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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 15h

🌾🧪What determines the puzzle-like shape of cells on an aspen leaf?🔬 In this short video, @siamsadoyle.bsky.social explains how researchers investigate this question and search for genes controlling cell shape. 🌿 The latest results from this research are now published in @newphyt.bsky.social 👇

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 29/09/2026

🧪🌾NEWS: Aspen leaf cells change shape during drought Cells on an aspen leaf surface look like a jigsaw puzzle under the microscope.🔬 @srobertgroup.bsky.social identified a gene controlling this shape and found that drought affects both its activity and cell shape. 🔗 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Puzzle-shaped cells on the surface of an aspen leaf seen under a microscope with blue coloured surroundings.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 25/09/2026

🧪🌾 UPSC Alumni Spotlight – Communicating science brings balance to her career Carole Dubreuil moved into the pharma industry but still shares her passion for plant science with broader audiences. 👉 Read the full interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... Photo and interview: Laura García Romañach

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 17/09/2026

🇨🇳🌱 Welcoming colleagues from Beijing to UPSC!🌾🧪 Over the past two days, we welcomed a delegation from the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, led by Prof. Jianhua Wei. We shared research, exchanged ideas and discussed possibilities for future collaboration.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 11/09/2026

🧪🌾 Researcher portrait: Meet Yanjun Zan 🧬 Why can the same environmental change benefit one plant but stress another? Our new group leader at UPSC & @icelabumu.bsky.social wants to understand and predict how genetic differences shape plant responses to the environment. www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

A man wearing a blue labcoat, holding a tray of plants in a greenhouse.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 09/09/2026

🧪🌾 Staying connected over summer at UPSC! Summers can be quiet at UPSC, with many colleagues away on holiday. That’s why Wednesday mornings meant fika!🍪 Students & newcomers could met over coffee, caught up and connected with colleagues throughout the summer. 📸 A glimpse from our last summer fika

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 02/09/2026

🧪🌾 NEWS - Can plants sense when a neighbouring root is damaged? 🌱 @julieducla.bsky.social shows that healthy plants can sense damage to a neighbouring plant's root - and grow away from it. Her research identifies protons as the signal between roots. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Julie Ducla wearing a white blouse is standing next to a tree with red berries and smiling into the camera.

Microscope image showing a thin plant root next to the tip of an organic electronic ion pump.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 31/08/2026

🧪🌾 Congratulations to @laurabacete.bsky.social and Anna Renström! 🎊 Both received prizes at @plantspps.bsky.social #SPPS2026 in Helsinki - Laura for her work on plant cell wall responses and Anna for her PhD research on nitrate and wood formation in aspen. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Laura Bacete Cano, wearing a lavender coloured suite, is smiling and holding her SPPS Early Career Prize certificate at the SPPS Conference 2026 in Helsinki.

Anna Renström, wearing a blue sweater, is standing smiling at the UPSC phenotyping platform, with plants and experimental equipment in the background.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 28/08/2026

🧪🌾 UPSC DAY 2026 – Sharing science & fostering collaboration 🤝 “Talk to someone you don’t usually talk to!” – one of our goals as we came together yesterday for science, conversations & time to mingle. From research talks to discussions on how we work together – plenty to continue talking about!

Lucia Gutierrez Chacon speaking to the audience in a lecture hall during UPSC Day 2026, photographed from the back of the room.

UPSC colleagues standing in small groups and talking during a coffee break at UPSC Day 2026.

Anna-Karin Byström speaking on stage during the UPSC Day 2026 workshop, with her presentation projected on the screen behind her.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 13/08/2026

🧪🌾Tree breeding in practice at Skogforsk! Yesterday, UPSC PhD students visited Skogforsk in Sävar and learned more about seed orchards, greenhouse trials, birch crossing and genetic resources. Thanks to the Skogforsk team for the warm welcome and to Laura García Romañach for organising the visit!🌲

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 06/08/2026

🧪🌾 FIVE QUESTIONS: Maria Eriksson on her sabbatical @treesandgrowth.bsky.social has been awarded an SSF Sabbatical grant from @strategiska.bsky.social and will soon head to @slcuplants.bsky.social in Cambridge. Read about her research and what she hopes to learn: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 13/07/2026

☀️Summer greetings from UPSC!🌸 Before we take a summer break, we're sharing our Biennial Report 2024–2025, highlighting research, people and achievements from across UPSC. 📖 Read it here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/r... Enjoy the season. We look forward to sharing more plant science after the break!🧪🌾

Summer flowers in bloom in front of the entrance to Umeå Plant Science Centre on a sunny day.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 09/07/2026

