The 2018 annual meeting of the Research School was taking place in Sävar, at the facilities of the Forestry Research Institute, Skogforsk. Skogforsk is the cetnral research body of the Swedish forestry sector and one of the industrial partners of the research school. Beside visiting Skogforsk research facilities members of the Research School also visited the Norra Timber sawmill in Sävar. The Norra Timber sawmill has the world´s first CT Log (Computed Tomography) integrated into the saw line.
As part of the annual meeting members of the research school were guided around the facilities of Skogforsk
in Sävar and visited the NorraTimber sawmill in Sävar (Photo: R. Garcia-Gil).
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Title: Nitrogen uptake and assimilation during Norway spruce somatic embryogenesis-investigating the role of glutamine
Opponent: Professor Francisco M Cánovas, Department de Biologia Molecular y Bioquimica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universiatrio de Teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Supervisor: Ulrika Egertsdotter
The seed production facility of the Svenska Skogsplantor AG in Lagan is the biggest seedproducer in Sweden. It produces about 60% of the domestically used seeds. Members of the Research School visited the facility and got the possiblity to look at all the different steps of seed production.
Members of the research school infront of the seed extraction facility (left), in the seed extraction facility (middle) and visiting the seed orchard (right).
On the 27th and 28th of October 2015 the Research School had its annual meeting at the headquaters of Stora Enso in Falun, Sweden. Stora Enso is one of the industrial partners of the research school and is actively taking part in the education of PhD students. Included in the two days program was a visit at the Falun Copper mine.
The members of the Research School were not only visiting the Stora Enso headquarters but also invited to a guided tour at the World Heritage site
of the Falun Copper Mine.
On 1st of October 2015 the PhD students of the Industrial Research School visited the sawmill NorraTimber in Sävar, Sweden.
The PhD students got a guided tour through the facilities of the NorraTimber sawmill in Sävar (Photo: R Garcia-Gil).
On 21st of february 2015 members of the Research School started to a study trip to USA and Brazil.
Below please find the 2014 Annual Report of the Research School in Forest Genetics and Biotechnology.
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