PhD student Si Chen study visit to University of Helsinki

First-year PhD student Si Chen (University of Tartu) visited the University of Helsinki to learn bioinformatics to analyze large datasets from sequencing results of plant material collected at the Malaysian and Peruvian sites. She also visited farmland and SMEAR-Agri station and conducted farmland soil sampling.

Figure: Si (on the left) learning bioinformatics with post-doctoral researcher Ramita Khanongnuch (UT/LUKE) (on the right). (Photo credit: Si Chen)

First-year PhD student Si Chen (University of Tartu) visited the University of Helsinki to learn bioinformatics to analyze large datasets from sequencing results of plant material collected at the Malaysian and Peruvian sites of the LiWeFoR project, and to visualize the data using R. Additionally, Si visited farmland and SMEAR-Agri (Earth Surface-Atmosphere Relationship Measurement Station) and conducted farmland soil sampling. It was her first time conducting professional farmland sampling, and these experiences gave her a deeper understanding of soil sampling and research, which will greatly benefit her future studies and practical work.