SILVA - Faculty of Forest Sciences Research School

SILVA is a cross departmental platform. It brings together diverse expertise to train doctoral students at the faculty, with the skills, knowledge and the network to tackle today's evolving issues and future challenges.

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Events related to SILVA

9/1/2025 8:00:00 AM to 9/30/2025 4:00:00 PM

ALNARP, ONLINE

PhD course: In-depth course in forest regeneration
9/1/2025 9:00:00 AM to 10/15/2025 8:00:00 PM

ALNARP

PhD course: Management and consequences of forest damage, 3.5 ECTS
10/6/2025 9:00:00 AM to 10/24/2025 4:00:00 PM

ONLINE, UMEÅ

PhD course: Historical, technological and societal background to forestry and forest-based biorefining in Nordic countries, 4.5 ECTS
10/15/2025 8:00:00 AM to 10/16/2025 5:00:00 PM

UMEÅ

SILVA 4th doctoral student conference
10/21/2025 1:00:00 PM to 10/23/2025 3:30:00 PM

OTHER LOCATION

Swedish Biodiversity Symposium
10/27/2025 9:00:00 AM to 12/5/2025 4:00:00 PM

ONLINE, OTHER LOCATION

PhD course: Ecophysiological concepts and applications in forests, 7.5 ECTS
11/3/2025 12:00:00 AM to 12/12/2025 12:00:00 AM

ONLINE, UMEÅ

PhD course: Forestry for students without a forest education, 4.5 ECTS
11/3/2025 8:00:00 AM to 11/23/2025 12:00:00 AM

UPPSALA

PhD course: Bio-based Adhesives: Chemistry, Performance and Applications, 4.5 ECTS
1/28/2026 12:00:00 AM to 3/27/2026 12:00:00 AM

ONLINE, UMEÅ

PhD course: Fundamentals of Optimization - An Interdisciplinary and Applied Approach

SILVA and SLU related courses and events

8/11/2025 8:00:00 PM to 9/12/2025 4:00:00 PM

ONLINE, UPPSALA

PhD course: Behavioural Environmental Economics, 7.5 ECTS
8/18/2025 8:00:00 AM to 10/6/2025 4:00:00 PM

UMEÅ

PhD course: Scientific Writing, 7.5 ECTS
2025-06-24

Machine learning for Agriculture and Natural Sciences
9/1/2025 8:00:00 AM to 9/30/2025 4:00:00 PM

ALNARP, ONLINE

PhD course: In-depth course in forest regeneration
9/1/2025 9:00:00 AM to 10/15/2025 8:00:00 PM

ALNARP

PhD course: Management and consequences of forest damage, 3.5 ECTS
9/5/2025 12:00:00 AM to 10/10/2025 12:00:00 AM

UPPSALA

An introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 4.5 ECTS
9/6/2025 12:00:00 AM to 10/19/2025 12:00:00 AM

OTHER LOCATION

Exhibition: From Basement to Kitchen
9/8/2025 12:05:00 PM to 9/12/2025 12:20:00 PM

UPPSALA

Library introduction in Uppsala
9/9/2025 3:00:00 PM to 9/9/2025 5:00:00 PM

UPPSALA

Try out carving
9/10/2025 1:00:00 PM

UMEÅ

Get to know the library in Umeå (in Swedish)
9/10/2025 4:30:00 PM to 9/10/2025 6:00:00 PM

UPPSALA

Knitting and crocheting café in Uppsala
9/11/2025 12:30:00 PM to 9/11/2025 1:00:00 PM

ONLINE

Kickstart: Search with Scopus AI and scite.ai (in English)
9/15/2025 12:00:00 AM to 10/15/2025 12:00:00 AM

ALNARP, SKINNSKATTEBERG, UMEÅ, UPPSALA

Application round opens to Spring 2026
9/15/2025 8:00:00 AM to 9/19/2025 4:00:00 PM

ALNARP

PhD course: Global policies and legal frameworks for research and innovation with plant genetic resources
9/15/2025 3:00:00 PM to 9/15/2025 4:00:00 PM

ALNARP

Knitting and craft café in Alnarp: Try knitting a triangle shawl

Dissertations and Licentiate Theses

9/12/2025 9:00:00 AM

UPPSALA

Genetic insights into distance-specific performance and ability to race barefoot in trotting horses in Sweden
9/12/2025 9:00:00 AM

UPPSALA

Ecotoxicity of pollutants on soil nitrifiers under a climate change scenario
9/12/2025 9:00:00 AM

UMEÅ

Recognising information uncertainties in forest planning : incentives and strategies
9/12/2025 1:00:00 PM

UMEÅ

Toward a Forest Bioeconomy: four essays on applied economics
9/19/2025 9:15:00 AM

UPPSALA

Seasonal variability of the rumen microbiome in indigenous African cattle: a Bioinformatics approach - From pasture to pathways
9/23/2025 9:00:00 AM

UPPSALA

Beyond the Label The effect of processing on the structure and digestibility of plant-derived foods
9/24/2025 9:15:00 AM

UPPSALA

Identification of epigenetic variations influencing viral resistance in cassava farmers' field
9/26/2025 9:15:00 AM

Milk matters. Linking dairy cow feed to milk yield and quality, and child undernutrition in Northern Rwanda
10/1/2025 9:00:00 AM

UPPSALA

Pearl millet and cowpea composite porridge Pre-treatments and formulation for children in Mozambique
10/3/2025 9:00:00 AM

UMEÅ

Ultrastructural and molecular basis of cell-cell adhesion in plants

Dimitris Athanassiadis

dimitris.athanassiadis@slu.se +46907868304

Navinder Singh

Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

navinder.singh@slu.se +46907868449 +46706760103