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New Professors: From Agricultural History to Food, Forest Management, Surgery and Innovation

In 2026 SLU welcomes 11 new professors. On Thursday 23 April and Friday 24 April the professors will give popular science lectures. Join us in Ultuna studio or online!

Start date: 23 April 2026 08:50

End date: 24 April 2026 11:50

Venue: The studio, Ultuna

Language: English and Swedish; see the titles of the lectures

Location: Online, Uppsala

Coats and large bags must be stored in the staffed cloakroom. Seating is limited in the studio. The lectures will also be streamed and broadcast in Room K, adjacent to the studio. There will be a 10 minute break between each lecture – it will not be possible to enter the studio while the lectures are ongoing.

You can ask the professors questions during the lectures via nyaprofessorer@slu.se

Program

Thursday 23 April    

08.50 Opening 

Vice-chancellor Maria Knutson Wedel

Moderator Malin von Essen 

09.00 Morgondagens kirurgi – biomaterial till nytta för djur och människor

Odd Höglund, professor of small animal surgery          

09.40 Från gräs till mjölk: idisslarnas roll i vår matproduktion 

Mikaela Lindberg, professor of ruminant nutrition

10.10 Pause

10.40 Kanariefågeln i gruvan 2.0 - ett nytt varningssystem för hälsofarliga ämnen 

Johan Lundqvist, professor of toxicology

11.20 Att se vad det haltande ögat missar – Objektiv rörelseanalys som grund för modern hältdiagnostik 

Marie Rhodin, professor of domestic animal anatomy

12.00 Pause for lunch

13.30 Skogsskötsel - att investera i framtiden 

Emma Holmström, professor of silviculture

14.10 Climate, nature and society – a learning journey 

Kes McCormick, professor of business development and sustainable innovation

14.40 Pause

15.10 Climate-Ready Crops: Decoding the Secrets of Plant Resilience 

Lucia Gutierrez, professor of crop breeding and crop diversity

 

Friday 24 April

09.00 Att ligga i framkant, hos bönder och renskötare 

Jesper Larsson, professor of agrarian history

09.40 Fragmented Rivers, Fading Life: The Case for Ecological Connectivity 

Brendan McKie, professor of freshwater ecology

10.10 Pause

10.40 Sustainable and resilient food production via diverse and perennial cropping systems

Valentin Picasso, professor of cropping systems

11.20 The double-edged sword of whole-genome duplication 

Levi Yant, professor of plant genetics

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