Maria E. Eriksson
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Maria E. Eriksson
@treesandgrowth.bsky.social
Scientist researching light and circadian regulation; growth of weeds and trees; http://tinyurl.com/d7vm5vq
Botanist. Florist. Nature Lover.
UPSC, IceLab, Umeå University,
Daylight Academy, My own views.
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Many thanks for the interest and opportunity to introduce on Swedish national TV, our recent research and great potential of using circadian clock work in adapting trees to different latitudes and climates ⏰🌳 #Treegrowth #circadian #daylight #TV4 www.tv4.se/artikel/7Lot...
Så luras träden att bli mer tåliga mot klimatförändringar
”Kan lägga pusslet”
www.tv4.se
✨Many Congratulations to Dr Gerald Tuskan receiving the #MWP ✨🌳 awarded the by HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at an amazing ceremony! www.mwp.org/the-2025-mar...
The 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize - MWP
The 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2,5 million is awarded to Dr. Gerald Tuskan for his pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing the first tree genome. His leadership in this project has revolu...
www.mwp.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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#IJPB takes the floor at the 4th INUPRAG Symposium.

👩‍🔬C. Bellini 👉 CATS team bit.ly/4dy5hHO
👨‍🔬N. Arnaud 👉 FTA team bit.ly/3JfhiJ9

INUPRAG is a consortium between @inrae-france.bsky.social (BAP department) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @cragenomica.bsky.social

@ijpb-versaillescly.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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🌾INUPRAG 2025 - Advancing Plant Science Together!🧪

Great to see @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
so well represented at the 4th INUPRAG Symposium in Montpellier this week!

Thanks to @inrae-france.bsky.social and the Institute for Plant Sciences of Montpellier (IPSiM) for hosting this inspiring event!
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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🧪🌾UPSC Alumni Spotlight - Chloroplasts keep her curiosity alive

Since her time in Åsa Strand's research group, chloroplasts continue to spark @tamara-hverdeja.bsky.social curiosity.🔬

In this interview, she talks about her career journey and her favourite UPSC memories:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In this time of #NobelPrize announcements - check out @professorpernilla.bsky.social post about how it is to work in the Chemistry Nobel Committee! ✨
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium
From Tree Genomes to Future Forest
November 4, 2025 🌳 Still open for online participation!
www.mwp.org/mwp-symposiu...
MWP Symposium 2025 invitation - MWP
We are proud to invite you to the 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium, that will be held online as well as on premises in Stockholm, to celebrate the MWP 2024 Laureates.
www.mwp.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here is looking at trees🌳 and cultivation of local truffles #Tuber_aestivum on #Gotland recently! Truffle goes very well with oaks and hazel and these was part of research conducted by the expert and senior lecturer Dr. Christina Wedén, Uppsala Univ. (host of visit).
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Finally, the fruit of our labour investigating salt stress in wild-type and RNAi trees affected in timing🌳⏰! I am very happy to have this work out 😍 Thanks to all involved and fabulous collaborations between Chilean and Swedish groups 🥂✨ rdcu.be/eI1vq
The circadian clock of Populus affects physiological, transcriptional and metabolomic responses to osmotic and ionic components of salt stress
npj Biological Timing and Sleep - The circadian clock of Populus affects physiological, transcriptional and metabolomic responses to osmotic and ionic components of salt stress
rdcu.be
October 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Umeå municipality got its fifth honorary citizen last Friday; Nobel Laureate Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier 😍
An inspiring role model👩‍🔬✨Lovely, many congrats!🌺
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Nytt avsnitt av Framtidsakademin pod!

Vi pratar tryffel med Christina Wedén, författare och universitetslektor, Uppsala universitet, utifrån boken "Tryffelfeber: bland matnördar, maffia och miljardärer" lyssna där du brukar lyssna på poddar och titta här:
youtu.be/keQ19J-7fYE?...
Tryffelfeber: bland matnördar, maffia och miljardärer med Christina Wedén - Framtidsakademin pod
YouTube video by CEMUS
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Emmanuelle Charpentier has been appointed honorary citizen of Umeå Municipality, and in connection with the honorary citizenship ceremony, the Nobel Prize winner is making a long-awaited visit to her alma mater for a public seminar/talk. Read more here: www.umu.se/en/events/se...
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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#Circadian #Biology has grown into an incredibly broad field, one that you can now learn the fundamentals of through a clear, concise, and expertly written book. For free.

