Plants Use Day Length to Time Their FloweringUnstable winters mean that winter cereal crops may need to time their spring flowering more according to day length and less according to winter cold in the future. Fortunately, this trait is already …
A snapshot of LUKE’s work in outdoor recreation: secondment at the Natural Resources Institute FinlandI was so excited to start my one-month research visit to LUKE’s (Natural Resources Institute of Finland) office in Helsinki in March 2026. I was the second research fellow from the VIMAS project who c…
Skatteforsk seminar with Henrik Sigstad (BI)Henrik Sigstad, Assistant Professor at the BI Norwegian Business School held a seminar on 7 May in Skatteforsk.
Drones and genetic information could revolutionise the breeding of lucerneBy combining drone technology, genomic data and advanced models, one of the world’s most important forage crops, lucerne, can be bred more quickly and efficiently.
Skatteforsk seminar with Oddbjørn Raaum (Frisch Centre)Oddbjørn Raaum from Frisch Centre was the speaker of the Skatteforsk seminar on 23 April. The title of his presentation was: The Effect of Punishment on Tax Compliance: Evidence from a Randomized Expe…
Skatteforsk seminar with Luigi Dante Gaviano (University of Cambridge)The speaker of the Skatteforsk seminar on 14 April was Luigi Dante Gaviano, PhD student in Economics in Cambridge University.
Alternative fat sources cannot replace palm fat in dairy cow feedA new PhD thesis shows that alternative fat sources cannot replace palm fat in Norwegian milk production without reducing the amount of milk fat. However, they can contribute to a healthier fatty acid…
Why Some Plants Survive Radiation Better Than OthersResearch at the Section for Genome Biology (BIOVIT) investigates how and why different plant species respond differently to radiation exposure, revealing major differences in their ability to detect a…
July 3rd – Harkingto Harkingto (BIOVIT)PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public DefenceHarkingto Harkingto, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis "Alfalfa adaptation to a northern climate: Characterization of genetic mate…
26. jun - Karen Ane Frøyland Skjennum (MINA)Karen Ane Frøyland Skjennum (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis "Immobilization of PFAS contaminated soil by waste-based sorbents" Fri…
