Botany

Crop protection futures in agriculture-en

Crop protection futures in agriculture futurefood@slu.se Crop production is the vital basis for our food system, but the current set up is highly dependent on inputs of chemical pesticides and

PhD half-time seminar: Tinkara Bizjak

PhD half-time seminar: Tinkara Bizjak anne.honsel@slu.se PhD half-time seminar organised by the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology   Tinkara Bizjak, Umeå Plant Science Centre,

Laura Chevaux

laura.chevaux@slu.se My research interests are mainly focused on plant community ecology. I am currently working on modelling the species colonization-extinction dynamics of boreal forest plant

Fröbanker i jorden skyddar inte floran från klimatförändringar

Plant species have evolved several clever ways to survive changes in their local environment. A new study from a European research team has shown that one common method – storing their seeds in the

Benjamin Forsmark

benjamin.forsmark@slu.se My research is focused on how forests respond to environmental changes and management decisions. For temperate and boreal forests, these responses depend heavily on the

Anna Manourova

anna.manourova@slu.se Coordinator of PlantLink and PhD candidate with theoretical knowledge and practical experience in agriculture and ecology in tropical regions. Academic background in the field

Her results fill knowledge gaps on carbon allocation in trees

Trees are key players for carbon removal from the atmosphere. But what is happening with the carbon once it enters the trees? Sonja Viljamaa, PhD student in Totte Niittylä’s group at UPSC and SLU,

Scott Buckley

scott.buckley@slu.se I am a soil biogeochemist. I'm interested in nitrogen cycling in soils, and how its supply and transformation affect nitrogen use efficiency and microbial activity in

Kishore Vishwanathan

kishore.vishwanathan@slu.se Postdoctoral researcher working on molecular plant-microbe interactions in the boreal forests and also the Chair of SLU Postdoc Association (SLUPA). My research is

Diss Anis Meschichi

Characterization of chromatin mobility upon DNA damage in Arabidopsis thaliana charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Anis Meschichi defends his thesis "Characterization of chromatin mobility upon DNA damage in

New projects on continuous cover forestry

New projects on continuous cover forestry teresia.borgman@slu.se The Future Forests platform invites researchers to a workshop on potential new research projects on continuous cover forestry. This

Abu Bakar Siddique

abu.siddique@slu.se Bioinformatician at SLU Bioinformatics Infrastructure (SLUBI) Abu is the Bioinformatician of SLUBI, an infrastructure that provides support and training in bioinformatics for