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Oikos Finland PhD prize open for nominations
by Heikki Helanterä 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, Oikos Finland is looking for nominations for the best PhD thesis in ecology and evolutionary biology from the academic year 2022-2023 (details below, but note there is a typo there saying 21-22, it is the academic year 22-23 that is meant) – anyone is welcome to submit nominations, including of course the students themselves and supervisors. Link to the form below. And as the representative of University of Oulu in the Oikos Finland board, I also remind all of you who identify (in a broad sense) as ecologists or evolutionary biologists to sign up as members if you have not already: https://nordicsocietyoikos.org/national-societies/oikos-finland Cheers, Heikki From: Nordic Society Oikos <newsletter(a)nordicsocietyoikos.org> Sent: tiistai 10. lokakuuta 2023 11.34 To: Heikki Helanterä <Heikki.Helantera(a)oulu.fi> Subject: Oikos Finland newsletter If you can't see this email click here.<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/en/organization/1097/campaign/221787> Dear Heikki, 2024 Oikos Finland PhD of the year Each year Oikos Finland awards the prize "The best PhD thesis in ecology and evolutionary biology in Finland". The winner is awarded 500€ and is also invited to give a presentation at the next national Oikos meeting. Now we are inviting nominations of high-quality PhD theses that were defended during the academic year 2021-2022 (1.8.2022-31.7.2023). Anyone is welcome to nominate a PhD thesis, including the thesis author and the supervisors. The deadline is 15.11.2023. If you have any questions, please ask Satu Ramula (satu.ramula(a)utu.fi). Online nomination form: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/125991/lomake.html<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=1&tracking…> Interested in organizing the 2025 Oikos Finland conference? The next Oikos Finland conference will be organized in early 2025. If your university is interested in organizing and hosting the event, please contact any of the Oikos Finland board members<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=2&tracking…> as soon as possible. Nordic Society Oikos conference in Lund The next biennial conference of the Nordic Society Oikos will be held in Lund, Sweden from 12-15 March 2024. The conference will be held at AF Borgen<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=3&tracking…> in the picturesque area Lundagård<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=4&tracking…> in Lund, southern Sweden. Registration and abstract submission will open on October 12th. Please see the conference website<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=5&tracking…> for more information. Finnish Molecular Ecology Symposium 2024 Please mark your calendars for the Finnish Molecular Ecology Symposium that will be held in Joensuu 24-25.4.2024. Registration will open soon and more info is available on the symposium website<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=6&tracking…>. Advertise your event through the Oikos Finland newsletter If you have a science/ecology related event that you would like to get exposure for, Oikos Finland members are welcome to contact our board members to get the word out in our Oikos Finland newsletter. Oikos Finland grants We have updated our website with a description of the travel and event organization grants<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&lid=7&tracking…> available from Oikos Finland. For example, if you are planning to travel to the Lund conference in March (see above) our travel grants are a possible way to finance your trip. The fall deadline this year for travel grants 31.10.2023. We will announce a spring term deadline in February. Event organization grants can be applied for throughout the year. Reports from our previous grant recipients: European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, May 22-27, 2022 Espoo, Finland Martta Liukkonen PhD researcher at JYU OIKOS grant enabled me to take part in the EMPSEB27 conference. I presented my most recent research (The associations between brood size, gut microbiome diversity and nestling survival in great tit nestlings) and was able to follow my colleague’s presentations and plenaries. This gave me a lot of ideas regarding my own research and I made valuable contacts within my own field. Additionally, I was able to learn about new research in fields that I am not too familiar with thanks to the conference having a broad range of topics across the field of evolutionary biology. I would like to thank OIKOS for giving me this grant as without it I would not have been able to take part in the conference. Camila Souza Beraldo PhD student at the University of Helsinki, Finland I am delighted to have had the opportunity to attend EMPSEB27. During this conference, I observed an extremely committed organizing team, excellent keynote talks, and impressive PhD students' presentations. In management terms, the organizing committee's attention to promoting a more integrative and fairer event surprised me. For instance, just after arriving, students were invited to pick their name tags and to decorate them with stickers that would say a bit about themselves (e.g., which year of the PhD they are, whether it is their first time in Finland or if they are looking for a job). Such decoration not only helped with the sense of "being seen" but also promoted small talks among attendees. In addition, the committee members provided the option to attend the meeting remotely in case one could not join in person. Having the opportunity to join the event online may seem a minor detail; however, it promotes inclusivity because it increases the number of people who can participate in discussions. EMPSEB27 selected a diverse range of students and plenary speakers that varied both in the background and research interests: Dr Stuart Auld (University of Stirling, Scotland), Dr Rose Thorogood (University of Helsinki, Finland), Dr Ovidiu Paun (University of Vienna, Austria), Dr Swanne Gordon (Washington University, USA), and Dr Peter and Rosemary Grant (Princeton University). Their talks were stimulating and made me think about topics I am not used to. In addition to that, I also had the opportunity to learn about subjects I work with, e.g., which type of analysis I should perform to improve my results and which theory I should study better. Finally, students' presentations brought me innovative perspectives on how to give a good 12 minutes-talk. I could reflect on adjusting the speech to the target audience, public engagement, how much detail to provide, and how to create informative slides. In addition to the talks, EMPSEB27 also promoted other sessions, such as posters, alternative presentations, diversity and inclusion panels and diverse workshops. Creating such spaces is essential