🧪 UPSC Alumni Spotlight – Following scientific challenges across disciplines In this interview, Krisztina Ötvös shares how embracing new scientific challenges and building on transferable skills shaped her career from plant biology to translational research. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 03/07/2026

🧪🌾 Ready to establish your own research group in plant science? Explore @umeauniversitet.bsky.social's new Northern Star Fellows programme and consider UPSC as the home for your future research. 📅 Deadline: 1 October Questions? Contact @johanneshanson.bsky.social 🔗 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 02/07/2026

🧪🌾The July issue of UPSC Insights is out now!🔬 This issue features the new UPSC Biennial Report 2024–2025, recent research highlights, an alumni interview with Krisztina Ötvös, introductions to new research group leaders, and more. 📩 Read it here: umu.bmc.nu/Modules/News...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 30/06/2026

🧪🌾NEWS - Congratulations to @srobertgroup.bsky.social on being elected an EMBO Member!🎉 "I want to share this recognition with the many fantastic members of my research group at UPSC over the years," says Stéphanie Robert. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... #EMBOMembers2026 @embo.org

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 30/06/2026

🧪🌾NEWS - Scientists identify the “point of no return” in dying leaves 🍃 A new study from Olivier Keech's group, published in @natplants.nature.com, shows that plants use arginine levels to determine when leaf cells reach the point of no return. 🔗Read the full story: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Arabidopsis plant with mostly green leaves and two yellow ageing leaves.

Three men are standing outdoors and posing for a group photograph.

Arabidopsis plants growing in trays, with several leaves covered by aluminium foil and a researcher handling a plant in the background.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 26/06/2026

🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet @jalonsos.bsky.social 🌍 How do changes in water become signals that guide plant growth? In our new portrait, Juan talks about water movement, meristems, tree “heartbeats”, and why plants can be seen as teachers. Read the portrait here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 18/06/2026

🧪🌾 Shaping the future of plant science at UPSC 🌲 Research group leaders and members of our Scientific Advisory Board gathered in Granö for two days of scientific exchange and strategic discussions. Thank you to our Scientific Advisory Board members for their expertise and continued support.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 12/06/2026

🌲🧬 Training the next generation of forest geneticists🧪🌾 In May, 20 early-career researchers joined an intensive and well-received course on quantitative genetics and genomic breeding, coordinated by Harry Xiaming Wu and taught together with Fikret Isik. Thank you to everyone involved!👏 📸 Harry Wu

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A group of people is standing in front of a flowering tree all smiling into the camera.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 10/06/2026

🧪🌾Today, colleagues, collaborators and former group members gathered to celebrate Karin Ljung and her many contributions to science and academia.🌱🎓 Wonderful to see so many former group members return to share their work and memories. Thank you, Karin, and all the best for the future!

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 02/06/2026

🤝Building connections across career stages at UPSC🧪🌾 The 2026 UPSC Science Retreat, jointly organised by PhD students, postdocs and staff scientists, brought together around 50 researchers for discussions, networking and reflection. A big thank you to the organising committee for making it happen.

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A women is talking on a podium in front of a group of people sitting in a large lecture hall.

Three people are sitting in front of a group of people discussing with two standing persons. in the back is a screen projected with an additional person online.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 29/05/2026

🧪🌾Yesterday, we welcomed a royal visitor to UPSC. As part of his visit to SLU in Umeå, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf visited the Tree Phenotyping Platform, where UPSC Director Ove Nilsson presented how we study tree growth and development. 👉 Read more about the visit: www.slu.se/en/news/2026...

Two men and a women are standing in a large facility with trees. The men in front is showing towards something.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 21/05/2026

🧪🌾NEWS - @laurabacete.bsky.social receives an Emerging Investigator Grant from the @novo-nordisk.bsky.social🔬 The project DYNAMO explores how chemical and mechanical changes in the plant cell wall help coordinate growth and stability. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

A woman with medium-length brown hair sits in front of a computer screen connected to an advanced microscope.

A group of people is sitting at a long table. They all look towards the photographer.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 30/04/2026

🧪🌾Two great days at the UPSC Early Career Plant Scientist Symposium 2026! We welcomed four postdoc candidates for talks, matchmaking, an MSCA workshop, lab tours & career discussions, ending with a pizza & ping-pong evening. 👏Thanks to all visitors and everyone at UPSC who helped make this happen!

Matchmaking: Small groups of people are sitting in room spread over several tables, discussing.

At the UPSC Microcospy Facility: A women is standing in a room with dark walls next to a microscope talking to four people whose backs are facing the photographer.

At the Swedish Metabolomics Centre: A women is standing in a bright room with a lot of instruments talking to a small group of people who are facing the photographer with their back.

