Events under 'Seminar'
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Camilla Canovi
Title: Identifying lncRNAs in tree species used at UPSC
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street
9:30 Vasiliki Zacharaki
Title: SnRK1 deficiency restores flowering and embryogenesis in the Arabidopsis trehalose 6-phosphate synthase1 (tps1) mutant
Supervisor: Markus Schmid
Place: Lilla hörsalen
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Seminar: Kristiina Mäkinen
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 10:00 - 11:00
Kristiina Mäkinen
Plant virology, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
Title: Intracellular coordination of potyviral RNA functions
Host: Johannes Hanson
More information about Kristiina Mäkinen's research:
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kristiina-mäkinen
http://kristiinamakinen31.wixsite.com/plantvirology
Abstract of her talk:
Potato virus A (PVA) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus, which belongs to genus Potyvirus. Potyviruses cause significant crop losses worldwide. After amplification in the replication complex, viral RNA may continue to novel rounds of translation and replication. Simultaneously with on-going viral gene expression, part of the replicated potyviral RNA enters the movement and assembly pathways or alternatively, host defense may capture it and deliver it to RNA degradation. Protein complexes consisting of viral and host proteins coordinate tightly these processes. Potyviral proteins helper component – proteinase (HCPro) and viral protein genome-linked (VPg) have several roles in PVA infection. We have found that the host proteins ARGONAUTE 1, VARICOSE and eukaryotic initiation factor (iso)4E are incorporated in to the protein complexes containing HCPro and VPg and they are important pro-viral components of the regulation of PVA RNA functions. To understand the relevance of these host proteins in promoting PVA infection we have generated viruses carrying mutations in HCPro and VPg within the binding-sites of these host proteins. We have thoroughly characterized how the mutant viruses perform at different stages of infection including RNA silencing suppression, formation of PVA-induced RNA granules, viral RNA translation and encapsidation as well as their capacity to move in the host plant. The model of the regulation of PVA RNA functions arising from these results will be presented.
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, March 02, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Yanjun Zan
Title: Flowering time regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana natural population
Supervisor: Harry Xiaming Wu
9:30 Niklas Mähler
Title: Assembly of forest tree genomes: are we there yet?
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street
Place: Lilla hörsalen
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Seminar: Ullas Pedmale
Wednesday, March 04, 2020 10:00 - 11:00
Ullas Pedmale
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Title: Dynamics of cryptochrome signaling networks in plants
Host: Åsa Strand
More information about Ullas Pedmale's research:
https://www.uplab.site/
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, March 09, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
09:00 Tamara Hernández-Verdeja
Title: It's not easy being green: Plastid retrograde signals during chloroplast development
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
09:30 Silvio Collani
Title: Do FD and LFY really play together in Arabidopsis? - Preliminary results -
Supervisor: Markus Schmid
Place: Lilla hörsalen
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020 - cancelled
Monday, March 16, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:30 Bernadette Sztojka
Title: An enigmatic transcription factor: PIB
Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen
Place: Lilla hörsalen
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar: Emmanuelle Bayer - cancelled
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 14:00 - 15:00
UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar
Emmanuelle Bayer
Institute of Plant ScienceLaboratory of Membrane Biogenesis, CNRS-UMR, University of Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
Title: Getting the message across: plant cell-to-cell communication through plasmodesmata pores
Host: Stéphanie Robert
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, April 20, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Anne Bünder
Title: CSI1 a cellulose biosynthesis linked protein - Its effects on wood mechanical properties and potential relevance for nanocellulose production
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
9:30 Raghuram Badmi
Title: Root apex remodeling in Populus during formation of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis
Supervisor: Judith Felten
Place: Online
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Sonja Viljamaa
Half-time seminar
Title: Identification of transcription factors involved in aspen wood formation
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
9:30 Sara Raggi
Title: The role of the plant cuticle during apical hook development
Supervisor: Stéphanie Robert
Place: Online via StarLeaf
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, May 04, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Sara Westman
Title: Identifying genes regulating salicinoid biosynthesis in Populus tremula
Host: Nathaniel Street
9:30 Ioanna Antoniadi
Title: Lateral Root Development - Can we mark the early steps?
Host: Karin Ljung
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:30 Tayebeh Abedi
Title: Hybrid Electronics for in vivo monitoring of sucrose and delivery of ABA
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:30-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, May 18, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Nazeer Fataftah
Title: How do trees know when it is time to shed their leaves in autumn?
Supervisor: Stefan Jansson
9:30 Rubén Casanova-Sáez
Title: A tale from fail - Is AIEP an inhibitor of IAA degradation in planta?
Supervisor: Karin Ljung
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, May 25, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Amir Mahboubi
Title: Studying translational changes during floral transition in Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem
Supervisor: Johannes Hanson
9:30 Martí Quevedo Calero
Title: Epigenetic profiling of photosynthesis establishment in Arabidopsis
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
Presentations from Master students
Friday, May 29, 2020 10:00 - 15:00
Presentations from Master students
Degree presentations I
10.00-10.30 Erik Melin
Title: How do thiamine priming increases defense response in Brassica Nigra?
