Events under 'Other Events'
Docent lectures at SLU 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:00 - 12:00
10:00: Petter Axelsson (biology)
Title: Why intraspecific genetic variation matters for the broader understanding of ecology and function of forest ecosystems
11:00: Judith Lundberg-Felten (biology)
Title: Open the gates! How fungi pass tree root walls.
Please find more information on the SLU homepage:
https://internt.slu.se/en/calendar-originals/2020/3/docent-lectures-sfak/
The lectures will be broadcasted live via the web at:
https://play.slu.se
Demonstration on Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:00 - 16:00
10.30 – 12.00: Introduction into the Nanowizard 4XP BioAFM (https://www.jpk.com/products/atomic-force-microscopy/nanowizard-4-xp-bioafm) showing hardware/handling/software/Data Processing
Lunch break
13.00 – 14.00: Demonstration of applications on plant live samples (onion epidermal peel): Surface topology, mechanical mapping, force spectroscopy.
14.00 – 15.30: Demonstration of applications on plant fixed samples (Root sections)
Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00: Demonstration of applications on polymer sample
17.00 – 17.30: Open time for summary, additional measurements, configuration
It is still possible to join the demonstration if you contact Stéphane Verger (
Master thesis presentation: Mèrijn Smit
Thursday, June 18, 2020 13:00 - 15:00
Mèrijn Smit
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: A reverse genetics approach to the Identification of evolutionary conserved essential genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor: Totte Niittylä
The presentation will be held online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 648 8807 5572
Password: 324391
Master thesis presentation: Tinkara Bizjak
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 10:00 - 12:00
Tinkara Bizjak
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Nitrogen Fixation Inside Pine Needles
Supervisor: Annika Nordin
The presentation will be held online via Zoom
Master thesis presentation: Alexandra Goetsch
Monday, November 23, 2020 15:00 - 17:00
Alexandra Goetsch
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Interactions between glucose and tryptophan modulates development and possibly symbiotic potential of ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor
Supervisor: Judith Lundberg-Felten
The presentation will be held online via Zoom
Ergonomics lecture with Harriet Berglund from Feelgood
Wednesday, February 03, 2021 9:00 - 11:15
9:00-10:00: Ergonomics in the office and when working from home
15 min break
10:15-11:15: Ergonomics during laboratory work
The lecture will be held online via Zoom and is open for everyone at UPSC. More information will come later.
Contact: Anna Gustavsson
Fascination of Plants Day 2022 in Umeå
Saturday, May 21, 2022 11:00 - 15:00
Which kind of plants have people eaten thousand years ago and how did they prepare their food? How does the pollen look like that causes allergies and how have the plants we eat developed over time? Find out what is the plant’s favourite food, discover their bacterial and fungal neighbours and be amazed at how different plants can look like. On the 21st of May, we invite you to a day filled with different activities around plants and plant research. Pass by and get fascinated!
At the Fascination of Plants Day, plant scientists will present their favourite plants, you can take a look into the underground life watching plant roots and their fungal friends, test how elastic plants are and do many more experiments.
Bonsaisällskapet will show bonsai trees from our forest trees and the Friends of Arboretum Norr will present the diversity of trees and bushes growing at the arboretum in Baggböle and that derive from different parts of the world. You can find all activities following the below programme link. Our mascot Flora will welcome you!
Umeå Plant Science Centre together with Curiosum, Umeå University and SLU are arranging the Fascination of Plants Day in Umeå. It is an international event and will be celebrated all over the world. More than 500 scientific institutions, universities, botanical gardens in more than 50 countries will open their doors to visitors.
Come and become part of this world-wide event and be amazed at the fascinating world of plants!
Link to more information and the full programme
Are you interested to read more about the Fascination of Plants Day in general? Have a look on these pages:
https://plantday18may.org (official international page)
https://www.fascinerandevaxtersdag.se (Swedish national page)
Master thesis presentation: Lucija Lisica
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 10:00 - 11:00
Lucija Lisica
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Studying the interplay between mechanosensing and cell adhesion in the common liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L.
