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The new SPSW newsletter has been published on 12 April 2012.

PUBLIC EVENT: Fascination of Plants Day 2012

Switzerland paricipates together with more than 260 institutions from over 38 countries worldwide.

Current Research Topics in the SPSW

An integrative phylogenetic approach to elucidate the evolution of plant diversity

Plant Evolution and Systematics

The fundamental goal of my research is to understand the evolution of plant diversity. To achieve this goal, I integrate...

Genome-wide patterns of nucleotide diversity and divergence in wild tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon)

Plant Evolutionary Genetics

Under a genealogical (coalescent) perspective, DNA sequence data obtained from many unlinked genes contain footprints of...

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...

Tree Ecology

Tropical Rain Forest Ecology

The focus of our group is on fundamental research into tropical rain forests, their structure, dynamics and functioning,...

Understanding the genetic basis of ecological and evolutionary processes

Plant Ecological Genetics

Our work aims at understanding the genetic basis of ecological and evolutionary processes. To achieve this goal, we comb...

UV-B perception and signalling in plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Sunlight is of utmost importance to plants, not only as energy source but also as an environmental signal regulating gro...

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