Please join us for the official opening of VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity at University of Copenhagen

 
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VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity investigates how plants and insects respond to challenges and changes in their environment – from the single molecule level to the field. This will increase our understanding of how plants react under a changing climate and help us pro-actively safeguard production of key crops as well as wild flora and fauna. Special focus is given to the biosynthesis and storage of the highly complex defense compounds plants produce to ward of predators and cope with environmental challenges.

Get a glimpse of the future
For the kickoff we have invited Laura Storm, executive director at Sustainia to give us a glimpse of the future ahead of us. Sustainia is a global sustainability think tank that show-cases the cities and societies we could live in, if all parts of the society work together on a common goal: Sustainability. It focuses on creating inspiring and tangible sustainability guides for companies, policy makers and civil society across sectors and regions. Each year the Sustainia Award Committee, which consists of Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, former Prime Minister of Norway Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland; EC Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard; and Chair of UN’s Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, selects and rewards the most innovative solutions across sectors. Sustainia was founded in March 2012 by Monday Morning. 

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Venue: Festauditoriet, Bülowsvej 17

14:00    Welcome
             Birger Lindberg Møller, Director of research center
             Lars Kann-Rasmussen, VILLUM Foundation
             Thomas Bjørnholm, Pro-rector of Research and Innovation, UCPH
             Svend Christensen, Head of department, Plant and Environmental Sciences

14:30    Sustainia
             Laura Storm: Building the World of Tomorrow

15:00    Introducing VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity 
             Plant Plasticity; From Single Molecules to the Field
                - Birger Lindberg Møller
             The Future of Barley in a Changing Climate 
                - Michael Foged Lyngkjær
             Safeguarding Cherry and Almond Production under Climate Stress      
                - Raquel Sanchez-Perez
             Impact of Climate Changes on Wildlife and Flora (Koala and Eucalyptus) 
                - Elizabeth Heather Neilson
             Biotech Applications of Self-assembly Principles in Nature: Light Driven
             Production of High-Value Bioactive Compounds
                - Poul Erik Jensen
             Using Nature’s Principles for Drug Development; Focus on Forskolin
                - Eirini Pateraki     
  
16-17   Reception

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