The Swiss Society of Plant Biology will hold its annual symposium «SwissPLANT» from 14 to 16 January 2026 in Les Diablerets.

The conference is open to group leaders/PIs, senior scientists and their promising young group members of the Swiss Plant Science Web. We aim to have each research group represented in the meeting.

SwissPLANT participants get an overview and discuss current research advances in plant sciences in Switzerland. The meeting is an excellent opportunity to interact and network with peer plant scientists.

The scientific program committee is composed of SPSW members of the University of Neuchâtel:

• Joop Vermeer, Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology (lead)
• Daniel Croll, Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics
• Felix Kessler, Laboratory of Plant Physiology
• Lothar Kalmbach, Laboratory of Plant Cell and Developmental Physiology
• Lena Hyvärinen, Laboratory of Plant Physiology
• Martina Legris, Plant Developmental Plasticity Lab

Organizer and contact:Joop Vermeer, Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology

• Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets, www.eurotel-victoria.ch
• General Assembly of the Swiss Society of Plant Biology: Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 15h45, followed by a welcome drink
• Conference start: Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 17:00h
• Conference end: Friday, 16 January 2026, 12:00h

• Conference package: CHF 546,- per person in a single room/CHF 416 per person sharing a double room. This rate includes: Hotel accommodation (2 nights), 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners (drinks not included), conference coffee breaks, conference room utilization, wifi, free entrance to the hotel swimming pool, sauna and fitness, and 2 x tourist tax.
• Participants are requested to make their payments directly at the hotel front desk.

The hotel will charge participants for cancellations or reservation changes made after 19 December 2025.

Registration deadline: 12.12.2025

Mail your abstract in text-format with max 220 words to Joop Vermeer. The email subject line should be ‘Abstract SwissPlant2026’, and the abstract file should be named ‘SwissPlant2026_abstract_firstname_lastname’.

You can use the abstract template.

Information about acceptance: before 18.12.25

One day before the SwissPLANT 2026 symposium the Swiss Society of Plant Biology organizes a conjunct event specifically addressing young researchers working in Swiss universities. Senior PhD students and postdoc fellows are welcome to submit abstracts. See separate call: Early Career Meeting SwissPLANT 2026

► PIs are encouraged to disseminate this information in their team.