Pizza & Ping pong evening: People are standing in a room in smaller or larger groups or around tables, talking to each other.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 28/04/2026

🧪🌾NEWS - How should we manage forests to store more carbon and tackle climate change?🌲 In his PhD thesis, Marcus Larsson shows that soil carbon responds more subtly to forest management - but is important for understanding how forests store carbon. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

An older boreal forest on the left side and a clear cut site on the right side of the photo where trees started to regrow, coloured in autumn colours.

Portrait of Marcus Larsson, he has shaved hair and wears a checked shirt

A bucket with soil standing on a forest ground next to a small hole in the soil and a metal pipe.

A brown-white dog sitting in a forest next to tools looking into the camera

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 16/04/2026

🧪🌾 INTERVIEW - Discussing ideas is what he enjoys most in his work @stephanevrg.bsky.social, group leader at UPSC and recently appointed docent, reflects on his research, career path, and the role of collaboration in shaping new ideas. Read the interview here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Two men (Stéphane Verger (right) and his PhD student Özer Erguvan (left)) at a huge microscope, one is sitting in front and one is standing next to him, both are looking into the camera.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 14/04/2026

🧪🌾NEWS - Plants split water to produce sugars and oxygen but how does water reach the reaction site?🔬 A new study from Messinger & Schröder groups published in @newphyt.bsky.social reveals a “water valve” in Photosystem II that helps control the flow. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

llustration of the molecular structure of photosystem II showing green, blue and yellow areas.

A man, Johannes Messinger, with a red shirt and glasses is sitting in a dark room next to a table with technical equipment. He is smiling into the camera. Phtot credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University

Three men, all with moustaches, are smiling into the camera: Jack Forsman (right), André T. Graça (left) and Wolfgang Schröder.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 02/04/2026

🧪Do you have a photo or memory of our rooftop greenhouse?🌾 The greenhouse at UPSC will be renovated and take on a new appearance. We’re collecting photos & stories - from today and years past. 📸 Upload: pollunit.com/en/polls/our... 💬 Or share a memory by replying - alumni are especially welcome!

A greenhouse on top of a yellowish building with a scaffold around and leafless trees in front.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 21/03/2026

🧪🌾FEATURE - What makes a tree a tree?🧬 On today's #ForestDay, we highlight research by PhD student Eduardo Rodriguez Soldado, showing that trees are not defined by unique genes, but by how genes work together - insights that could help support future forests. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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A large Scots pine tree pictured from beneath towards the crown.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 12/03/2026

🧪🌾PhD course - How can genomic tools accelerate forest tree breeding? 🧬🌲 This PhD course at SLU introduces quantitative genetics and genomic prediction approaches used in forest tree breeding. 📅 4-12 May 2026 ⏳ Application deadline: 7 April 2026 Details and application: www.slu.se/en/calendar/...

Forest image covered with a green gradient that gets more transparent towards the top; on the image is information about the PhD course on Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Breeding in Forest Trees displayed together with the logotype of Umeå Plant Science Centre and the Swedish University of Agricultural Siences.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 17/02/2026

🧪🌾UPSC Alumni Spotlight - Being entrusted early shaped his career path In this interview, Bastian Schiffthaler reflects on how his PhD years at UPSC shaped his career in industry - from scientific independence to large-scale data analysis.💻 Read the full interview here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

A man with a red beard and glasses, wearing a cap and a hiking backpack, is looking into the camera. Half of his face is in shadow from the cap. There is blue sky visible in the background.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 12/02/2026

🧪🌾The second issue of UPSC Insights is out now! Bioinformatics is transforming plant science - and it is the focus of this edition. 💻 🧬 Discover research highlights, a new Master’s programme, alumni perspectives, community news and more. Read it here: umu.bmc.nu/Modules/News...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 11/02/2026

🌾Celebrating the next generation of scientists🧪 On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we recognise all our 12 recent PhD graduates, 10 of them women, and highlight the importance of inclusive research environments. Read more here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

PhD students at the UPSC Retreat in September 2025 - A group of people is sitting at group tables working. In the front of the room, is a presentation projected.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 05/02/2026

🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet Susan McEvoy🧬 “To better anticipate the future, I’m interested in understanding the past.” In our new researcher portrait, Susan talks about genetic diversity, adaptation, and how genomics can support future forests. Read the portrait here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

A woman with a striped shirt, long brown hair and glasses is standing on a gangway inside a building. A green wall is visible in the left back.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 03/02/2026

🧪🌾News - How do trees know when winter has really begun? New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter. 📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social

Close-up of a closed aspen bud in front of a black background. Photo: Aswin Nair

Three men are standing in a greenhouse with young aspen trees in the back. Only the upper body is visible. All are looking into the camera. Photo: Abhideep Pal

Close-up of an open aspen bud in front of a black background

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 20/01/2026

🧪🌾News - New genes behind chemical defence in aspen identified PhD student Sara Rydman investigated the genetic basis of chemical defence in Swedish aspen. Using a systems biology approach, she identified genes involved in salicinoid biosynthesis.🐛 👉 Read the interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

A woman with long brown hair wearing a white shirt is holding a book with a brown-red cover in her hand. She stands in front of a red wall.

