Events under 'Other Events'
Information meeting about Swedish Academia
Tuesday, November 07, 2023 15:00 - 16:00
UPSC Welcome Meeting for Newcomers
Thursday, November 30, 2023 14:00 - 15:00
Are you new at UPSC?
We invite every newcomer at UPSC to participate in the Welcome Meeting. This meeting will be held twice per semester, four times per year and gives you important information about UPSC, how it is organised, who are your contact persons and will help you to find your way around at UPSC.
Please make sure to attend at least one meeting after your arrival at UPSC. We will serve fika for everyone participating.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Johannes Hanson (Head of Department, UMU), Totte Niittylä (Head of Department, SLU), Ove Nilsson (Director of UPSC)
UPSC Christmas Lunch 2023
Wednesday, December 06, 2023 12:00 - 14:00
UPSC Christmas lunch
The Christmas lunch will start at 12.00 o'clock and will include e.g. rice pudding, ham, glögg and more.
Date: Wednesday, 7th December 2022
Place: Skogis Kårhus (SLU’s student union house), Umeå
UPSCtech: Scientific Illustration workshop
Thursday, February 01, 2024 13:30 - 16:30
UPSCtech: Scientific Illustration workshop
How to design a graphical abstract
Workshop by Meike Latz, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
13:30 Introduction to the science behind effective visuals
14:15 Design your own graphical abstract (you will only need two sheets of paper and a pen)
15:30 Basic tools in Adobe Illustrator (bring your own laptop)
Feel free to join between sessions
Fika will also be served, so please fill in the registration form here:
https://forms.gle/3PsHdnB52cyXueie7
Last date to register is January 19th
Contact person: Laura Garcia,
KBC stafetten 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 10:00 - 12:00
Registration is open now for the annual cross-country skiing relay, KBC Stafetten, which will take place on Wednesday, 28 February, 2024!
Everyone is welcome to join in: staff members, PhD students, and postdocs from different departments from UmU and SLU, and from beginners to experts!
Register a team of four with your colleagues (of mixed genders), or, if you do not plan to participate yourself, come over and support your favourite teams by cheering for them!
The start will be at 10:00 on campus next to Teknikhuset and SLU.
More information and the registration form:
https://www.umu.se/en/chemical-biological-centre/kbc_events/kbc-stafetten-2024/
Registration deadline: 21 February 2024.
Contact:
UPSC Welcome Meeting for Newcomers
Thursday, February 29, 2024 14:00 - 15:00
Are you new at UPSC?
We invite every newcomer at UPSC to participate in the Welcome Meeting. This meeting will be held twice per semester, four times per year and gives you important information about UPSC, how it is organised, who are your contact persons and will help you to find your way around at UPSC.
Please make sure to attend at least one meeting after your arrival at UPSC. We will serve fika for everyone participating.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Johannes Hanson (Head of Department, UMU), Totte Niittylä (Head of Department, SLU), Ove Nilsson (Director of UPSC)
WWSC visit to UPSC: seminars and guided tours of infrastructures
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 13:00 - 16:30
Visit by the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre (WWSC) Research School
Approximately 60 PhD students from WWSC, Luleå University of Technology and Åko Akademi, Finland will visit UPSC.
UPSC staff are especially encouraged to participate in the session between 14:00-15:00 to learn more about our guest's research and what they do, but of course also the first hour of talks is open to UPSC staff. The guided tours are reserved for Research School visitors only.
Seminar (13:00-15:00)
13:00 Ove Nilsson - Welcome to UPSC
13:15 Hannele Tuominen - Improving wood properties in forest trees
13:25 Totte Niittylä - Carbon dioxide assimilation and wood formation in trees
13:35 Ewa Mellerowicz - Modification of wood traits by targeting matrix polysaccharides
13:45 Stéphane Verger - Understanding plant cell adhesion to improve wood quality
13:55 Short break
WWSC, LTU & Åbo Akademi Speakers
14:00 Lauren McKee/Anette Larsson - WWSC Introduction
14:10 PhD student pitches (ca 2 min each)
Shao-Hsi Lu, Chalmers University of Technology, WWSC Programme 1 (Materials biorefinery)
Marita Afiandika, Chalmers University of Technology, WWSC Programme 4 (Functional materials)
Kesavan Sekar, Chalmers University of Technology, WWSC Programme 3 (Processing and structural materials)
Renald George Swamy, Luleå University of Technology, Treesearch
Julia Chrzastowska, Åbo Akademi (Finland)
Shujun Liang, Åbo Akademi (Finland)
Alexandra Sandéhn, Linköping University, WWSC Programme 4 (Functional materials)
Alíz Lalik, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, WWSC Programme 3 (Processing and structural materials)
Read more about WWSC here: https://wwsc.se/research/
Read more about Treesearch here: https://treesearch.se/
14:30-15:00 Fika
Guided Tours of UPSC Infrastructures (15:00-16:30)
15:00 Introduction (Carl Kempe Salen)
15:10 Tour 1 (40 min)
15:50 Tour 2 (40 min)
16:30 End of guided tours
Contact: Ove Nilsson
UPSC Welcome Meeting for Newcomers
Thursday, May 23, 2024 14:00 - 15:00
Are you new at UPSC?
We invite every newcomer at UPSC to participate in the Welcome Meeting. This meeting will be held twice per semester, four times per year and gives you important information about UPSC, how it is organised, who are your contact persons and will help you to find your way around at UPSC.
Please make sure to attend at least one meeting after your arrival at UPSC. We will serve fika for everyone participating.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Johannes Hanson (Head of Department, UMU), Totte Niittylä (Head of Department, SLU), Ove Nilsson (Director of UPSC)