Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology
WIFORCE
The Wallenberg Initiative in Forestry Research (WIFORCE) is a comprehensive basic research initiative at the Faculty of Forest Sciences. We aim to generate knowledge for the future use and
“Junk” DNA helps plants to cope with cold stress
A vast amount of DNA contains no genetic information and was long thought to be junk. Recent research has shown that much of this “junk” DNA is in fact activated, but it was not known why.
Plant cell wall research opens up new opportunities for bioengineering
Secondary cell walls provide the plant with stability and protection against damage and pathogens. PhD student Félix Barbut from Ewa Mellerowicz’s group at UPSC and SLU has been studying the role of
Forest Biology and Biotechnology Research Programme
Umeå Plant Science Centre is a centre for experimental plant research between Umeå University and SLU. At UPSC there is a WIFORCE Research Programme where basic plant research is taken all the way to
Petra Marhava receives the SPPS Early Career Prize
The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) awards Petra Marhava with the SPPS Early Career Prize. The prize recognises her progress and contributions to plant biology over the past few years
Dissertation Felix Barbut
Unraveling the Role of Xylan in the Integrity of Secondary Cell Walls : insights from Arabidopsis and Aspen charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Félix Barbut defends his thesis "Unraveling the Role of Xylan
UPSC Seminar with Simon Law
UPSC Seminar with Simon Law anne.honsel@slu.se Scientific seminar organised by Umeå Plant Science Centre Speaker: Simon Law Research Scientist, Microbiomes for One System Health (MOSH) Future
UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar with Anja Geitmann
UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar with Anja Geitmann anne.honsel@slu.se Scientific seminar organised by Umeå Plant Science Centre Speaker: Anja Geitmann Professor at the Department of Plant Science,
To save plants motivated her to do her PhD in forest regeneration
The choice of the planting position can determine if a tree seedling survives or not. Bodil Häggström always cared about the fate of seedlings which motivated her to investigate in her PhD the effect
Vinod Kumar investigates how tissue integrity is maintained in the leaf surface
Last week, the European Commission awarded 1249 researchers with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships. One of the awardees is Vinod Kumar from Stéphanie Robert’s group at Umeå
Kvinnomaraton - Symposium for women in research
markmiljo-webb@slu.se Are you a female researcher interested in meeting other female researchers to network and discuss common interests? Welcome to The Society of Women Researchers annual event
utlysningen IDA3 tillfalle2_eng
The call from the Interdisciplinary Academy – Q&A session and match making futurefood@slu.se Welcome to a lunch webinar about the call for new applicants to the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) at