to bringing new ways of perceiving science to academia. For example, during the poster and alternative presentations, while playing or doing some artwork, one could reflect that those activities created emotions that permeate their bond with the scientific process. Being in contact with different viewpoints on interpreting science brings us diverse teaching and learning experiences, which can potentially change the community to which we belong. Besides the scientific content of EMPSEB27, I was glad about the amount of interaction promoted during the event. Students and plenaries were able to taste a bit of the Finnish culture while participating in social activities (e.g., team-building exercises, karaoke, trivia, sauna, enjoying Finnish nature). Although I have been based in Helsinki, Finland, for more than two years, I was happy to have such interaction with the Finnish culture. I have the feeling that the pandemic of COVID-19 delayed my experiences in Finland, and because of it, sometimes I still struggle to feel welcome in the place I am currently living in. Thus, I am grateful to EMPSEB27 for contributing to my academic repertoire and helping with my confidence in the country where I chose to do my PhD studies. Ina Satokangas PhD student at the University of Helsinki, Finland The OIKOS grant enabled me to participate in EMPSEB27, one of the first live conferences after a long COVID break. EMPSEB27 was a well-organized and inspiring event, where I learned a whole amount about relevant new research and gained experience in presenting my own work on wood ant hybridization. I truly enjoyed learning from other doctoral researchers and plenary speakers and getting new ideas as well as concrete advice for my own work. The workshop on data visualization provided me with new tools, and alternative careers discussion with inspiration for looking further ahead on my path. A live conference showed perhaps its best part through allowing real discussions with colleagues from all over Europe and beyond. Eetu Selenius PhD student at the University of Helsinki, Finland I attended the EMPSEB27 conference held in Espoo between May 22nd and 27th. The conference was organized by and for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, and I had the honor of receiving an OIKOS grant to attend this event. The conference was extremely well organized – everything from the transportation to the event venue to plenary speakers was clearly very well thought-out. Each day, I got to listen to an amazing plenary speech, and I had the chance to attend two workshops during the conference week. The workshops taught me new ways of visualizing my abstracts, as well as data visualization using R – both extremely important skills. However, I would still put the main focus on the extremely interesting works of my fellow PhD researchers. Our (attendees) presentations were divided into appropriate subcategories. I got to hear about pathogens, evolutionary drivers, diversity and sexual selection just to mention a few of these. The conference was also elevated with a poster session, where everybody had the opportunity to present their work in a more timely manner, and I got to have really enlightening one-on-one conversations with my peers. Overall, I greatly enjoyed attending this one-of-a-kind conference with amazing people, interesting ideas and a great atmosphere. As a first year PhD student, I feel like the conversations I had and the talks I listened to really helped my further develop my plans and come up with new ideas. I will eagerly try the new concept of visual abstracts, and seek to further include population genomics into my future work – both of these ideas would not have crossed my mind without attending this conference! 5th Nordic Society of Oikos, 7.-10.6.2022 Aarhus, Denmark Sonja Saine Doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki I had a chance to participate in my first NSO meeting, the 5th Nordic Society of OIKOS 2022 conference in Aarhus, Denmark. The meeting was themed Ecology and evolution for a changing world and covered a wide range of interesting topics. Oral presentations, posters and keynote talks addressed the subthemes of adaptations and interactions, ecosystems and communities, restoration and landscape prioritization, and methodological advances. Overall, the conference was a great experience – not least because it was organized in person. I participated a pre-conference workshop on ordination methods and generalized linear modelling and learned new tips for data analyses. The conference provided an excellent overview on ecological and evolutionary research conducted by the society members. I also had a chance to present my work on wood-inhabiting fungal communities and deadwood restoration. I went home with a lot of new ideas and inspiration after meeting many new people and discussing science related to my own field of research and beyond. I also think that participating in a live event after a long period of online meetings created a valuable feeling of community. Tuuli Rissanen Post doctoral research, University of Helsinki From the very start the atmosphere of the NSO conference in Aarhus was welcoming and all arrangements run smoothly. I really liked the ice breaker event during which conference participants chose to visit either the Natural History Museum or the green houses of the Science Museums. I chose the green houses, and as we walked through the botanical wonders, discussions with any person close by were easily initiated. I had my own presentation already on the first day in the form of a three-minute flash talk in which I guided the audience through tundra species occupancy, niches, and traits across spatial scales. Flash talk was a new experience for me, and I found it fun. It is quite hard to squeeze an entire study to a few key points, though I think it is a very effective way to really think through and point out the most important take-home message one wishes to make. After my own presentation there was nothing but to relax and enjoy all the interesting talks in the sessions, topics ranging from life on Mars to 3D habitat structures, as well as discussions during the breaks between them. Particularly I liked the vivid poster sessions. It was a pleasure to get together with people I met two years ago in Reykjavik and even more so to gain many new acquaintances. Overall, I think NSO is a great community and I want to warmly thank OIKOS Finland for supporting my participation in Aarhus. Unsubscribe from this list<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&status=Clicked…> | Manage my subscriptions<https://nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/track/rd?type=campaign&status=Clicked…> [Image removed by sender. glueup]<https://www.glueup.com/?pk_campaign=invitation&pk_kwd=221787> Powered by Glue Up All-in-one CRM Software for Growing Communities<https://www.glueup.com/?pk_campaign=invitation&pk_kwd=221787>

