Plant biotechnology
Plant biotechnology inculdes biotechnology with applications on plants, both in forestry and in agriculture.
Henrik Böhlenius
ew-red@slu.se Henrik Böhlenius is an external collaboration specialist at SLU with poplar plantations as his research area. Henrik has more than 10 years expertise in R & D work in the area of fast
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
Maya-Setan Diakité
maya.setan.diakite@slu.se Maya is a postdoctoral researcher working on the valorisation of biomass proteins to make absorbent materials for the hygiene and medical sectors. She has a background in
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
UPSC Seminar with Daniel Van DammeNy sida
UPSC Seminar with Daniel Van Damme anne.honsel@slu.se Scientific seminar organised by Umeå Plant Science Centre Speaker: Daniël Van Damme VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium
Javad Mottaghipisheh
javad.mottaghipisheh@slu.se My current research is focused on application of state-of-the-art mass spectrometry tools to investigate environmental organic micropollutants, in particular focusing on
Nobalis
On December 13th the student teams from 5 Nordic and Baltic universities pitched their food and biotechnology related business ideas to an international jury at the NOBALIS Demo Day. The teams have
Selvaraju Kanagarajan
selvaraju.kanagarajan@slu.se I am a plant molecular biologist focusing on innovative biotechnological approaches to improve agricultural production, nutrition, and human health. Our work includes
Poorva Sundararajan
poorva.sundararajan@slu.se Doctoral student at the Department of Plant Breeding in Alnarp. My project focuses on developing and optimizing spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) for plant disease
Poorva Sundararajan
poorva.sundararajan@slu.se Doctoral student at the Department of Plant Breeding in Alnarp. My project focuses on developing and optimizing spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS) for plant disease
MicroRNA keeps young aspen trees longer green than older trees
In a forest, even trees have their generational conflicts. Young trees often find themselves under the canopy of the older trees. Their survival strategy is to kick off their growth earlier in spring
Ida Nordström
ida.nordstrom@slu.se PhD Student in Forest Pathology, working on her thesis titled: Non-destructive and high-throughput detection of forest pests and pathogens using next-generation technologies. I