A red, yellow and black coloured larvae sitting on a leave

Several small trees covered with whitish bags standing in an outdoor area.

Rusty tussock moths mating on a white cloth.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 23/12/2025

🎄✨ Season’s greetings from UPSC! Looking ahead to the new year - are you an early career plant scientist interested in new research ideas and collaborations? 🌾Apply for the UPSC Early Career Symposium, April 2026!🧪 🗓 Deadline: 11 January 2026 👉 www.upsc.se/early-career...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 18/12/2025

🧪🧬NEWS - New Master’s Programme in Bioinformatics @umeauniversitet.bsky.social Starting autumn 2026, this programme focuses on bioinformatics and data-driven biology, bridging molecular biology and data science, with UPSC involvement. 👉Read more - and feel free to share: www.umu.se/en/news/new-...

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Photo of Nathaniel Street in the computer lab with colleagues Edoardo Piombo and Elena van Zalen.

Photo of Nathaniel Street in the lab with colleagues Amanda Mikko and Sara Rydman, all wearing lab coats.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 12/12/2025

🧪🌾NEWS - Nitrate affects wood development, not just growth PhD student Anna Renström showed that nitrate specifically affects wood formation and wood properties - adding some of the missing pieces to a better understanding of how trees respond to nitrogen.🔬 Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

A women with a blue cardigan and blond hair is standing in front of a technical platform where aspen trees are growing in white pots fixed in blue holders. She is looking into the camera and smiling.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 04/12/2025

🧪🌾Every year, we award the UPSC Agrisera Prize, sponsored by @agrisera.bsky.social. This year, it honours Junko Takahashi-Schmidt for her outstanding contribution to our Biopolymer Analytical Platform. 👏 Thank you, Junko, for your patience and dedication! Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 03/12/2025

🎉 Congratulations to @cathbell62.bsky.social! 🎉 She has been awarded the Roséns Linnaeus Prize in Botany for her research on plant roots and carbon allocation, and for promoting international collaboration in science, especially the #INUPRAG collaboration.🧪🌾 Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 27/11/2025

🧪🌾NEWS - Aspen trees repurpose flowering genes to control winter growth stop🧬 Ove Nilsson's & Jihua Ding's research groups reveal how evolution reuse the same genetic toolkit for different purposes and in opposite ways. The study is published in @pnas.org. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 25/11/2025

🧪🌾Interesting in future food supply challenges and read Swedish?🌍 The book "Framtidens Matförsörjning" was awarded Swedish Food Literature of the Year 2025 in the category Essays. Read more here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... 📸 At the prize ceremony in Stockholm

At the prize ceromony in Stockholm (from left to right): Stefan Jansson, Carl Jan Granqvist (award presenter and board member, Måltidsakademien), Emil Åreng (winner of Best book, all categories) and Roland von Bothmer (editor and main author). Emil Åreng and Roland von Bothmer are holding a certificate in their hands. All four men are looking into the camera.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 18/11/2025

📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated? Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾 Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community! Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career... 📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 14/11/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Sonali Ranade, awarded KBC Employee of the Year 2025! Her laughter club at UPSC brings colleagues together to boost wellbeing and reduce stress. Thank you, Sonali, for bringing joy, positivity and plenty of laughter to UPSC and the KBC environment in #Umeå! 😊

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 12/11/2025

🧪🌾In Sept 2026, @umeauniversitet.bsky.social will host a Nobel Symposium on microproteins - tiny regulators with big potential. Led by Stephan Wenkel @microproteins.bsky.social from UPSC, the multidisciplinary event aims to spark fresh perspectives. Read more here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 07/11/2025

🧪🌾Take also a look on this video that Léa Bogdziewiez prepared last year for the Fascination of #PlantDay.🔬 The animations are made by Sonhita Chakraborty.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 07/11/2025

🧪🌾INTERVIEW: New tools to study how plant cells hold together🔬 Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa! Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 05/11/2025

🧪🌾NEWS - Three UPSC research projects received funding from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social! Rishikesh Bhalerao, Åsa Strand & Nathaniel Street will investigate how trees time bud break, how plant cells start photosynthesis and what makes conifers so resilient. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

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