An interesting course in Helsinki university, please see details below.

Best wishes,

Anna Maria

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Lähettäjä: "Asiegbu, Fred" fred.asiegbu@helsinki.fi Aihe: Re: NOVA Course Päivämäärä: 24. tammikuuta 2025 klo 12.03.39 UTC+2 Vastaanottaja: am.pirttila am.pirttila@oulu.fi

Dear Anna-Maria,

Kindly share the announcement below on forthcoming NOVA course to interested doctoral students, Thanks.

Dear All, Disease resistance in crop plants and forest trees (DPPS-106) Time: 15th April-27th June 2025 Location: Weekly online meetings from 15th April-10th June, plus an intensive course week at the Tvärminne Zoological Station from 23rd-28th June Responsible teacher: Fred Asiegbu Organisers: Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry, AGFOREE, DPPS & MBDP No. of credits: 5 ECTS Registration in Sisuhttps://sisu.helsinki.fi/ opens on 20th January, closes on 11th April Registration for NOVA members outside University of Helsinki: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/119873/lomakkeet.html

Plants including forest trees are exposed to pathogens at every stage in their life cycle. To survive, they have been forced to develop strategies and evolved diverse mechanisms to resist pathogen attack, as well as ways to minimize the damage if their defenses should fail. They are continually faced with environmental challenges but are unable to respond by physically escaping attack, and consequently they rely on biochemical, genetic, molecular and structural defenses to resist predators and parasites.

More information on the invited teachers and the conduct of the course can be found from the course pageshttps://studies.helsinki.fi/courses/course-implementation/hy-opt-cur-2425-a7fafa9b-65a4-447d-a589-be0feff8e826.

For Helsinki University students, before you can register, remember to check the following:

* you have valid study rights * you are registered as an attending student for the academic year * you have added DPPS-106 to your primary study plan in Sisu, and the version you add is for the academic years 2024-2025 * you are registering via completion methods from the course brochure (blue text DPPS-106 from your study plan)

The DPPS will cover the accommodtion and food costs for 6-8 DPPS participants. Best wishes. Karen -- Karen Sims-Huopaniemi (PhD)

Senior Advisor (Doctoral Education) University of Helsinki Finland

Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources - AGFOREE agforee-info@helsinki.fimailto:agforee-info@helsinki.fi

Doctoral Programme in Interdisciplinary Environmental Scienes - DENVI denvi-info@helsinki.fimailto:denvi-info@helsinki.fi

Doctoral Programme in Plant Sciences - DPPS dpps-office@helsinki.fimailto:dpps-office@helsinki.fi