Mon, 02 Nov

Fri, 06 Nov

2026

Plant Stress Biology Surveillance and Experimental Design

UiT – Tromsø

Nordic PhD course in plant imaging and phenotyping in Tromsø, Norway

Place: UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Content:

  • Lectures 10 h: by Markku Keinänen, UEF, Finland.
  • Practical labs 24 h: Imaging of plant stress symptoms with TraitFinder multispectral 3D scanner, hyperspectral and thermal cameras. Two days for practising of computational data processing of the results.
  • Participants will prepare a seminar presentation of chosen research paper related to their research topic.
  • Participants will also write a report of the practical part of the course and an additional homework.

Schedule:

Monday 2.11.

  • Lectures at UiT campus and guiding for the seminars and written homework 8:15 – 16:00
  • Student seminars at UiT campus 9:00 –15:00

Tuesday 3.11.

  • Phenotyping & imaging experimental analyses at Climate laboratory 9:00-16:00

Wednesday 4.11.

  • Lectures and practising of computational data processing of the results at UiT campus 8:15 – 16:00
  • Joint pizza event in the evening

Thursday 5.11.

  • Lectures and practising of computational data processing of the results at UiT campus 8:15 – 16:00

Friday 6.11

  • Student seminars at UiT campus 9:00 –15:00

Course is free for Nordic PhD students. NordPheno project can cover travel costs of few selected Nordic PhD students. Maximum amount of participants is 20.

More information on the Photosynthec website

We look forward to welcoming you to Tromsø in November 🙂

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