Field Trip Investigation to Lac du Mauvoisin

14-15 July 2018

Pierre-André LOIZEAU, PhD, Lecturer, University of Geneva
Louis NUSBAUMER, PhD, Lecturer, University of Geneva

Louis NUSBAUMER, PhD, Lecturer, University of Geneva

For 2 days a small group of PhD students will go hiking around Lac de Mauvoisin and the Cabane de Chanrion (Val de Bagnes, Valais, Switzerland) accompanied by a specialist in the alpine flora.

Students will study plants in link with their PhD projects, or the research conducted in their labs, and will prepare a presentation for the group on a publication, in relation to their reseach and the plants observed in the field. Cases of plant-insect coevolution, plant adaptation to freezing in high mountains, observation of the rhizosphere, parasitism in plants, relationship between soil acidity and plant composition, and morphological variations of plants due to environmental pressures will be presented and discussed. Students can access the Cabane de Chanrion (2462 m), where we will identify plants and get some rest, by train, bus or on foot.

Lac de Mauvoisin, Valais, Cabane de Chanrion

Detailed Program and informations will follow

Reimbursements
Common meals and accomodation will be arranged for you by the organizer.You will be reimbursed for your train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity.

Reimbursement form attached with original tickets has to be sent to the MPS coordinator Zoia Debora at University of Lausanne, Department of Molecular Plant Biology, Biophore - quartier UNIL-Sorge, 1015 Lausanne.
For any question concerning reimbursement please contact the CUSO MPS coordinator Debora Zoia.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON MONDAY 19th of FEBRUARY at 11AM

Deadline for registration: 05.07.2018

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