Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC)
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A centre of excellence for plant research and forest biotechnology @UmeaUniversity & @_SLU.
Umeå, Sweden
Joined July 2018
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NEWS - Adjusting trees’ internal clocks can help them cope with climate change. This is one of the finding from a meta analysis done by Bertold Mariën in a collaborative project @IceLab_umea led by Maria E. Eriksson and Jun Yu. Curious? Read more here👇:.
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PAPER - How does the circadian clock integrates with tree growth & phenology?. In a meta-analysis, Mariën et al showed that modifying clock components can reprogram trees to new photoperiodic regimes. Read more in @Nature_NPJ biological timing and sleep:.
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Building connections and showcasing UPSC - especially the engagement with group leaders was greatly appreciated by the participants of the Umeå Early Career Plant Scientists Symposium. Thanks to the organisers and to all participants👏! . Read more here:.
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🎉 Congratulations to Alice Marcon! She successfully defended her PhD thesis on Friday last week. Well done, Alice 👏 🎊!.
INTERVIEW - How is seasonal growth and flowering regulated in trees?. PhD student Alice Marcon investigated this in poplar and provided valuable genetic insights that might be interesting for tree breeding programmes. Read more in this interview with her:.
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PAPER - How do the two closely related splicing factors PCP and PCPL differ? . Dikaya et al show that the main difference lies in their transcriptional regulation and this is linked to intronic sequences. Take a look on their recent article in @PLOSONE👇:.
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PAPER - There are still unknowns in understanding of auxin/IAA metabolism and its interactions with other pathways. @GroupLjung and @emateobonmati developed a strategy to identify new IAA mutants. Read more in @RubnCasano56147 et al @PPLplantarum: .
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INTERVIEW - How is seasonal growth and flowering regulated in trees?. PhD student Alice Marcon investigated this in poplar and provided valuable genetic insights that might be interesting for tree breeding programmes. Read more in this interview with her:.
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RT @EPSOEurope: 42nd EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 17th April 2024 at 15.00 CET discussing Plant Science Engaging with Soil M….
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RT @mycopat: Dyk ner i mikroorganismernas spännande värld i höst! Nu ger vi en distanskurs med kvällsföreläsningar och två helgträffar med….
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PAPER - Why do conifers unlike angiosperms show enhanced lignin synthesis under shade?. Sonali Ranade's and Rosario García-Gil's metabolic profiling showed similarities between conifer and monocot lignin biosynthetic pathways. Read more in @PPLplantarum:.
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NEWS - A new regulatory link between cell walls and hormones controls differential growth in plants. Rishikesh Bhalerao's group & collaborators showed that the cell wall component RG-II pectin interacts dynamically with plant hormones. Read more here👇:.
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RT @EUScienceInnov: Save the date! The European Research & Innovation Days 2025 will take place on 16-17 September in Brussels & online. We….
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RT @EBItraining: Join us next week to discover how Biochatter can help you apply the power of LLMs to your biomedical research. Registratio….
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RT @IUFRO: 🌿Join the 3rd Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration🌿. 📅28 July – 1st Au….
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RT @ASPB: 📣 Registration is now open for #PlantBio2025 which will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July 26-30!🌱 . Early Bird rates end….
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RT @EMBLEvents: 📢 'FISHing for RNAs: classical to single molecule approaches' is back – and now open for applications! #EMBOFISHingRNAs. 👉🏻….
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RT @GlobalPlantGPC: New Webinar "Winners and losers: Climate change effects on forests and crops". We will explore how climate change is sh….
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RT @NAASC_NA_ICAR: Important Updates for ICAR 2025-Ghent travel funding for Arabidopsis researchers in the US! - ht….
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