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Call for abstracts: Chloroplast Biology 2023 - conference in Zurich
Submit your abstract to the "Chloroplast Biology 2023" conference that will be held 26-27 June 2023 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. This is a great opportunity for you or your group members to present latest work to an international audience.…Summer School «PROMOWOOD – Promotion of wood as key element for achieving net zero»
Registration opened for the Summer School «PROMOWOOD – Promotion of wood as key element for achieving net zero» is open. The Summer School will take place from August 19 to 26, 2023 in Davos (Switzerland). The application deadline is May…Call for abstracts: Annual Meeting GfÖ 2023
The online registration is now open and the call for abstracts for oral presentations and posters has been published. The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be held from 12 to 16…
Rodrigo Camara Leret – New member of the Swiss Society of Plant Biology
The Swiss Society of Plant Biology welcomes its new member Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Cámara Leret. Visit his personal research portfolio Biocultural conservation. Rodrigo Cámara is SNSF Starting Grant Professor at the University of Zurich, where…
Charlotte Grossiord – New member of the Swiss Society of Plant Biology
The Swiss Society of Plant Biology welcomes its new member Prof. Dr. Charlotte Grossiord. Visit her personal research portfolio Heat and drought impact on trees and forest ecosystems. Charlotte Grossiord is assistant professor in Plant…
Pascale Flury – New member of the Swiss Society of Plant Biology
The Swiss Society of Plant Biology welcomes its new member Dr. Pascale Flury. Visit her personal research portfolio Plant-beneficial rhizobacteria. Pascale Flury is a research associate and chairs a research team in the Department of…
An internal thermometer tells the seeds when to germinate
A research group at Geneva University has discovered the mechanisms by which seeds decide to remain in «hibernation» or to trigger germination depending on the outside temperature. Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant as…Summer School Taxon-Omics 2023, Munich
Summer School Taxon-Omics 2023: 30. July 2023 — 11. August 2023 in Munich, Germany Website: https://www.taxon-omics.com/summer-school-23-muc Preliminary programme Week 1 (30 Jul - 4 Aug) 30.7.2023 Welcome gathering at 17:00h, Menzinger…
Keine rosige Zukunft für den Schneesport in der Schweiz
Ferien im Schnee gehören für viele in der Schweiz zum Jahresende wie Weihnachtsbäume und Feuerwerk. Die Klimaerwärmung macht weisse Pisten jedoch zunehmend zur Seltenheit. Wie gut sich eines der grössten Skigebiete der Schweiz bis zum Jahr…