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Summer academies of the Swiss Study Foundation

The summer academies of the Swiss Study Foundation provide the students with opportunities to explore topics of actuality and to discuss them in a broader and interdisciplinary context. For topics visit:…

Food Systems in Transition – World Food System Summer School 2019

The question of how to feed the world while considering human health, the environment and social wellbeing is one of the defining challenges of our time. From changes in land use to dietary shifts, contemporary transitions in the food…

Call for papers: Mountain Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Mountain Research and Development is looking for papers that present validated insights into ways of managing mountain (agro)biodiversity so that it contributes to human wellbeing. Manuscripts should analyze interlinkages between mountain…

SCNAT creates the largest knowledge network on the landscape

Sprawl, loss of landscape diversity and biodiversity, mountain landscapes marked by climate change: Starting in 2019, the Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT) is merging various of its activities in the new Landscape, Alps, Parks Forum.The…

Gene transfer Alloteropsis semialata Zambia © PA Christin, LT Dunning

Gräser können sich ohne Evolution anpassen

Um sich an die Umwelt anzupassen, übernehmen Gräser bestimmte Gene von verwandten Arten – und dies auf direktem Weg von Pflanze zu Pflanze, ohne Evolution über mehrere Generationen. Dies zeigt eine neue Studie unter Mitarbeit von…

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Science Europe publishes its recommendations for research data management

Science Europe has published recommendations on research data management (RDM). As a member of Science Europe, the SNSF supports this initiative. SourceSNF eNewsletter

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Alpine Plant Ecology Summer School 2019

Alpine Plant Ecology – Summer School on Alpine Plant Life14-20 July 2019Central Alps, Switzerland Lecturers Erika Hiltbrunner, Christian Körner, Univ. Basel Jake Alexander, Univ. Lausanne ContentThis graduate course is offered by the…

Promoting talents and new ideas for food systems of the future

ETH Zurich and EPFL, in cooperation with longstanding Swiss industry partners Bühler, Givaudan and Nestlé, launch the Future Food Initiative. The initiative promotes innovative research approaches for sustainable food production. A select…

SwissPLANT 2019 news

SwissPLANT 2019

Senior plant scientists – members of the Swiss Plant Science Web – meet in Meiringen for the 3-day SwissPLANT 2019 conference to share and discuss current advances in plant biology research in Switzerland.

Gerste mit Mehltau, UZH Beat Keller group

Wheat Resistance Gene also Protects Corn and Barley against Fungal Disease

Plant researchers at the University of Zurich have developed transgenic corn and barley lines with improved resistance against several fungal diseases thanks to the wheat resistance gene Lr34. Following successful tests in the greenhouse,…

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