Read it here and share it with your students and peers: doi.org/10.21827/686... [doi.org]
#chronobiology #SciComm 🧪
On the Essential Principles and Practice of Circadian Biology: A Road Map – Simple Book Publishing
Circadian Biology is about the adaptation of life to our rotating world, to the Earth’s 24-hour rhythm of day and night. Not surprisingly, the field has attracted considerable popular and scientific ...
doi.org
July 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It has been 25 years 🎈 🥳🥂since we published this work at #UmeåPlantScienceCentre revealing that ectopic #GA20-oxidase expression can 'unlock' growth, increase biomass and fibre length of Populus trees! 🌳
Increased gibberellin biosynthesis in transgenic trees promotes growth, biomass production and xylem fiber length - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - Increased gibberellin biosynthesis in transgenic trees promotes growth, biomass production and xylem fiber length
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you expert in plant embryo development and planning your next career step?

Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!

Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#PlantSciJobs
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I managed to catch the Midnight sun at Midsummer's Eve in Abisko, Sweden (LL IRL for #Circadian ⏰☀️ folks)! Spring is late, with Rhododendron lapponicum 🌺 in full bloom. Luckily I met several Bluethroats, thanks to my colleagues ringing birds by the Abisko Scientific Research Station😊
June 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Super happy to share our latest in @natcancer.nature.com co-led by @pannunziolab.bsky.social! We review the complex role of the circadian clock in genome integrity, DNA repair, immunity, metabolism, and cancer with a specific focus on early-onset cancer. Check it out!

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The diverse roles of the circadian clock in cancer - Nature Cancer
Masri and colleagues review the latest studies on the influence of circadian rhythms in cancer biology, discussing possible connections between chronobiology and cancer prevention and treatment.
www.nature.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The beauty of our boreal #forests, #Calypso_bulbosa #Umeå or #Norna in Swedish! Thanks to the keen and trained eyes of ‪@hanneletuominen.bsky.social‬ we found this flowering specimen in mid forest🌲, and a few in vegetative state too :-)
June 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Many thanks for the interest and opportunity to introduce on Swedish national TV, our recent research and great potential of using circadian clock work in adapting trees to different latitudes and climates ⏰🌳 #Treegrowth #circadian #daylight #TV4 www.tv4.se/artikel/7Lot...
Så luras träden att bli mer tåliga mot klimatförändringar
”Kan lägga pusslet”
www.tv4.se
May 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Tack till TV4 för möjligheten att tala om vår senaste forskning och potentialen den cirkadianska klockan besitter för anpassning av träd till 'nya' breddgrader och klimat, ⏰🌳 #Treegrowth #circadian #daylight #TV4
www.tv4.se/artikel/7Lot...
Så luras träden att bli mer tåliga mot klimatförändringar
”Kan lägga pusslet”
www.tv4.se
May 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Reposted by Maria E. Eriksson
Last week, UPSC Director Ove Nilsson presented our tree phenotyping platform to the Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari and talked about modern tree breeding techniques.

Look here for some impressions from her visit (text in Swedish only):
www.slu.se/ew-nyheter/2...
Miljöminister Romina Pourmokhtari besökte SLU | slu.se
Idag besökte miljöminister Romina Pourmokhtari SLU i Umeå för att ta del av universitetets arbete med skogsövervakning, fjärranalys och skogsbioteknik.
www.slu.se
May 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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👏 🧪 Congratulations to our former PhD students Varvara Dikaya, Nabila El Arbi and @sanchalinanda.bsky.social who officially received their doctoral insignia during the Spring Graduation Ceremony @umeauniversitet.bsky.social on Saturday - joining a 400 year old Swedish tradition 🎉!
May 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
An amazing opportunity in forest related research - the Young Researchers’ Challenge, at the 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize www.mwp.org/young-resear...
Application - MWP
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www.mwp.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM