Events in October

ViPS events in October 2020

Friday 2nd, 13:00
Thesis defence
Rafiqul Hyder (Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry  & AGFOREE)
HeterobasidiondsRNA viruses: diversity, taxonomy and effects
Opponent: Daniel Rigling, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Friday 2nd, 14:00
Ecosystem Processes' Wine & Science seminar
Morgane Merline, University of Helsinki
Using sap flow sensors to monitor tree water uptake: challenges and opportunities
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 7th, 1400
ViPS @Kuusijärvi
Outside recreation day with walking, possibility to have smoke sauna and dinner (outside)

Monday 19th, 09:00-13:30
Signal transduction in plants -lecture series
Organisers: Michael Wrzaczek & Kirk Overmyer
Invited speakers: Sachie Kimura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Friedrich Kragler (Max-Planck Golm, Germany); Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)
09:10-09:40 Ari Pekka Mähönen – Root development
09:40-10:40 Sachie Kimura – Calcium signaling
10:40-11:10 Cezary Waszczak - ROS
Break
12:00-12:30 Julia Krasensky-Wrzaczek - Phosphorylation
12:30-13:00 Anne Vatén – Stomatal development
13:00-13:30 Maija Sierla – Stomatal regulation
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Tuesday 20th, 09:00-13:30
Signal transduction in plants -lecture series
Organisers: Michael Wrzaczek & Kirk Overmyer
Invited speakers: Sachie Kimura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Friedrich Kragler (Max-Planck Golm, Germany); Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)
09:00-09-30 Kristiina Himanen – Protein degradation
09:30-10:00 Jesus Pascual Vasquez – Retrograde signalling
10:00-10:30 Paula Mulo – Protein acetylation
11:30-12:00 Matthew Robson – Light signalling
12:00-12:30 Saija Kangasjärvi – Light signalling
12:30-13:30 Fritz Kragler - Mobile mRNAs: Lost in translation?
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 21st, 13:00
Invited Plant Seminar
Ildoo Hwang, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
In vivo role of RNA G-quadruplex in plants
Hosts: Ari-Pekka Mähönen & Ykä Helariutta
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Wednesday 21st, 14:15
Plant Club
14:15 Sampo Muranen, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & Institute of Biotechnology
Function of LAZY1 Gene in Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
14:35 Munan Lyu, OEB, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & Institute of Biotechnology
High-throughput single-cell transcriptome profiling of cambium
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Thursday 22nd, 09:00-11:30
Signal transduction in plants -lecture series
Organisers: Michael Wrzaczek & Kirk Overmyer
Invited speakers: Sachie Kimura (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Friedrich Kragler (Max-Planck Golm, Germany); Alga Zuccaro (University of Cologne, Germany)
09:00-09:30 Mikael Brosché – Transcriptional regulation
09:30-10:00 Melis Kucukoglu – Plant hormones
10:00-11:00 Alga Zuccaro
11:00-11:30 Jarkko Salojärvi/Aleksia Vaattovaara – Bioinformatics
Location: Remotely via Zoom

Thursday 22nd, 12:15-14:15
Thesis defence
Satu Ruokolainen (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences & DPPS)
The MADS world of floral regulators in Gerbera hybrida
Opponent: Michiel Vandenbussche, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon /Université de Lyon, France
Location: Remotely via Zoom