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City: Umeå och länk
Last signup date: 5 October 2022
Umeå och länk
Welcome to a day where we look back on Pekka Huhtanen's career as a scientist.
Pekka Huhtanen has had a long academic career within the subject of ruminant nutrition. He has held positions at MTT/LUKE in Finland, Cornell Universityin the US and lately also SLU in Sweden.
This seminar day will look back at his career together with invited guests such as Glen Broderick and Alexander Hristov. More information and a detailed program will come soon. Lunch and coffe will be provided by SLU for those who participate on site in Umeå.
Those who particpate in Umeå will have the possibility to mingle and speak with Pekka in between the presentations. The actual presentations will be broadcasted online as well.
Here you will find the sign up page.
8.50 Opening of seminar and presentation of program.
Dr Sophie Krizsan, Sweden and Chair of the day
9.00-9.30 Some Contributions by Pekka Huhtanen to Dairy Cattle Nutrition.
Professor and Dr Honoris Causa, Sweden and Glen Broderick, USA
9.30-10.00 Someone once said "I will never work on methane", and the rest is history...
Professor Alexander Hristov, USA
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.00 The Brazilian connection.
Professor Edenio Detmann, Sweden
11.00-11.30 Unravelling the Gordian Knot – Studies on protein metabolism.
Dr Seppo Ahvenjärvi, Finland
11.30-12.00 Studies on amino acid and protein supplementation of dairy cows fed grass silage-based diets.
Professor Aila Vanhatalo, Finland
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 Fruitful co-operation between university and feed industry during the years.
Adjunct professor Ilmo Aronen, Finland
13.30-14.00 Pekka’s scientific career; three decades of continuing co-operation with dairy sector in Finland.
Dr Juha Nousiainen, Finland
14.00-14.30 Coffee break
14.30-14.45 Work with the dairy cow model Karoline.
Dr Peter Udén, Sweden
14.45-15.00 Highlights of feed evaluation work at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå.
Dr Sophie Krizsan, Sweden
15.00-15.15 Methane and models during a 12 years stay in Sweden.
Dr Mohammad Ramin, Sweden
15.15-15.30 Supervised PhD students at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå by Pekka Huhtanen.
Sophie Krizsan, Reseacher
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU
Sophie.Krizsan@slu.se, 090-786 8748
Mohammad Ramin, Researcher
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
mohammad.ramin@slu.se, +46(0)90-786 8720