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Seminar for master thesis subjects and practical training positions / Gradu- ja harjoittelupaikkaseminaari
by Veli-Matti Pakanen 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Dear all, Here is great chance for you to recruit students in your group! On the 22nd of March (at 14:15-16:00), we are organising a seminar where you can present available master thesis subjects and practical training positions. The seminar will be held in Zoom. Link and advert will be sent later. There is limited time, so your presentation should be max 10 minutes. So, keep it short! There should be room for about 10 presentation. Email me if you wish to give a presentation, and I will schedule a time for you. Heippa kaikille, Nyt on mahtava tilaisuus rekrytoida opiskelijoita tutkimusryhmäänne! Järjestämme maaliskuun 22. päivä (kello 14:15-16:00) gradu- ja harjoittelupaikkaseminaarin, jonne olette tervetulleita esittelemään tarjolla olevia gradu-ja harjoittelupaikkoja. Seminaari pidetään Zoomissa. Linkki ja mainos lähetään myöhemmin. Aikaa on rajatusti, joten yksi esitelmä voi kestää max 10 minuuttia. Eli pidä esitelmä lyhyenä. Aikaa riittää 10 esitelmälle, jos ollaan tiukkana aikataulun kanssa. Lähetä minulle sähköpostia, jos olet kiinnostunut. Minä varaan ajan sinulle. Best wishes, Veli-Matti Time table for presentations 14:15-14:25 14:25-14:35 14:35-14:45 15:45-14:55 14:55-15:05 15:05-15:15 15:15-15:25 15:25-15:35 15:35-15:45 15:45-15:55 750658S Pro gradu thesis in biology https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/course/750658S/10299?period=2022-2023 750615S Practical training https://opas.peppi.oulu.fi/en/course/750615S/8322?period=2022-2023

