Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

We are part of Umeå Plant Science Centre, a centre of excellence for experimental plant research and forest biotechnology. Our mission is to:

  • perform excellent and innovative basic research
  • generate knowledge that benefits forestry, agriculture, environment and society

Umeå Plant Science Centre

Find more detailed information about our research, activities and facilities on the website of Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC).
News & Events

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  • 2025-07-28

    Tree rings build cross-disciplinary bridges at TRACE 2025 in Umeå

    From 15 to 20 June, tree rings were in focus in Umeå during the international TRACE 2025 conference. Around 150 researchers and students from archaeology, climatology and ecology gathered to exchange knowledge and methodologies for tree ring analysis while enjoying the long Swedish summer days.
  • 2025-06-16

    Breeding 360: Cross-disciplinary collaboration in focus

    On May 6–7, the SLU Breeding Network held its meeting titled Breeding 360: Collaboration across disciplines at Campus Ultuna.
  • 2025-06-03

    Small but mighty – nitrogen fertilisation affects (some) microbial communities in boreal forests

    Microbes like bacteria and fungi are all around us, yet we rarely notice them. Tinkara Bizjak-Johansson studied microbial communities in boreal forests and showed that fertilisation shifts fungal community composition in the soil but does not affect nitrogen-fixing bacteria in conifer needles.
  • 2025-05-08

    Curiosity and the ongoing sense of discovery drive their motivation

    The decision has not yet been made, but the final requirement has been fulfilled: Peter Kindgren and Peter Marhavý, have delivered their docent lectures this week. The appointment as a docent is the next step in an academic career following the PhD.
  • 2025-04-02

    New genetic insights on seasonal growth in aspen

    Deciduous trees have to adjust their growth and development to the respective season, but how is this regulated? PhD student Alice Marcon set out to investigate this and characterised the function of two flowering genes that regulate not only flowering but also seasonal growth in poplar.

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