Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
Plants are central to life on this planet. They produce the oxygen we breathe, are the main source of our nutrition along with fibre and bioenergy. Plants are also a rich source of pharmaceutical and other novel products. The rapidly increasing demand of food and fibre together with the requirement for sustainable energy such as biofuels requires extensive research and training of experts in different areas of plant sciences. The central aim of the Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences (DPPS) is to meet these challenges and to train world-class experts in the fields of basic and translational plant sciences including plant biology and associated biotic interactions, plant production and other applications such as bioenergy to fulfil the ever growing needs for well qualified and highly motivated researchers in modern plant sciences and its industrial applications in Finland and globally.
The doctoral programme aims to train scientific researchers in the following themes:
- molecular plant biology
- genetics, genomics and breeding
- physiology and biochemistry
- developmental biology
- pathology and biotechnology
- plant production
- ecophysiology
- systematics
- bioenergy
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
Javier Andres Jimenez
- Department of Agricultural Sciences - Doctoral Student
- Strawberry research group
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, UH
Pedro Aphalo
- Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
- Sensory and Physiological Ecology of Plants (SenPEP)
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme - University Lecturer
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
Fred Asiegbu
- Department of Forest Sciences - Professor
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
- Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel, U4 Research and teaching staff
Helena Åström
- Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS)
- Plant Ecophysiology and Climate Change Group
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme - University Lecturer
- Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
Equipment
National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure
Kristiina Himanen (Manager)
Facility/equipment: Core Facility
Projects
Methane and soil - tree networks: Adding dimensions to greenhouse-gas studies (METNET)
Lauren, A., Raivonen, M., Grönholm, T., Palviainen, M., Pihlatie, M., Hölttä, T., Gauci, V., Swadrup, S. & Urzainqui Aramburu, I.
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
Signal integration through plasma membrane-localized proteins during stress signaling in plants
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
Canopy level photosynthesis under conditions of diffuse and direct sunlight and its implications for light use efficiency by plants under future climates
Robson, T. M., Aphalo, P., Lindfors, A. V., Solanki, T., Shapiguzov, A., Kotilainen, T., Urban, O., Robinson, S. A., Murchie, E. & Madronich, S.
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
Legumes Translated
Lindström, K., Stoddard, F., Sontag-Strohm, T. & Schauman, C.
01/11/2018 → 31/10/2021
Project: Research project
MEMETRE: From processes to modelling of methane emissions from trees
Pihlatie, M., Putkinen, A., Seppälä, E., Kohl, L., Vainio, E., Koskinen, M., Tenhovirta, S. A. M., Patama, M. R., Tikkanen, O. & Anttila, J.
01/02/2018 → 01/03/2023
Project: Research project
Publications
Chloroplot: an online program for the versatile plotting of organelle genomes
Zheng, S., Poczai, P., Hyvönen, J., Tang, J. & Amiryousefi, A., 2020, (In preparation) In : Bioinformatics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Comparative plastomics of ashwagandha (Withania, Solanaceae) and identification of mutational hotspots for barcoding medicinal plants
Mehmood, F., Abdullah, Ubaid, Z., Ahmed, I., Waheed, M. T., Bao, Y., Poczai, P. & Mirza, B., 2020, (Submitted) In : Genes.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Comparison among the first representative chloroplast genomes of Orontium, Lasia, Zamioculcas, and Stylochaeton of the plant family Araceae: inverted repeat dynamics are not linked to phylogenetic signaling
Abdullah, Henriquez, C. L., Mehmood, F., Shahzadi, I., Ali, Z., Waheed, M. T., Croat, T. B., Poczai, P. & Ahmed, I., 2020, (Submitted) In : Plants.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Complete chloroplast genomes of Anthurium huixtlense and Pothos scandens (Pothoideae, Araceae): unique inverted repeat expansion and contraction affect rate evolution.
Abdullah, Henriquez, C. L., Mehmood, F., Carlsen, M. M., Waheed, M. T., Poczai, P., Croat, T. B. & Ahmed, I., 2020, (Submitted) In : Journal of Molecular Evolution.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
CRK2 and C-terminal Phosphorylation of NADPH Oxidase RBOHD Regulate Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Arabidopsis
Kimura, S., Hunter, K., Vaahtera, L., Tran, C., Citterico, M., Vaattovaara, A., Rokka, A., Stolze, S. C., Harzen, A., Meißner, L., Wilneks, M. M. T., Hamann, T., Toyoga, M., Nakagami, H. & Wrzaczek, M., 8 Apr 2020, In : Plant Cell. 32, 4, p. 1063–1080 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
Conservation Biology (Journal)
Péter Poczai (Reviewer)29 Jan 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Plant Cell Reports (Journal)
Teemu Teeri (Reviewer)23 Feb 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Biologia (Bratislava) (Journal)
Teemu Teeri (Reviewer)15 Mar 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Plant Molecular Biology (Journal)
Teemu Teeri (Reviewer)19 Jan 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Horticulture Research (Journal)
Teemu Teeri (Reviewer)2 Feb 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Prizes
File
Improving estimates of carbon assimilation and light use by forests by scaling processes from leaf to canopy levels
Twinkle Solanki (Recipient), 6 Jan 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
Prize for presentation from Ph.D. student, Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flower Development 2019
Teng Zhang (Recipient), 21 Jun 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
The best bids of The Wholesale Market and Teurastamo area Testbed Innovation Competition
Tin-Yu Lai (Recipient), Chi-Chuan Chen (Recipient), Omar El Daghar (Recipient) & Kaja Koppang (Recipient), 19 Dec 2018
Prize: Prizes and awards
Datasets
Transmittance of spectral irradiance by climate screens and nets used in horticulture and agriculture
Robson, T. M. (Creator), Zenodo, 27 Oct 2018
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1561317, https://zenodo.org/record/1561317
Dataset
Press / Media
Children's science questions, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper
17/01/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Workshop on the Amazonian and Climate Change
27/10/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media