12-13 January 2027, Les Diablerets (VD) Switzerland.

Senior PhD students and postdoc fellows working in a Swiss university are invited to present and discuss their latest findings with peer young researchers in a supportive atmosphere in the Swiss mountains.

Topics cover plant biology from ecology, evolution to molecular mechanisms.

Participants exchange ideas and build collaborative networks with peers.

The meeting addresses PhD students approaching the end of their project and postdoc scholars. Established members of the community will attend as mentors.

The Early Career Meeting will consist of talk and poster sessions distributed over the afternoon of January 12th and the morning of January 13th. Each attendee will present a poster and a short talk.

Applicants are invited to submit an abstract by 13.12.2026. Selection of attendees will be based on the submitted abstracts.

During the Early Career Meeting, participants will select 2 speakers from among themselves to give a presentation at the following SwissPLANT 2027 symposium (13–15 January 2027, Les Diablerets).

All Early Career Meeting participants are strongly encouraged to attend the subsequent SwissPLANT27 symposium. Thus, we encourage the PI/senior scientists to register their Early Career Scientist(s) for the SwissPLANT27 symposium.

Deadline for abstract submission: 11.12.2026.
The meeting is limited to 24 persons.
Information on acceptance/rejection: 18.12.2026.

• Samuel C. Zeeman, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich

• Samuel C. Zeeman, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich
• Sebastian Soyk, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Université Lausanne

Start: Tuesday, 12 January 2027, 14h00
End: Wednesday, 13 January 2027, around 13h00 (after lunch)
The Glacier Hotel, Les Diablerets, http://www.eurotel-victoria.ch

• Each attendee will present a poster AND a short talk. 

The length of an oral presentation is limited to 10 minutes, followed by a 5-minute discussion. There will be no parallel sessions.

• Bring along a A0-portrait size poster. Each poster is allotted one board.

Participation is free of charge and includes accommodation and food. The costs for the Early Career meeting will be covered directly by the Swiss Society of Plant Biology, thanks to a grant from SCNAT. Attendees/Pls cover their own travel expenses.

Participants who stay for the SwissPLANT 2027 symposium need to register separately and get the agreement of their PI to pay the corresponding fees, like all applicants.

• Submit your abstract by email, i.e., in addition to your registration via the web form.
• The abstract must be submitted in English and may not exceed 220 words nor contain footnotes.
• We prefer plain-text format (txt), or other editable text format. Avoid pdf and images. Please use this abstract template.
• Check all information thoroughly before submitting, as all information for selected contributions will be published in the abstract book as submitted.
• File name: ECM2027_abstract_firstname_lastname
• Send your abstract including subject line ‘Abstract SwissPlantECM2027' and author information as an email attachment SwissPlant27 for the attention of Prof. Samuel C. Zeeman.

• Please provide complete and accurate information on all contributing authors.
• This includes the full name, institution/organization, location and email address of each (co-)author.
• The person making the submission is responsible for the accuracy of the information.
• The information will be printed as submitted.
• Please use an institute-e-mail address, not a personal one.

• Mark the presenting author's name in bold.

Swiss Society of Plant Biology with financial support by SCNAT.