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Maisteriseminaari 11.10. / Master's seminar 11.10.
by Veli-Matti Pakanen 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

Heippa, Tällä viikolla pidetään maisteriseminaari keskiviikkona 11.10. HUOM! Seminaari pidetään salissa TA101! Seminaarin voi valita pidettävän paikan päällä salissa, mikäli se sopii vastuuprofessorille ja sille päivälle ei ole varattu seminaareja pidettäväksi zoomissa. Hello, This week we have a master’s seminar on Wednesday 11.10. NOTE! The seminar will be held in classroom TA101! Students can opt for giving their seminar presentations in a classroom if the responsible professor agrees to it and there are no zoom presentations reserved for that day. 11.10. Wednesday Time Speaker Title Opponent Plan/ Result Professor Supervisors 14.15 Lauri Raami MBW-säätelykompleksin vaikutus antosyaanien biosynteesigeenien toimintaan mustikalla (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) ja sen valkomarjaisella mutantilla Hanna Pekkala Result Anna-Maria Pirttilä Katja Karppinen Soile Jokipii-Lukkari Heikki Salo

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Welcome to attend the 27th Kaamos Symposium
by Kaamos Symposium 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

*Welcome to attend the 27th Kaamos Symposium November 31st-December 1st, 2023!* Doctoral students from the Ecology and Genetics Research Unit at the University of Oulu annually organize a multidisciplinary conference in the field of biology and environmental sciences. This year Kaamos Symposium includes two days of oral presentations, a poster session, a panel discussion, and two workshops. We warmly welcome everyone to participate in the symposium! The symposium will be organized both *live *at the University of Oulu, Finland, and *online *via Zoom. The online streaming will ensure that anyone interested can attend. Attendance is* free of charge* for everyone, and you can attend the whole symposium or any part you find interesting. The symposium welcomes all to present their research. You have the option to give a 20-minute talk or poster presentation, and you can choose to deliver your oral presentation in person or online. The oral presentations will take place in Tellus Backstage at the University of Oulu, Linanmaa Campus. On the other hand, poster sessions will only be held live in the Botanical Gardens at the University of Oulu. The symposium is an excellent opportunity for everyone, particularly Ph.D. students, to showcase their research, listen to engaging talks, and discuss current topics in biology and environmental sciences. Bachelor's and Master's students who present posters will receive *0,5 extra credits* in addition to the 2 regular credits for attending and writing five reports from Kaamos presentations. There will also be the best poster award! Presenter registration deadline is *October 15, 2023.* The abstract submission deadline is *October 31st, 2023*. The audience registration deadline is *November 15,* *2023*. Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpMcPl03BufZrJTtZWcURO3kyNq_GNxlw… Abstracts can be submitted via email:* KaamosSymposium(a)gmail.com <KaamosSymposium(a)gmail.com>* Posters can be printed and brought to the poster session. If you are unable to print a large poster, you can also make a collage of smaller sheets (such as A4 or A3). *Please, do not forget to register even though you’re participating as a presenter with the poster only.* If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at KaamosSymposium(a)gmail.com We look forward to meeting all of you at the 27th Kaamos Symposium! The Kaamos Symposium Organisation Committee ___________________________ The Kaamos Symposium Organisation Committee 30th November-1st December 2023 University of Oulu, Tellus BackStage, 90570 Oulu, Finland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaamosSymposium Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaamosSymposium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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No Biology Thrusday seminar this week, or next
by Heikki Helanterä 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, we don't have a seminar lined up for this week, and the seminar planned for next week had to be postponed - so the next seminar will be on 2nd November, with Dr. Thomas Lilley from LUOMUS, live on site in Room 117A. The updated program is at: https://thursdayseminarbiology.wordpress.com/ Cheers, Heikki =============================================== Heikki Helanterä Professor Ekologian ja genetiikan tutkimusyksikkö / Ecology and Genetics Research Unit Oulun Yliopisto / University of Oulu / Finland heikki.helantera(a)oulu.fi<mailto:heikki.helantera@oulu.fi> +358-40-7507 334

