Senior researcher
Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research
Ås, Akershus, Norway
Igor Yakovlev is a senior researcher and professor at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Department of molecular biology of plants, Ås (Norway). He received PhD at the Leningrad/Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy (Russia), studying the population structure of oak stands in the Near-Volga regions of Russia. He performed postdoctoral research at the Mary State technical University (Russia), Lower Saxony Forest Research Institute, Department of conservation of forest genetic resources and Oregon State University, Department of Forest Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Genetics. From 2003 started working at the Norwegian Forest Research Institute (recently NIBIO), studying the molecular mechanisms of the epigenetic memory formation in Norway spruce and plant-microbe interactions.
Monday, August 7, 2023
4:20 PM – 4:40 PM EDT