| PROGRAMME | |
| Tuesday, 21st of November | |
| 10:30 | Welcome and introduction |
| Ove Nilsson & Jaakko Kangasjärvi | |
| UPSC PI talks (10 min presentation + 5 min discussion) | |
| Chair: Sonja Viljamaa | |
| 11:00 | Translational dynamics |
| Johannes Hanson | |
| 11:15 | Control of flowering time |
| Markus Schmid | |
| 11:30 | Bioinformatics at UPSC: insight into gene regulation by gene network inferences |
| Nicolas Delhomme | |
| 11:45 | Discovery of novel molecules that regulate growth to better understand plant development |
| Stéphanie Robert | |
| 12:00 | How plants measure organ size |
| Urs Fischer | |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| Presentations from the PhD students | |
| 13:30 | Flash talks from Helsinki DPPS PhD students (max 3min each) |
| 14:30 | Poster session and coffee break |
| 15:30 | Round table discussions with UPSC group leaders |
| 17:00 | Walk to the hotel and check-in |
| 18:30 | Mingling |
| 19:00 | Dinner in the UPSC Lunchroom |
| Wednesday, 22nd of November | |
| UPSC PI talks (10min presentation + 5min discussion) | |
| Chair: Domenique André | |
| 9:30 | Wastewater reclamation and biomass generation by microalgae in Nordic climate |
| Christiane Funk | |
| 9:45 | Molecular control of phenology in trees |
| Rishikesh Bhalerao | |
| 10:00 | The importance of xylan for wood properties |
| Ewa Mellerowicz | |
| 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Mediator function in stress response |
| Stefan Björklund | |
| 11:15 | Umeå Plant Science Centre – an overview |
| Ove Nilsson | |
| 11:30 | Discussion & feedback, future plants |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | UPSC tour |
| 14:30 | Departure |
Joint meeting with the PhD students from Helsinki University
On November 21 and 22, PhD students from the Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences (DPPS) from Helsinki University will visit UPSC. We are organising a joint meeting together with them with talks, poster presentations and time for networking. Click on "read more" to see the full programme for the event. All lectures will be in Stora hörsalen (KB.E3.03) and the poster presentation in the KBC Cafeteria.