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MUISTUTUS: Biologian tutkinto-ohjelman keskustelutilaisuus 16.10. klo 14.15-16 salissa L7 (in Finnish only)
by Lumi Viljakainen 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Hei, Biologian tutkinto-ohjelma järjestää opiskelijoille ja opettajille keskustelutilaisuuden 16.10. klo 14.15-16 salissa L7. Tilaisuudessa on tarkoitus keskustella biologian koulutuksen uudistustyöstä, tekoälystä sekä lisäksi opiskelijoiden ja opettajien ehdottamista aiheista. Lähettäkää toivomanne keskusteluaiheet perjantaihin 13.10. mennessä vastaamalla tähän viestiin. Ystävällisin terveisin, Lumi Viljakainen Biologian tutkinto-ohjelman vastuuhenkilö -- Lumi Viljakainen, FT Yliopistonlehtori Ekologian ja genetiikan tutkimusyksikkö PL 3000 90014 Oulun yliopisto puh: 029 448 1530 https://www.oulu.fi/fi/tutkijat/lumi-viljakainen

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Suorittamattomat hylätään / Reject nonparticipations
by Minna Vanhatalo 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Hei, muistuttaisin opintojaksojen toteutuksia arvioivia opettajia. Mikäli opiskelija ilmoittautuu toteutukselle, mutta ei osallistu opetukseen tai suorita mitään osasuorituksia, hänen ilmoittautumisensa hylätään ennen kuin seuraavan lukuvuoden toteutukset avautuvat (ks. opettajan ohje arviointien tekemisestä)<https://wiki.eduuni.fi/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=UOPEPPIPALVELUT&title…>. Näin avoimia ilmoittautumisia ei jää roikkumaan. Nämä vanhat avoimet ilmoittautumiset vaikeuttavat HOPSin tarkastelua, koska HOPSissa kurssin perässä olevasta symbolista ei selviä, onko opiskelija ilmoittautunut tämän syksyn toteutukselle, vai onko hänelle jäänyt roikkumaan vuosi sitten tehty hyväksytty ilmoittautuminen, jota opettaja ei ole hylännyt. Tämä vaikeuttaa HOPSissa olevien kurssien uudelleenajoitusta. terv. Minna --- --- --- Hei, this message is for teachers who do implementation assessments. I would like to remind that enrollments for students who did not participate in the exam or teaching when the course is finished has to be rejected. This has to be done before the next academic years implementation. (See instructions for assessments<https://wiki.eduuni.fi/display/UOPEPPIPALVELUT/Assessments>). If they are not rejected, there will be a wrong symbol after the course's name in the Personal Study Plan and it is impossible to know if the accepted enrollment has been done this academic year or earlier. This will hinder the course retiming in the PSP. WBW Minna

