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11th Viikki Plants Meeting 14 – 15th September 2015, Herrankukkaro in the Turku Archipelago
PROGRAM
Monday 14th September
0845 Bus leaves Viikki (Kanslerinkaari)
1130 Arrive in Herrankukkaro
1130-1200 Welcome reception
1200-1245 Lunch
1245 Start of meeting and participant introductions
Session 1 – Chair: Omid Mohammadi
1300 Timo Vesala - From micrometeorology to plants
1325 Ari-Pekka Mähönen - Arabidopsis root cambium
1350 Anna Kärkönen - Cell wall and lignin biosynthesis in Norway spruce
1415 Coffee break
Session 2 - Chair: Kerri Hunter
1430 Kristiina Himanen - NaPPI
1455 Albert Porcar-Castell - Optics of photosynthesis: Linking optical, biochemical and functional traits of
leaves and plant canopies
1520 Kurt Fagerstedt - Phytoglobins, nitric oxide and hypoxic stress
1545 Coffee break and snack
Session 3 - Chair: Katariina Vuorinen
1615 Jaakko Kangasjärvi – What’s happening in the plant stress group
1640 Paula Elomaa - Evolution of inflorescence architecture in Asteraceae
1705 Anna Lintunen - Tree water relations during winter
1730-1900 Check-in, activities/free time (e.g. adventure course in the trees/fishing competition/sausage
cooking on an open fire)
1900-2100 Experience the world’s largest smoke sauna in conjunction with hot and cold tubs (bring your
swimming suit/trunks!)
2100 Dinner
11th Viikki Plants Meeting 14 – 15th September 2015, Herrankukkaro in the Turku Archipelago
PROGRAM
Tuesday 15th September
0800-0900 Breakfast
Session 4 - Chair: Tanja Paasela
0915 Kristiina Mäkinen – Interplay between viral and host proteins during potyviral replication / translation
cycle
0940 Heikki Hänninen - Whole plant ecophysiology - plants between molecules and ecosystems
1005 Michael Wrzaczek - CRKs and related proteins - linking molecular function with evolution
1030 Coffee break/check out of rooms
Session 5 - Chair: Swarnalok De
1100 Kirk Overmyer - Plants interacting with non-conventional pathogenic fungi
1125 Matthew Robson - UVB and blue light acclimation differentially modulate response to acute high light
stress
1150 Teemu Teeri - Unusual route to 5-methyl coumarins in Gerbera
1215 Paula Elomaa – Summing up
1230 Lunch
1400 Departure
1645 Arrive in Viikki