Seminar for the 100 Jubilee year of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters; Discipline of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences

University of Helsinki, Viikki, 9.1.2008

“Biotechnology: experiences and visions in agriculture, food processing, forestry and environment”

Programme

Chair Prof. Jari Valkonen
9:00 Opening, Prof. Aarne Kurppa, Chair of the Discipline of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Finland
9:15 Molecular regulation of flowering and growth cessation in Aspen trees - some practical applications
Prof. Ove Nilsson, Umeå Plant Science Center, Sweden
9:55 The challenges from plant breeding to biotechnology
Prof. Teemu Teeri, University of Helsinki, Applied Biology, Finland

10:25 Coffee

10:50 A new era in plant metabolism research a bright future for biofortification and human nutrition
Prof. Christine Foyer, School of Agriculture, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
11:30 Rhizoremediation - new approaches for a cleaner environment
Dos. Kristina Lindström, University of Helsinki (Department of Applied Chemisty and Microbiology), Finland

12:00 Lunch

Chair Dos. Johanna Vilkki
13:15 Livestock genomics: bridging the gap between mice and man
Prof. Dirk-Jan de Koning, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK
13:55 Biotechnological applications in dairy processes and products
Prof. Knut J. Heller, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food, Kiel, Germany

14:35 Coffee

15:00 RNA silencing: a mechanism for virus resistance and gene regulation
Prof. David Baulcombe, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
15:40 Vegetative propagation of forest trees and cloning techniques
Dr.Agrig. and For. Tuija Aronen, Forest Research Institute, Punkaharju
16:10 Conclusions and closure of the seminar
Prof. Jari Valkonen, University of Helsinki, Dept. of Applied Biology, Finland

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