To encourage cross pollination of ideas between researchers from different disciplines, IceLab hosts interdisciplinary research lunches with the vision of allowing ideas to meet and mate. During the Lunch Pitch Season, the creative lunches take place at KBC, usually every other Tuesday.
Where: KBC Glasburen
When: May 3, 12pm
Pitch 1: Peter Kindgren: Researcher, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, SLU: Why do organisms need non-coding DNA?
Pitch 2: Zoltán Elekes: Research Fellow, Agglomeration and Social Networks Lendület Research Group, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary; Researcher, Centre for Regional Science at Umeå University, Sweden: Robust Networks of Resilient Regions
Pitch 3: Zsofia Stangl: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU: Modelling dynamic photosynthesis in forest canopies