University of Helsinki
2017: Umar Awan received “Metsämieten Säätiö” (Forest Fundation) prize for excellent Master’s Thesis (2017): http://www.mmsaatio.fi/www/fi/index.php?we_objectID=1096
2017: Erik Stewart received “Metsämieten Säätiö” (Forest Fundation) prize for excellent Master’s Thesis: http://www.mmsaatio.fi/www/fi/index.php?we_objectID=1096
March 2017: Mengxia Liu successfully competed and obtained a four year (2017 – 2021) paid doctoral student position from China Scholarship Council (CSC) to work in our Forest Pathology Group.
February 2017: Genome sequencing & assembly for the tropical rubber tree pathogen Rigidoporus microporus ED310 has now been completed (courtesy of JGI).
January 2017: We welcome our new Master’s students (Artin Zarsav & Pyry Veteli) in Forest Pathology Research Group.
October 2016: Zilan Wen successfully competed and obtained a four year (2016 – 2020) paid doctoral student position from China Scholarship Council (CSC) to work in our Forest Pathology Group.
September 2016: The genome sequence of fifteen Finnish isolates of the root and butt rot pathogen (Heterobasidion parviporum) of Norway spruce has been completed (sequenced by BGI). Annotation work is in progress.
January 2016: Abbot Oghenekaro successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Molecular analysis of the interaction between white rot pathogen (Rigidoporus microporus) and rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)”. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/159291/molecula.pdf?sequence=1
December 2015: Susanna Keriö successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Terpene analysis and transcript profiling of the conifer response to Heterobasidion annosum s.l. infection and Hylobius abietis feeding”, https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/158279/terpenea.pdf?sequence=1
November 2015: Hongxin Chen successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Heterobasidion annosum sensu stricto Pathogenesis: Bioinformatic and Functional Study of Cerato-platanin Family Proteins”, https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/157223/heteroba.pdf?sequence=1
October 2015: Nicolas Detry successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “In Silico Genomics of Fungal Oxidoreductase Genes”, https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/156569/insilico.pdf?sequence=1
September 2015: Eeva Terhonen successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Environmental Impact of Using Phlebiopsis gigantea in Stump Treatment Against Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato and Screening Root Endophytes to Identify Other Novel Control Agents”, https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/155700/environm.pdf?sequence=1
October 2014: Emad Jaber successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Pathobiology of Heterobasidion-conifer tree interaction: molecular analysis of antimicrobial peptide genes (Sp-AMPs)”, https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/135951/pathobio.pdf?sequence=1
October 2014: Emad Jaber successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Pathobiology of Heterobasidion-conifer tree interaction: molecular analysis of antimicrobial peptide genes (Sp-AMPs)”, https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/135951/pathobio.pdf?sequence=1
November 2014: Zhen Zeng successfully competed and obtained a four year (2015 – 2018) paid doctoral position from AGFOREE graduate school to work in our forest pathology group.
May 2014: Congratulations to Tommaso Raffaello for the award of Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry best doctoral thesis prize for 2013 (http://www.helsinki.fi/mmtdk/esittely/uutiset/2014/140515_palkitut.html)
April 2013: Congratualtions to Hui Sun for the award of best doctoral thesis prize in Forest Sciences for 2012 by Finnish Society of Forest Science (http://www.metsatieteellinenseura.fi/jasentiedotteet/58-2013/247-jasti213)
2010: Susanna Keriö received “Metsämieten Säätiö” ( Forest Foundation) prize for excellent Master’s Thesis http://www.mmsaatio.fi/www/fi/stipendit/index.php?we_objectID=171&pid=546