Supervisor: Stéphane Verger, Co-supervisor: Elsa Demes
Master thesis presentation: Laura Garcia
Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:00 - 11:00
Laura Garcia
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
Title: Analyses of greenhouse-grown transgenic aspen improved for biorefinery
Supervisor: Ewa Mellerowicz, Co-supervisor: Marta Derba-Maceluch
Master thesis presentation: Isabell Rosenkranz
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 10:00 - 11:00
Isabell Rosenkranz
Department of Chemistry
Title: Biomass production and accumulation of lipids by selected Nordic microalgae in local wastewaters
Supervisor: Christiane Funk, Co-supervisor: Martin Plöhn
SPPS 2022
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
https://spps.se/spps2021/
SPPS 2022
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
https://spps.se/spps2021/
SPPS 2022
Thursday, September 01, 2022
https://spps.se/spps2021/
SPPS 2022
Friday, September 02, 2022
https://spps.se/spps2021/
Competence Centre Workshop – industry, UPSC, networks
Thursday, September 29, 2022 13:00 - 17:00
For UPSC PIs and invited speakers only.
- Industrial partners about the future challenges for the forest industry
- UPSC group leaders about the future applications stemming from our research
- Presentations by other research centres in Sweden
The program has been sent out to invited attendees one week prior to Sep 29th.
Contact Ove Nilsson
Visit of the Dean and Deputy Dean of the Forestry Faculty (SLU)
Friday, December 02, 2022 13:00 - 15:00
13:00: Dean and Deputy Dean of the Forestry Faculty (SLU) are meeting the scientific advisory board of the genfys department
14:00: The deans are meeting with the department staff with Fika in the UPSC lunchroom
Inauguration of the new Plant Growth Facility on floor 2
Friday, December 02, 2022 15:00 - 21:00
15:00: Introduction to the new Plant Growth Facility in the UPSC lunchroom
Stefan Jansson
15:10: Ribbon cutting on floor 2 followed by tour to the facility
17:00: Pizza & Pub in the UPSC lunchroom
UPSC Christmas Lunch 2022
Wednesday, December 07, 2022 12:00 - 14:00
The Christmas lunch will start at 12.00 o'clock and will include e.g. rice pudding, ham, glögg and more.
Date: Wednesday, 7th December 2022
Place: Skogis Kårhus (SLU’s student union house), Umeå
Retirement fika for Leszek Kleczkowski
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 14:00 - 15:00
UPSC Welcome Meeting for Newcomers
Thursday, February 16, 2023 16:00 - 17:00
UPSC PI Retreat
Thursday, May 25, 2023
SciLifeLab Day Umeå
Monday, September 11, 2023 8:00 - 17:00
Welcome to the second kick-off event for the national SciLifeLab site – now hosted by Umeå!
SciLifeLab has launched four new sites across Sweden in 2022. The sites, located in Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund, and Umeå, will be crucial in promoting scientific research and research infrastructure nationally, while also strengthening the collaboration between all Swedish universities. Throughout this year, each site arrange a whole day program to highlight the national and local perspectives of SciLifeLab.
Learn more about the services and infrastructure development, research highlights, and activities offered by SciLifeLab, both nationally and locally; interact with the SciLifeLab capabilities - Precision Medicine, Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness and Planetary Biology, and much more! Site Umeå cordially invite the research community of Umeå and beyond to join, network, and celebrate together the Umeå site inauguration!
More information: https://www.scilifelab.se/event/scilifelab-day-umea/
UPSC Welcome Meeting for Newcomers
Thursday, September 21, 2023 14:00 - 15:00
Are you new at UPSC?
We invite every newcomer at UPSC to participate in the Welcome Meeting. This meeting will be held twice per semester, four times per year and gives you important information about UPSC, how it is organised, who are your contact persons and will help you to find your way around at UPSC.
Please make sure to attend at least one meeting after your arrival at UPSC. We will serve fika for everyone participating.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Johannes Hanson (Head of Department, UMU), Totte Niittylä (Head of Department, SLU), Ove Nilsson (Director of UPSC)
12th SPPS PhD Conference
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
PhD 101: Everything is hard before it gets easy
27 - 29 September 2023 Lund, Sweden
More information: http://sppsphd2023.org
12th SPPS PhD Conference
Thursday, September 28, 2023
PhD 101: Everything is hard before it gets easy
27 - 29 September 2023 Lund, Sweden
More information: http://sppsphd2023.org
12th SPPS PhD Conference
Friday, September 29, 2023
PhD 101: Everything is hard before it gets easy
27 - 29 September 2023 Lund, Sweden
More information: http://sppsphd2023.org