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Yksikköpalaveri / UNit meeting
by Jouni Aspi 06 Oct '23

06 Oct '23

Jouni Aspi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://oulu.zoom.us/j/67428269172 Meeting ID: 674 2826 9172 --- Join by SIP 67428269172(a)109.105.112.236 . 67428269172(a)109.105.112.235 --- Join by H.323 . 109.105.112.236 . 109.105.112.235 Meeting ID: 674 2826 9172

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Reminder: Biology Thursday seminar today, Ilkka Kronholm on chromatin structures, mutations and methylation!
by Heikki Helanterä 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

Dear colleagues, please remember today's Biology Thursday seminar 5th Oct, 12:15 on zoom (link below) with Dr. Ilkka Kronholm, University of Jyväskylä, on "Influence of chromatin structure on spontaneous mutations and methylation changes in a filamentous fungus" Abstract Everywhere we look, organism are very well adapted to their environments. Adaptation is the result of natural selection, but natural selection needs variation to function and this variation is generated by mutation. While we understand fairly well how natural selection works, our understanding of how variation is generated and what are its properties is more limited. My group studies the properties of genetic and epigenetic variation. Recently we did a mutation accumulation experiment in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa to study how chromatin structure influences the mutation rate and what is the rate of spontaneous epigenetic changes in N. crassa. We observed that mutation rate is higher in heterochromatic regions marked by H3K9me3 and H3K27me3. I'll also show some preliminary results regarding spontaneous methylation changes and how chromatin stucture influences recombination. To understand how different processes shape genetic variation across the genome, we can generate better null models to study how natural selection shapes genetic variation. More on Ilkka's work at: https://www.jyu.fi/science/en/bioenv/staff-and-administration/staff/kronhol… and https://scholar.google.fi/citations?hl=fi&user=zKF9_HoAAAAJ&view_op=list_wo… See you in zoom at noon, Heikki Heikki Helanterä is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://oulu.zoom.us/j/62917763539?pwd=WENZRy9Bb3NlSzlyeVlVamJ4RHR5Zz09 Meeting ID: 629 1776 3539 Passcode: 166151 --- Join by SIP 62917763539(a)109.105.112.236<mailto:62917763539@109.105.112.236> * 62917763539(a)109.105.112.235<mailto:62917763539@109.105.112.235> --- Join by H.323 * 109.105.112.236 * 109.105.112.235 Meeting ID: 629 1776 3539 Passcode: 166151 =============================================== Heikki Helanterä Professor Ekologian ja genetiikan tutkimusyksikkö / Ecology and Genetics Research Unit Oulun Yliopisto / University of Oulu / Finland heikki.helantera(a)oulu.fi<mailto:heikki.helantera@oulu.fi> +358-40-7507 334

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FW: Sadonkorjuujuhlan kutsu
by Lumi Viljakainen 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

Arvoisa henkilökunta, Oulun yliopiston biologian ainejärjestö Syntaksis ry toivottaa teidät lämpimästi tervetulleeksi Sadonkorjuujuhlaan lauantaina 4.11.2023 klo 18:00 alkaen Aleksinkulmaan (Aleksanterinkatu 9, 90100 Oulu). Illalliskortin hinta tulee olemaan 40-45 euroa. Kutsu on kahdelle ja toivomme, että kutsuvieras täyttää ilmoittautumislomakkeen molempien osalta. Pukukoodina on pitkä mekko tai puku sekä akateemiset kunniamerkit. Ohjeviesti tarkempine ohjeineen lähetetään teille ilmoittautumisajan jälkeen. Ilmoittautuminen on aukaistu teille ja viimeinen ilmoittautumispäivä on 13.10 kello 23:59. Ilmoittautumiseen pääsette täältä<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=muScnwFRo0qMdQ1ZNa1lJQg…>. Ystävällisin terveisin, Sadonkorjuujuhlan toimikunta

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