Biolaitos May 2024

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FW: Save the date: Oikos Finland 2025!
by Sami Kivelä 20 May '24

20 May '24

From: Kajanus, Mira <mira.h.kajanus(a)jyu.fi> Sent: maanantai 20. toukokuuta 2024 9.50 Subject: Save the date: Oikos Finland 2025! Could you please share the attached invitation with your colleagues and students to save the date! Thank you! We are happy to announce the next Oikos Finland meeting that will be held in Jyväskylä in 2025. The conference program includes a diverse group of international keynote speakers, oral presentations, posters, and workshops. During the conference, besides showcasing ecological and evolutionary research done in Finland, we would like to create opportunities to interact and share ideas with the broader international community. Therefore, we are particularly excited to welcome participants from abroad! Abstract submission and registration will open in September through our website<http://www.jyu.fi/oikos2025>, but in the meantime if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us! Looking forward to see many of you in Jyväskylä! The organizing committee Nerea Abrego, Paulina Arancibia, Skylar Burg, Mira Kajanus & Jenna Purhonnen [A poster with text and images Description automatically generated]

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Thursday seminar in biology on site 23.5. Dr. Tuomo Mantere on Next generation cytogenetics with optical genome mapping
by Heikki Helanterä 20 May '24

20 May '24

Dear colleagues, this week's Biology Thursday seminar will take place on site in room MA335, 23th May, 12:15 with Dr. Tuomo Mantere, University of Oulu, Research Unit of Translational Medicine, on "Next generation cytogenetics with optical genome mapping" Optical genome mapping (OGM) is a novel genomic technology used to generate high-resolution maps of the genome. It offers a unique capability to detect structural variations (SVs) and other genomic alterations that may be challenging to detect through current short-read sequencing and traditional low-resolution cytogenetic methods. This presentation covers the principles of OGM technology and presents proof-of-concept studies utilizing this technology for the detection of constitutional chromosomal aberrations underlying rare diseases, as well as acquired chromosomal aberrations in leukemia. See also: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2u3dWesAAAAJ&hl=en See you there, Heikki -- Varaaja/reserved for: Heikki Helanterä Varaaja/reserved for: Lumi Viljakainen Ryhmät/Groups: 2402130-LUK-2-BT-BIOLOGIA_2023, 2402130-LUK-2-EKO-BIOLOGIA_2023, 2402130-FM-INT-BIOLOGIA_2023 Opintojaksototeutukset/Realizations: Biologian torstaiseminaari 750318A-3003 Pienryhmät/scheduling groups: SeminarMicrosoft Teams

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Sinustako tiedekunnan Hyvä ope?/ Could you be the faculty's Good Teacher?
by Saana-Maija Aho 20 May '24

20 May '24

Hei, (in English below) tänä keväänä lanseerataan tiedekunnan uusi, vuosittain jaettava Hyvä ope -palkinto tiedekunnan ansioituneelle opettajalle. Olisitko se sinä? Palkinto annetaan sellaiselle opettajalle, joka on aktiivisesti kehittänyt omaa opetustaan ja pedagogista osaamistaan. Myös opiskelijapalautteella on palkinnon myöntämisessä tärkeä rooli. Vapaamuotoiset ilmoittautumiset Hyvä ope - ehdokkaaksi voit lähettää sähköpostitse koulutusdekaanille osoitteeseen saana-maija.aho(a)oulu.fi<mailto:saana-maija.aho@oulu.fi> keskiviikkoon 5.6. klo 16.00 mennessä. Kerro omasta pedagogisesta näkemyksestäsi, pedagogisesta koulutuksestasi ja kokemuksestasi. Voit liittää mukaan myös opiskelijapalautetta sekä muuta valitsemaasi materiaalia, jonka koet merkitykselliseksi palkinnon myöntämisessä. Palkinto on arvoltaan 1200e ja se maksetaan "välitön palkitseminen" prosessin kautta. Palkinto jaetaan 12.6. klo 14.00 alkavassa tilaisuudessa salissa L2. Mikä: Hyvä ope-palkinto 1200e Miten: Vapaamuotoinen ilmoittautuminen sähköpostitse 5.6. klo 16.00 mennessä Milloin: Palkinto jaetaan 12.6. klo 14 salissa L2. This spring, the Faculty of Science will launch a new annual "Good Teacher" award for the faculty's deserving teacher. Could it be you? The award will be given to a teacher who has actively developed his/her own teaching and pedagogical skills. Student feedback also plays an important role in granting the award. Informal nominations for the Good Teacher award can be sent by email to the Dean of Education at saana-maija.aho(a)oulu.fi by Wednesday, June 5th at 4:00 PM. Please describe your pedagogical views, educational training, and experience. You may also include student feedback and other materials that you find relevant for the award. The award is valued at 1200 euros and will be paid through the "immediate reward" process. The award ceremony will take place on June 12th at 2:00 PM in room L2. What: Good Teacher Award 1200 euros How: Informal nomination by email by June 5th at 4:00 PM When: The award will be given on June 12th at 2:00 PM in room L2. With best regards, Saana-Maija Aho Dean of education Faculty of Science

