Dear colleagues,

a reminder of this weeks' Biology Thursday seminar 14th Nov, on site, room MA335, 12:15.

Our speaker is Dr. Francoise Martz, from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Production system unit - Plant genetics and genomics, on "Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica): an under-utilized but also under-studied special plant"

Nettle (Urtica dioica) is a perennial, fast growing multiple purpose plant with well-known properties. Considered as a weed, it is particularly rich in N, P, calcium, iron, vitamins and bioactive compounds. It has gained a lot of interest recently as it can be used as supplementary feed, food, nutraceuticals, in pharmaceutics, cosmetics, agriculture, textile or biocomposites. The main results of the project "Arctic nettle, from weed to money (ARKNOKK)" will be presented, as well as open questions regarding nettle as an potential alternative crop.

See also: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francoise-Martz

See you there!

Cheers,

Heikki

=============================================== Heikki Helanterä Professor Ekologian ja genetiikan tutkimusyksikkö / Ecology and Genetics Research Unit Oulun Yliopisto / University of Oulu / Finland heikki.helantera@oulu.fimailto:heikki.helantera@oulu.fi +358 50 4700 545