Newsletter October 01

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LICENTIATSEMINARIUM

Härmed tillkännages att skogsmästare Torgny Persson, Inst för skoglig genetik och växtfysiologi vid SLU i Umeå, för avläggande av skoglig licentiatexamen i ämnet Skogsgenetik försvarar en avhandling med titeln:

Genetic characterization of growth and survival in northern Scots pine

Tid:  Fredagen den 5 oktober 2001, kl 10.00

Plats: Hörsal Björken, SLU, Umeå

Avhandlingen finns tillgänglig på Institutionen för skoglig genetik och växtfysiologi i Umeå, Förvaltningsavdelningen och Skogsbiblioteket i Umeå samt på Ultunabiblioteket fr o m den 14 september 2001.
A link to the thesis

 

Molecular genetics

Reza Yazdani is out of job from October 1, 2001 (he has got some soft funding which could cover his own salary for some time, but it was considered too little and would cover too short time). Reza worked with “molecular genetics” (biokemisk genetik) at the Umeå department before he moved to the Uppsala department.  Thus Uppsala is closing down their molecular genetics at almost exactly the same time as Umeå is closing their. Alfred Szmidt is in Japan and if you are interested about his work and cooperation patterns, you can visit his site (he is still formally employed at our department and may return and revitilise the lab at the end of the year, but it seems now very unlikely that this will happen).

http://genetics.biology.kyushu-u.ac.jp

 

New Professor in Forest Genetics

Katri Kärkkäinen is the newest professor in Forest Genetics at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (replaces Veikko Koski). The first female professor in the history of the Institute. Photo and, for those of you who understand Finnish, other information is on

 

http://www.metla.fi/tiedotteet/2001/2001-09-28-nimitys.htm

 

She was among the applicants for the position after Gösta Eriksson, but withdraw her application.