Secondary metabolite discovery and a plant wall biodesign opportunity May 25, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Laura Carroll: Machine learning approaches for microbial secondary metabolite discovery Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Umeå University and a SciLifeLab and Wallenberg Data-Driven Life [...]

Predicting gene expression, microproteins, and new tools May 11, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Jian-Feng Mao: Predicting allele-specific gene expression (ASE) in poplar Associate Professor, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umea University Allele-specific expression (ASE) refers to the preferential expression [...]

Conifers adapting to light and using autoencoders on zero-filled data April 27, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Sonali Ranade: Adaptation in the Christmas tree to light Staff scientist, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, SLU Local adaptation is [...]

Fractals in living systems and aerospace engineering in ecology March 30, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Lucas Hedström: What is the role of multifractals in living systems? Doctoral student at Department of Physics Fractals are mathematical patterns that self-repeat at different scales. We [...]

Being wrong and collaborating in the Arctic March 16, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Isolde Puts: How to be wrong in the right way – together. Researcher at Department of Ecology and Environmental Science We cannot escape judging what is wrong and what is [...]

Lunch Pitches: Proteome perturbations to understand function and algorithms to predict cancer treatment responses March 2, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: André Mateus: From proteome perturbation to protein function and interactions Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Umeå University The human gut microbiome is [...]

Inside and outside leaves February 16, 2023 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Stefan Jansson: How green is an aspen leaf? Professor at Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University.  The leaves of an individual aspen starts degrading its chlorophyll almost the same date every year, [...]

Complex traits and eternal life October 11, 2022 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Sara Westman: Unravel the genetics of complex traits Doctoral Student at Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University.  Some things in life are simple, while most are not. The same holds true for [...]

Networks like curves and going beyond probabilities September 13, 2022 Watch Lunch Pitch Video Pitch 1: Klara Stokes: How is a network like a curve? Associate professor at Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University.  Graphs are combinatorial models of networks. Networks arise everywhere – [...]