CEMARE programme meetings and seminars

Future meetings

Date Meeting
27^th and 29^th October 2008 Characterisation and Application of Cell Wall Macromolecules, EMPA Academy, Dubendorf, Switzerland
27^th to 29^th May 2009
(provisional) Final workshop in Wageningen, Netherlands

Past meetings

Åbo, Finland: 19th to 21st May 2008

Seminar: "Towards understanding wood, fibre, and paper - deeper knowledge through modern analytical tools"
Meeting details

Ljubljana, Slovenia: 11th to 12th April 2008

Working Group 3 and 4 Meeting: Wound Reaction in Wood
Meeting details

Presentations:

Aetiology and ecology of red-heart in beech (Fagus sylaytica) ^(PDF-150K)
Aetiology and properties of wet-wood in silver fir ^(PDF-2767K)
Anatomical response of the secondary phloem and cambium in conifers to mechanical wounding ^(PDF-1782K)
Approaches to the modelling of the occurrence and shape of red-heart in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at the individual tree level ^(PDF-4721K)
Compartmentalisation of injured Scots pine sapwood ^(PDF-316K)
Discolouration of wood in the living tree and during processing ^(PDF-1344K)
Influence of bark harvesting on xylem vessel density and size of 10 medicinal tree species ^(PDF-1530K)
Investigation of tree growth and wood properties by means of x-ray computed tomography ^(PDF-268K)
On the fine structure of wound reactions in the xylem of hardwoods ^(PDF-2259K)
Reduction of discolouration during beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.) conventional drying by use of leaves transpirational pre-drying ^(PDF-789K)
The effect of severe drought on xylem formation in Norway spruce ^(PDF-101K)
Wound response in beech investigated by 3D MRI ^(PDF-323K)
Wound response in the mangrove species Avicennia marina ^(PDF-296K)

Espoo, Finland: 15th February 2008

CEMARE Management Committee Minutes ^(PDF-25K)

Potsdam: 26th to 28th September 2007

Workshop: “Structure and Function of the Primary and Secondary Cell Wall”
Meeting details

Edinburgh: 19th to 20th April 2007

Working Groups 3 and 4 meeting: "Modelling from Plant Wall to Plank"
Meeting details

Final report ^(PDF-115K)

Presentations:

Montpellier: 26th to 27th March 2007

Working groups 2, 3 and 4 meeting: “Regulation of lignin biosynthesis and reaction wood induction”

Agenda ^(PDF-58K)
Minutes ^(PDF-63K)

Warsaw workshop: 19th to 20th October 2006

Warsaw Agricultural University.
Workshop website

Minutes ^(PDF-26K)

Presentations:

AFM characterization of the mechanical properties of wood at the cell wall level: a prospective study ^(PDF-339K)
Factors Affecting Compression Wood Formation in Sitka Spruce Wood Formation in Sitka Spruce and Scots Pine ^(PDF-1550K)
Formation of juvenile wood in Robiniapseudoacacia L. and related wood properties: Part 1 ^(PDF-2906K),Part 2 ^(PDF-3811K)
Galactan in compression wood (CW): Detection by immuno-fluorescence and thoughts about its role ^(PDF-2992K)
Hygroelastic behaviour of compression wood tracheids based on analyical composite micromechanics ^(PDF-3188K)
Mechanical stimuli and vascular tissue differentiation ^(PDF-1734K)
Peroxidases and lignification in xylem of Norway spruce ^(PDF-870K)
Reaction Wood Paradigm for Adaptive Response ^(PDF-3070K)
Transverse shrinkage of poplar tension wood at cell wall level ^(PDF-1016K)
Xylan biosynthesis and modification in poplar ^(PDF-1719K)

Florence meeting: 16th May 2006

Minutes ^(PDF-22K)

Montpellier workshop: 3rd to 5th November 2005

This was an opportunity for scientists to meet each other, identify the main questions to be addressed by each working group, and to report on the experimental methods available and expertise in the laboratories which are part of this Action.
Workshop website