The Swiss Society of Plant Biology will hold its annual symposium «SwissPLANT» from 15 to 17 January 2025 in Les Diablerets.

The conference is open to group leaders/ PIs of the Swiss Plant Science Web. Each research group is encouraged to be represented by its group leader, senior scientists and their promising young group members. 

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 Lausanne: 

  • Julia Santiago, Department of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Christiane Nawrath, Department of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Sebastian Soyk, Department of Plant Molecular Biology
  • Mateusz Majda, Department of Plant Molecular Biology
  • John Pannell, Department of Ecology and Evolution
  • Philippe Reymond, Department of Plant Molecular Biology (lead)

Organizer and contact:Philippe ReymondDepartment of Plant Molecular Biology

  • Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets, www.eurotel-victoria.ch
  • General Assembly of the Swiss Society of Plant Biology: Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 15h45, followed by a welcome drink
  • Conference start: Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 17:00h
  • Conference end: Friday, 17 January 2025, 12:00h

• Participants are requested to make their payments directly at the hotel front desk.
• Conference package: CHF 503 per person in a single room/CHF 386 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.

The hotel will charge participants for cancellations or reservation changes made after 20 December 2024.

Registration deadline: 13.12.2024

Mail your abstract in text-format with max 220 words to Philippe Reymond . The email subject line should be ‘Abstract SwissPlant2025’, and the abstract file should be named ‘SwissPlant2025_abstract_firstname_lastname’. 

You can use the abstract template

Information about acceptance: before Christmas holidays.


One day before the SwissPLANT 2025 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 2025 

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



The Swiss Society of Plant Biology organizes a meeting for the next generation of plant biologists.

PhD students and postdocs are encouraged to present and discuss their findings in Les Diablerets.

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

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