach, Italy: Interdisciplinary approaches to improve quality of berries
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Friday 20th, 13:00
Thesis defence
Shreya Saha (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry & DPPS)
VPg-eIF(iso)4E interaction, coat protein production and virion formation in potato virus A infection
Opponent: Miguel Aranda Regulés, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Wednesday 25th, 13:00-16:30
Advances in berry research - lectures
Organisers: Paula Elomaa & Pauliina Palonen
Berry Crop Breeding and Applications
13.00 – 14.00 Heiko Rischer, VTT, Finland: Cellular agriculture – berry based cell factories
14.15 – 15.15 Helen Cockerton, NIAB EMR, UK: Breeding for berry quality
15.30 – 16.30 Tuuli Haikonen, Luke, Finland: Berry and fruit breeding in Finland, Nordic pre-breeding collaboration
Location: Remotely via Zoom
Thursday 26th, 13:00-16:30
Advances in berry research - lectures
Organisers: Paula Elomaa & Pauliina Palonen
Berry Crop Physiology
13.00 – 14.00 Anita Sønsteby, NIBIO, Norway: Flowering physiology and dormancy in berry crops
14.15 – 15.15 Majken Pagter, Aalborg University, Denmark: Winter climate change effects on fruit crops
15.30 – 16.30 Robert Hancock, James Hutton Institute, Scotland: Photosynthetic adaptation in blueberry: mechanisms and consequences
Location: Remotely via Zoom