Early Career Meeting SwissPLANT 2024

16-17 January 2024

Cyril Zipfel, Prof., Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich

See https://swissplantscienceweb.unibas.ch/en/early-career-meeting-swissplant/

 > This activity target senior PhD students on their last year of thesis

 > Participants will be selected by the Swiss Plant Committee Meeting

 > Participation to the Early career meeting (16-17 January 2024) implies your participation to the Swiss Plant meeting (17-18-19 January 2024) that will take place in Diablerets on the following two days. Participation to the Swiss Plant Meeting requires the agreement of your supervisor for the payment of the costs associated with this second part of the meeting.

Early Career Swiss PLANT Meeting: Accomodation and food is covered by the organizer
Swiss PLANT Meeting: Accomodation and food has to be covered by the student's supervisor
CUSO will cover exclusively the travelling costs.

INFO & REGISTRATION: https://swissplantscienceweb.unibas.ch/en/early-career-meeting-swissplant/

PhD students and postdoc fellows working in a Swiss university are invited to present and discuss their latest findings with peer young researchers in a supportive atmosphere in the Swiss mountains.

 Topics cover plant biology from ecology, evolution to molecular mechanisms. Participants exchange ideas and build collaborative networks with peers. The meeting addresses PhD students approaching the end of their project and postdoc scholars. A senior member of the community will attend as mentor.

The SwissPLANT Next Generation Meeting will consist of talk and poster sessions distributed over the afternoon of January 16th and morning of January 17th. Each attendee will present a poster and a short talk.

Les Diablerets (VD)

Early Career Swiss plant Meeting: accomodation and food is covered by the Swiss Society of Plant Biology
Swiss Plant Meeting: accomodation and food has to be covered by your supervisor

CUSO will cover your travel expenses:

Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity
> Reimbursement of your travel tickets can be asked online through your MyCUSO. 
> See HERE for the procedure.

For any question concerning reimbursement please contact the CUSO MPS coordinator Debora Zoia

Application and selection is done through the swiss plant science webpage.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 4 December 2023

Registration procedure:

1) Register on the official website (deadline for registration: December 4, 2023): https://swissplantscienceweb.unibas.ch/en/early-career-meeting-swissplant/
2) If your application is selected and the Early Career Swiss Plant meeting committee confirm your participation...
3) ... then register on this webpage to ensure the reimbursement of your travel expenses.

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