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Maisteriseminaarit 21. ja 22. toukokuuta / Master seminar 21th and 22nd May
by Veli-Matti Pakanen 19 May '24

19 May '24

Heippa kaikille, Seuraavat maisteriseminaarit pidetään tiistaina 21. ja keskiviikkona 22. toukokuuta. Muistakaa kirjautua zoomiin omalla nimellä. Suoritusta ei voida kirjata muuten. Hello everyone, The next master’s seminars will be on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd of May. Remember to use your name in zoom. https://oulu.zoom.us/j/64668752013 Tuesday 21.5. Time Speaker Title Opponent Plan/ Result Professor Supervisors 14:15 Suvi-Tuuli Hukkanen Vihreä siirtymä osaksi koulu-työelämäyhteistyötä Kia Skarp Plan Timo Muotka Seppo Ryrkönen ja Hanni Muukkonen-van der Meer 14:35 Kia Skarp Biologian aineenopettajien näkökulmia lukion biologian oppiaineen sisällöistä ja käsitteistä Suvi-Tuuli Hukkanen Plan Timo Muotka Karoliina Takalo & Seppo Rytkönen 15:55 Tuukka Rantanen Sää- ja ilmastotekijöiden vaikutus töyhtötiaisen pesintään Sonja-Maria Mattila Results Timo Muotka Seppo Rytkönen Wednesday 22.5. Time Speaker Title Opponent Plan/ Result Professor Supervisors 14:15 Laura Säynäjoki Männyn endosymbionttisten bakteereiden leviäminen vieraassa isäntäkasvissa Ida Köngäs Results Heikki Helanterä Anna-Maria Pirttilä, Janne Koskimäki, Olga Podolich 15:00 Anni Mäntymäki Hömötiaisen talvihabitaatin valintaan vaikuttavat tekijät Veera Kohtamäki Plan Timo Muotka Seppo Rytkönen 15:20 Veera Kohtamäki Sammalpeittävyyden vaikutus virtavesien pohjaeläinten kuivuudesta selviytymiseen Anni Mäntymäki Results Timo Muotka Timo Muotka

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Unit meeting / Yksikkötapaaminen
by Heikki Helanterä 16 May '24

16 May '24

Unit meeting at the usual time. On the agenda: Student feedback on teaching! Yksikkötapaaminen tuttuun aikaan, käydään läpi opiskelijapalautteita! Heikki Heikki Helanterä is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://oulu.zoom.us/j/63956017334?pwd=MG5XZ1U5NVRHVHQ0aFk2MjgyeERHUT09 Meeting ID: 639 5601 7334 Passcode: 808140 --- Join by SIP 63956017334(a)109.105.112.236 . 63956017334(a)109.105.112.235 --- Join by H.323 . 109.105.112.236 . 109.105.112.235 Meeting ID: 639 5601 7334 Passcode: 808140 Microsoft Teams

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Reminder - Biology Thursday Seminar today, on site, Tiina Mattila on Stone age human populations
by Heikki Helanterä 16 May '24

16 May '24

Dear colleagues, Reminder - Biology Thursday Seminar today, 16th May, 12:15 on site in room MA335 with Dr. Tiina Mattila from Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, on "Gene flow, isolation and kinship in Stone Age Eastern Europe and Scandinavia" The genetic structure of Stone Age western Eurasian human populations was strongly associated with major cultural changes. Before the transition to agriculture genetically differentiated hunter-gatherer groups inhabited western Eurasia. Some of these groups invented agriculture in the Fertile Crescent starting approximately 12,000 years ago. Over the next few thousand years, agriculture spread across much of Europe. Thanks to the development of ancient DNA research in recent decades, we now know that this spread was largely mediated by the migration of people. In the first part of the talk, I will refine the spatio-temporal details of this process using an ancient DNA investigation of population structure, isolation, and gene flow in central, eastern, and northern Europe before and after the spread of agriculture. In addition to revealing broad population structure, ancient DNA within-population studies can help to identify the social factors influencing the organization of prehistoric societies. For this purpose, in the second part of the talk, I will present archaeogenomic results concerning the within-population structure of the sub-Neolithic Pitted Ware Culture (PWC) foragers from Gotland, Sweden. I will discuss the results in light of the variability and evolution of social systems in general. More research by Tiina at: https://scholar.google.fi/citations?hl=fi&user=RwUEbrsAAAAJ&view_op=list_wo… See you there, 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 50 4700 545

