Monthly Archives: February 2018

Workgroup and EcolChange seminar – Silvano Fares about volatiles in Mediterranean forest systems

Posted on February 20, 2018 by laanisto

Seminar of Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology and Centre of Excellence EcolChange, Estonian Univ of Life Sciences . Silvano Fares is senior researcher, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy. Title … Continue reading →

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Blog contribution awards 2017

Posted on February 19, 2018 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto, pic by Tiia Kurvits Our blog is now about three years old. And once a year, typically during the first seminar of the new year, Ülo gives out little incentives for the ones who have contributed … Continue reading →

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Ülo Niinemets receives the national research award

Posted on February 15, 2018 by laanisto

Text excerpts from Research in Estonia Last week, the Government of the Republic announced this year’s laureates of the national research awards. ERR Novaator has compiled an overview of what these scientists do. Award in the field of geology and … Continue reading →

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Upcoming PhD defenses – Shuai Li and Arooran Kanagendran

Posted on February 13, 2018 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto We have two upcoming thesis defences. Firstly, on 26th of February 2018 at 12.15 in Kreutzwaldi 5-2A1 our young researcher, Shuai Li, will defend his doctoral thesis „Induction of volatile organic compound emissions from leaves upon … Continue reading →

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Fieldwork report – installing insect trapnests in a snowy city

Posted on February 7, 2018 by laanisto

Text by Lauri Laanisto, pics by Marco Moretti and Tiit Hallikma Even though there is quite a lot of snow and minuses outside, the fieldwork season is now open! Last week we had couple of visitors from the Swiss Federal Institute … Continue reading →

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Workgroup seminar – Alisa Krasnova about methane fluxes at SMEAR

Posted on February 6, 2018 by laanisto

Seminar of Center of Excellence EcoChange, and Chair of Crop Science and Plant Biology, Estonian Univ of Life Sciences . Alisa Krasnova is a specialist and PhD-student in Estonian University of Life Sciences. Title of the talk: Methane fluxes at … Continue reading →

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Notes from the field – Studying cycad defences and physiology in Copenhagen Botanical Gardens

Posted on February 2, 2018 by laanisto

Text and pics by Tiina Tosens, Linda-Liisa Veromann-Jürgenson and Ülo Niinemets Tiina Tosens and Linda-Liisa Veromann-Jürgenson spent 10 work-packed, but wonderful days conducting an exciting experiment in Copenhagen with Prof. Riikka Rinnan and Thomas Holst in the end of January. … Continue reading →

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