Professorial inauguration 2026

The professorial lectures will be held 23-24 April in the Studio, the Teaching Building. 

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  Connected riverscapes, thriving 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

The inauguration ceremony takes place in the Assembly hall in the Teaching Building. Audience attending the ceremony are to be seated by 16:45.