Plant biotechnology

Ida Lager

ida.lager@slu.se I am senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry at the Department of Plant Breeding. My research focuses on plant lipid metabolism, primarily seed oil biosynthesis. I am the Director

New doctoral thesis shows that rapeseed proteins can be made available for food using gene editing

In a new doctoral thesis, Oliver Moss shows how he has successfully reduced the levels of glucosinolates, sinapine, and phytic acid in rapeseed lines. This breakthrough paves the way for using

Sarah Muniz Nardeli

sarah.nardeli@slu.se Almost all protein-coding genes and many long non-coding RNA genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase II (RNA Pol II), and its transcriptional speed, or elongation rate, is a

André Rosado

andre.rosado@slu.se André is a University Lecturer at the SLU's Department of Plant Breeding, specializing in global policies and legal frameworks on plant genetic resources and agricultural

High-yielding rice that greatly reduces methane emissions has been developed at SLU

Rice is a staple food for half the world's population, but its cultivation leads to significant emissions of the greenhouse gas methane. Now, researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural

Gene-silencing spray to combat cereal disease is safe for the environment

Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate the attack. Now, researchers from SLU and the James Hutton Institute have

Jens Sundström

jens.sundstrom@slu.se Senior Lecturer in Plant Biotechnology. My research is focused on molecular mechanisms regulating reproductive development in vascular plants, e.g. flower development and

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

Per Hofvander

per.hofvander@slu.se The research I conduct include basic as well as applied research questions. Basic research questions make the research more curiosity driven and intellectually rewarding while

UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar with Alisdair Fernie

UPSC Cutting-Edge Seminar with Alisdair Fernie anne.honsel@slu.se Scientific seminar organised by Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) Speaker: Alisdair Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant

“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