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SCIENTIFIC EVENT: Biology 2012

Meeting for conservation and evolutionary biology, ecology and systematics in Switzerland

PUBLIC EVENT: Fascination of Plants Day 2012

Switzerland paricipates together with more than 60 institutions from over 25 countries worldwide.

Current Research Topics in the SPSW

Environmental science and policy

Reconciliation of Conservation and Development

Global human population will continue to grow over the next four decades. The ensuing demands for water, food and energy...

Environmental sciences

Environmental Sciences

My research is at the interface between plant biology and ecotoxicogenomics. I explore plant’s response from genes thr...

Greenhouse gas fluxes in forests and agroecosystems

Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange Processes

My main interest is the quantification of greenhouse gas fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O and the surface energy fluxes of div...

Microbial functions in soil nutrient dynamics

Plant Nutrition

A good understanding of biological cycling of P in terrestrial ecosystems is important in view of both decreasing mineab...

Protein import in choloroplast

Plant Physiology

The Chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis in plants. Most of the chloroplast proteins must be imported from the cyto...

Vitamin metabolism and its relations to environmental stress

Plant Biochemistry and Physiology

Our research focuses on plant metabolism, in particular the biochemistry and physiology behind vitamin biosynthesis and ...

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08.02.2012

EURESEARCH NEWS: Information on European Research and Innovation Information about the next Framework Programme Horizon 2020 and the Partnering event Meet4lifesciences on 26 - 27 June 2012 in...

01.02.2012

Special Lecture Announcement: Where will the food come from in a hotter, more crowded world Special Lecture by Prof. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Evan Pugh Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State...