Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - News

With Finland's climate getting warmer in the future, what can we expect in terms of pollen? In their search for answers to this question, researchers are looking not only at the present and the future, but also into the past.

Professor of Chemical Ecology James Blande and his research group at the University of Eastern Finland focus on plant stress responses and plant-to-plant interactions.

MSc Olfat Abdelsaleheen's thesis provides novel quantitative information on the reproductive biology of the freshwater mussels.

The focus of Professor Marjut Roponen’s research has always been on inhaled exposures and, in particular, on their impact on children’s health. Studies concerning exposures during pregnancy are still rather limited.

Nina Sipari, MSc, used metabolomics as a tool to investigate gene function and stress responses, and to determine possible oxidative stress markers in plants.

How are European freshwater crayfish coping with crayfish plague, introduced crayfish species and environmental pollution?

The Faculty of Science and Forestry will change its name to the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, effective from 1 January 2023.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.

The Foundations' Post Doc Pool awarded some 1.27 million euro to 29 postdoctoral scholars on 30 November 2022.

MSc Sareh Yaripour's thesis investigates the impacts of environmental variables such as rearing environment and pollutants on fish reproduction and offspring traits through phenotypic and transgenerational plasticity.