Plant Research and Higher Education in Southern Sweden
Welcome to the NKJ NordCrop “Climate resilient crops in the North and beyond!” NordCrop funded by Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ) holds a meeting in Alnarp 10 March, tentatively as a hybrid meeting (if Covid-19 regulations…
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First of all, we are very pleased to announce that we have an incoming new director for PlantLink, Federico Gomez! Federico is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition at LU and has been a researcher in…
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Øystein H. Opedal is an associate senior lecturer at the Biodiversity Unit, Department of Biology, Lund University. He is one of three PIs of the research group ‘Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions’. What is currently on top of your research…
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PlantLink is looking for a new coordinator to strengthen and develop PlantLink’s activities. Our current coordinator, Sofia Marmon, is stepping down during the spring since she has taken on a more leading role within ScanOats. Activities for the coordinator include…
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The last PlantLink newsletter of the year contains a brief report from the NordPlant annual meeting, information about the “Bioekonomiriksdagen” and other upcoming meetings, several new positions and a spotlight of SLU researcher Ramesh Vetukuri. Newsletter Contents Successful ELLS applications NordPlant annual…
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The Biology department at Lund University announces up to four positions as Associate Senior Lecturer. Employment as associate senior lecturer is a tenure-track position, announced for 6 years with the opportunity for promotion to senior lecturer. Applicants must be within…
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PlantLink is currently in a period of changes when it comes to its personnel. The work to recruit a new director from Lund University to replace SLU’s Erik Alexandersson is ongoing. This change is stipulated in the agreement for PlantLink’s…
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Ramesh Vetukuri is an associate professor at the department of Plant Breeding, SLU. He is also the Biotron Development leader. What is currently on top of your research agenda? Currently, my group is working on Spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS): an…
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