Supervisor: Benedicte Albrectsen (Department of Plant Physiology, UmU)
10.30-11.00 Rasmus Burge
Title: Identifying lncRNA during Norway spruce somatic embryogenesis
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street (Department of Plant Physiology, UmU)
11.00-11.10 Short break
11.10-11.40 Johan Svensson Fall
Title: Investigation into SOQ1 redox function
Supervisor: Alizée Malnoë (Department of Plant Physiology, UmU)
11.40-12.10 Jonathan Joelsson
Title: Characterizing the Effects of Novel Developmental genes on Streptomyces Growth and Morphology
Supervisor: Linda Sandblad (Department of Chemistry, UmU)
12.10- 12.40 Georg Seipel
Title: Shade response in P.sylvestris and P.abies - effects on cell morphology and chemical composition in clinally distributed populations
Supervisor: Rosario Garcia Gil (Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU)
Degree presentations II
13.00-13.30 Stella Irankunda
Title: The use of plasminogen to treat periodontal disease in plasminogen deficient mice
Supervisor: Tor Ny (Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, UmU)
13.30-14.00 Astrid Dellerud
Title: Identification and isolation of rare CRISPR-induced mutations using Next Generation Sequencing
Supervisors: David Jonsén (SweTree Technology), Markus Schmid (Department of Plant Physiology, UmU)
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, June 01, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Carmen Hermida Carrera
Title: CDK8 is required for development of a proper photosynthetic function
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
9:30 Jenna Lihavainen
Title: When and how to senesce? - Deciphering autumn senescence in aspen
Supervisor: Stefan Jansson
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, June 08, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Clement Boussardon
Title: What can we learn about mitochondria using tissue-specific resolution?
Supervisor: Olivier Keech
9:30 Alexander Vergara Robles
Title: Transcriptomics to analyze abiotic stress responses: the Norway spruce cold transcriptome
Supervisor: Vaughan Hurry
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Laxmi Mishra
Title: Why does Arabidopsis express proteolytically inactive metallo proteases (FtsHi3)?
Supervisor: Christiane Funk
9:30 Linda Vuorijoki
Title: The role of GUN1 during chloroplast development
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
Place: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Johan Sjölander
Title: Time to grow: connections between the circadian clock and plant growth
Supervisor: Maria Eriksson
9:30 Jan Šimura
Title: Plant hormone profiling utilizing derivatization and stagetip purification - method development
Supervisor: Karin Ljung
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, September 07, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Isabella Hallberg Sramek
Title: Thinking new about “climate smart forestry”
Supervisor: Annika Nordin
9:30 Zhi-Qiang Chen
Title: Association study using exome sequencing data for relevant breeding traits in Swedish Norway spruce breeding population
Supervisor: Harry Xiaming Wu
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Sanaria Abbas Alallaq
Title: Characterization of adventitious root formation in clones from the SwAsp collection
Supervisor: Catherine Bellini
9:30 Asal Atakhani
Title: Mechanics of cell-to-cell adhesion in plants
Supervisor: Stéphane Verger
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, September 21, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Domenique André
Title: Poplar FT genes and the regulation of the annual growth cycle
Supervisor: Ove Nilsson
9:30 Yuan Ma
Title: Introducing Endoreduplication: A New Player in Differential Growth in Plants
Supervisor: Rishikesh Bhalerao
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, September 28, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 David Castro
Title: Depicting Prosopis soil ecology: where impossible is possible (and vice versa)
Supervisor: Vaughan Hurry
9:30 Aaron Ayllon Benitez
Title: Could we better predict gene functions using knowledge graphs?
Supervisor: Nathaniel Street
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, October 05, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Sanchali Nanda
Title: Exploring the redox regulation of a sustained photoprotection component - qH
Supervisor: Alizée Malnoë
9:30 Robert Calderon
Title: Exploring the roles of long noncoding* RNAs (lncRNAs) during de-etiolation in Arabidopsis
Supervisor: Åsa Strand
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Seminar: Anders Hafrén
Tuesday, October 06, 2020 15:00 - 16:00
Anders Hafrén
Department of Plant Biology, SLU, Uppsala
Title: Exploring plant stress tolerance mechanisms through viruses
Host: Johannes Hanson
Please note: There are only 32 Corona places in Lilla hörsalen. First come, first served! The seminar might also be broadcasted online. More information will come later.
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020 9:30 - 10:00
9:00 cancelled
9:30 Àngela Carrió-Seguí
Title: Molecular regulation of the mechano-stimulation of secondary growth in plants
Supervisor: Hannele Tuominen
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Özer Erguvan
Title: New molecular players and ultra structural characterization of cell adhesion
Supervisor: Stéphane Verger
9:30 Romain Castilleux
Title: Cell wall-associated glycoproteins during wood formation in Populus
Supervisor: Totte Nittyylä
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Nabila El Arbi
Title: The role of alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana temperature signaling
Supervisor: Markus Schmid
9:30 Sara Häggström
Title: Ribo-seq determination of translational efficiency in plants
Supervisor: Johannes Hanson
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
Plant cell wall mini-symposium
Thursday, October 29, 2020 13:30 - 15:00
Gregory Mouille, INRAE Versailles, France
14.00 – 14.30 To be or not to AGP? Type II arabinogalactan as tag for protein fate.
Georg Seifert, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
14.30 – 15.00 Biomimetic materials – structural and functional materials from carbohydrates
Anna Svagan (Hanner), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Host: Totte Niittylä
The mini-symposium will be online via Zoom.
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, November 02, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:00 Bodil Häggström
Title: Environmental adaptions in boreal forest regeneration
Supervisor: Annika Nordin
9:30 Thomas Dobrenel
Title: Update on CRISPR-based genome editing in spruce
Supervisor: Ove Nilsson
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:00-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel
UPSC Monday Seminar 2020
Monday, November 09, 2020 9:00 - 10:00
9:30 Jingjing Zhou
Title: Auxin Efflux Carriers ABCBs in Laccaria bicolor
Supervisor: Judith Lundberg-Felten
Place: Online via Zoom (until further notice)
Time: 9:30-10:00
Contact: Anne Honsel