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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

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...

Chemical signals involved in plant-insect interactions

Chemical Ecology

Plants under attack by herbivores initiate the production and release of volatiles that are attractive to the natural en...

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...

Plant developmental biology

Plant Developmental Biology

Leaf development. The vegetative shoot apical meristem consists of a small group of dividing cells, which give ri...

Plant pathology

Plant Pathology

Cesare Gessler has been active in plant pathology at ETH for 35 years. During 2003-2008 he also led a research centre in...

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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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...