What better way to start my postdoc than at a symposium in Umeå, Sweden? 🇸🇪 Excited for the knowledge and connections ahead! 🌱🥔🍄‍🟫

Plant breeding for dummies! Malin Elfstrand tells the story of resistance breeding in forest trees. #plantprotection

Xiao-Ru Wang from Umeå universitet talks about genetic diversity of Scots pine after the ice age and what this means for #plantprotection

How can we protect crop yield in a changing climate? Giulia Vico @Vico_Lab talks about how shifts in growing season, changes in crops and varieties and diversification in the field can help to mitigate changes. #plantprotection

Peter Marhavý from Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) talks about how plants respond to wound stress in their roots. #plantprotection

The network meeting is having an excursion to Skogforsk Sävar. Lots of interesting information on plant breeding of our forest trees 🌲 #plantprotection

20 European countries aim to create environmentally friendly food systems. Riccardo Bommarco talks about the European Research Alliance Pesticide Free Agriculture. #plantprotection

Magnus Karlsson gives an update on the Joint Action Plant Health. This initiative aims to minimise crop yield losses caused by pest, pathogens and climate change. #plantprotection

For the first time, scientists have shown that a crop can control what a beneficial fungus does by sending sRNA molecules into the fungal cells. A big step forward for research into environmentally friendly pesticides in agriculture, says Mukesh Dubey slu.se/en/ew-news/202…

We are looking for a PhD student in modelling plant-environment and plant-plant interactions. Apply here: slu.se/en/about-slu/w… #phdposition #phd #plantprotection

VACANCIES - Are you molecular biologist, bioinformatician or experienced with genome engineering and maybe tomato? Apply for these postdoctoral positions in the Wenkel lab Wenkel Lab Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) & Umeå University! 📆Deadline: Nov 6 #PlantSciJobs #plantsci

🌻We are joining the Fascination of Plants Day this year with an event on October 19 - celebrating the amazing autumn colours🍃! 🌲Are you in Umeå? Come to the Open House Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) and learn more about the research we do! 👩‍🎓Especially university students are welcome!🧑‍🎓 #EPSO #PlantDay

If you release hoverflies in cultivation tunnels to combat aphids, do they stay and protect the crops or fly away? Paul Becher and his research team investigated this in tunnels with commercial raspberry and blackberry production: slu.se/en/ew-news/202…

Petra Fransson and Paul Kardol have received grants from the Swedish Research Council for research on mycorrhiza and microbial interactions. slu.se/en/ew-news/202…

The EMBnet AGM 2024 starts With the Swedish Bioinformatics Workshop, Uppsala, Sweden. More than 200 at Ultuna Campus and more than 600 together with online participants. Giving an introduction about EMBNnet. Great audience!! #Bioinformatics @SLUglobal1 NBIS EMBnet Global

"Jag tycker att det är bra att träffa barn och allmänhet för att väcka nyfikenhet och intresse för våra fantastiska organismer som är viktiga för oss utan att vi tänker på det." Maria Viketoft har på Scifest, läs mer här: slu.se/ew-nyheter/202…

CBC team meeting in Malmö with plenty of #biocontrol research discussions.

”The more the trees struggled with pine twisting rust, the more Diplodia we found in the shoots over the summer”, says Matilda Stein Åslund. There is likely a genetic component to this that can be used in pine breeding. slu.se/en/ew-news/202…

A Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor position is available in our Plant Biology Department SLU, related to how plants grow, develop & interact with their environment. Come join us in a welcoming and dynamic department in Uppsala, Sweden! More info below slu.se/en/about-slu/w…

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