14 MSCA Individual Fellowshipσ at Natural Resources Institute Finland

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Genetics and microbiology
Microbiome of Norway spruce clones and seeds: Impact of microbes on seedling development
Establishing the nature of interconnection between the microbiota and economically important phenotypes for sustainable ruminant production
Genetic regulation of forest tree architecture

Plant biology
Stable isotope analysis to study tree physiology and climate change (in collaboration with ERC project ISOBOREAL)
Role of lignin-bound proteins and vesicular transport in lignin biosynthesis

Circular bioeconomy
Application of novel and hybrid processing methods for the technological valorisation of agro-industrial side streams
Miniaturization of assays for the evaluation of the chemical and biochemical properties of value added fractions and ingredients
Evaluation of hops from Nordic-Baltic region in relation to their industrial use

Climate change
Biological processes in organic soils – how can we harness them to combat climate change?
Greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon sequestration in boreal lakes and wetlands, biotic interactions and land use and climate change effects
Climate change risk assessments and adaptation in agriculture using modelling tools, deep learning, and data-intensive approaches
Organic farming and climate change: research synthesis and meta-analysis on soil carbon sequestration and GHG emissions

Ecosystem services and modelling
To develop prediction models for the biodiversity and ecosystem services for complicated and multi-targeted land-use situations
High resolution spatially explicit forest fires forecasting models

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14 MSCA Individual Fellowshipσ at Natural Resources Institute Finland