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Tekoälystä luonnontieteiden opettajille
by Saana-Maija Aho 15 May '24

15 May '24

Kaikki tiedekunnan koulutukseen osallistuvat henkilöt sekä muut kiinnostuneet, tervetuloa kuulemaan ajankohtaista asiaa tekoälystä opetuksessa. Tilaisuudessa kuullaan teknologiatuetun oppimisen ja opetuksen yliopistolehtorin, KT Jari Larun ajatuksia mm aiheista: Miten opiskelijat voivat hyödyntää tekoälyä oppimisessa? Miten tämän voisi ottaa huomioon arvioinnissa ja ohjeistuksissa? Lisäksi tilaisuudessa on aikaa keskustelulle. Kahvitarjoilu! Tervetuloa! Yst. Saana

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Guidelines for orientation of new employees / Ohjeistus uusien työntekijöiden perehdyttämiseen
by Heikki Helanterä 13 May '24

13 May '24

Hi all, a recap from Friday's unit meeting, where concerns about the clarity of orientation procedures of new employees were brought up - important to read if you are a line manager or a PI, or a new employee! All new employees need to go through orientation. This has several parts: the general orientation through university's online materials, HR organized welcome sessions and the official orientation session run by Marjut Saastamoinen from the faculty admin. When a PI has new people starting, ask me and I will let Marjut know and she will inform them about the next sessions. The unit and task specific orientations are in principle the duty of the line manager, but as the project PIs of the employee are much better informed about task specific details pf each employee, these have to be in practice carried out by the PIs, except for the evaluation of requirement and performance levels. The PI makes sure that the necessary steps are taken and the appropriate forms are filled in Mepco (instructions in the links below) and into the Ecology and genetics own orientation form (attached, can also be found in the shared folders S:\Biologia\Yhteiset\Ecogen_perehdytyslomake_2022.docx) and forwarded to the line manager and head of unit. For a general overview of the process see: https://patio.oulu.fi/en/services-and-instructions/personnel/new-employees/… https://patio.oulu.fi/en/services-and-instructions/personnel/line-managers/… 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 50 4700 545

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Viime keskiviikon palaute- ja missä mennään -diat
by Lumi Viljakainen 13 May '24

13 May '24

Hei, Liitteenä viime keskiviikkona pidetyn killan palaute- ja tutkinto-ohjelman missä mennään -tilaisuuden diat. Nämä löytyvät nyt myös Biologian opiskelutuki -Moodlesta<https://moodle.oulu.fi/course/view.php?id=7663> (kurssiavain OuluBiol). I send here the slides from last weeks feedback and what’s up event organized by the degree programme and the student guild Syntaksis ry. The slides are in Finnish, but will be available shortly in English too, as two PhD students have kindly promised to translate them. Terveisin, Lumi

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Unit website
by Heikki Helanterä 13 May '24

13 May '24

Dear colleagues, as discussed in last Friday's unit meeting, our unit's website is in need of an update! So, by the end of this month, all PIs, please send me: - a short text describing what your group does, see for example the group descriptions that open on this old site when you click on the group name: https://www.oulu.fi/en/university/faculties-and-units/faculty-science/ecolo… . If your group has an external website, include a link into that as well. The text should be both in English and in Finnish - if you have no Finnish speakers in your group I can help with translations. - If you have nice photos of your group in action, please include one as well - list of PhD students and post docs and other staff to be included in the list of personnel - please send your material with the e-mail subject "Unit website" so I can keep track of them more easily - if in doubt whether your group should have its own entry with you as the PI or whether you should be under some larger group of people, I don't think there are any hard rules, let me know if you're uncertain. Any other thoughts on what should be included in the unit website are also valuable, but note that we are tied to the format provided by the University so there are some constraints. Suggestions welcome nevertheless! Have a nice week! 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 50 4700 545

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