MPS Activities

Activities

Proposals for these training modules are examined by the MPS executive board, and selected on the basis of the audience targeted, proposed topic, costs, date of the event, etc. Proposals have to be submitted at least a year in advance to the MPS executive board. Financial requirements have to meet CUSO standards. These activities are open to participants outside of the programme, although MPS doctoral students do have priority.

In parallel, the CUSO also offers "Generic Skills" workshops in management, communication, professional planning, etc...

Title	Location	Speakers	Dates	Places
Plant Imaging: Advanced Light Microscopy	University of Geneva, building Sciences III, Room 0019	Sylvain Loubéry, Dr., Plant Imaging Unit, UNIGE	1769468400 27-28 January 2026	5 / 9
Lausanne (Gen)Omics Days 2026	University of Lausanne, Génopode Building, Auditorium C	Jumana AlHaj Abed, University of Freiburg, Germany Peter Meister, University of Bern, Switzerland Albert Tsai, CRBM, Montperlier, France Hugues Roest Crollius, ENS, Paris, France Gabriel Marais, CIBIO, Porto, Portugal Mike Ritchie, University of St Andrews, UK Francisca Martinez Real, CABD, Sevilla, Spain Tobias Jores, CEPLAS, Düsseldorf, Germany Idan Efroni, University of Jerusalem, Israel Jan Baumbach, Universität Hamburg, Germany Lara Urban, University of Zurich, Switzerland Craig Glustonbury, Human Technopole, Milan, Italy	1769986800 2-3 February 2026	0 / 150
Data Visualization With R	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Frédéric Schütz, Dr., UNIL & SIB	1772319600 2 days Spring 2026, dates TBA	0 / 24
Introductory Biostatistics for Biologists	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Dr., DataBio	1772665200 5-6 March 2026	4 / 15
Data Analysis and Graphing Using GraphPad Prism: An Introduction	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Dr., DataBio	1773270000 12-13 March 2026	4 / 12
AI for Article Writing: A Soft Toolbox	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Dr., DataBio	1774994400 1-2 April 2026	0 / 20
Teaching and Learning Science	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Kostas Kampourakis, Dr., University of Geneva	1775944800 3 days, dates TBA	0 / 15
Introduction to R	UNIGE, Sciences II, room 4-404	José Manuel Nunes, Dr., UNIGE Nicolas Hulo, Dr., UNIGE	1777586400 March 5-6 & 19-20, 2026	0 / 20
Introduction to Plant Metabolomics	University of Neuchâtel, Room TBA	Gaétan Glauser, Dr., University of Neuchâtel Emmanuel Defossez, Maître assistant, University of Neuchâtel & Fribourg Pierre-Marie Allard, Maître assistant, University of Fribourg	1780351200 2-3 June 2026 (TBC)	0 / 10
NGS - Genome Variant Analysis (SIB)	University of Basel, Room TBA	Geert van Geest, Dr., SIB	1781128800 11-12 June 2026	0 / 14
Image Treatment and Analysis in Microscopy	University of Geneva, building Sciences III, Room 0019	Sylvain Loubéry, Dr., UNIGE	1781733600 18 June 2026	0 / 12
CUSO MPS PhD Retreat: Plant Membrane Signaling	Schloss Münchenwiler, Münchenwiler, Fribourg, CH	Julia Santiago, Prof., UNIL, CH Waltrauzd Schulze, University of Hhenhaim, Stuttgart, DE Michael Wrzaczek, Czech Academy of Sciences in České Budějovice , CZ Stephanie Ranf, Prof., UNIFR	1782338400 25-26 June 2026	0 / 20
Field Trip Investigation 2026	Alpine botanical garden of La Linnaea, Bourg-St-Pierre, Valais, CH	Louis Nusbaumer, Dr., University of Geneva & Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique Genève	1783634400 10-12 July 2026	0 / 12
PADiBa - International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers	University of Lausanne, Synathlon, Room 1216	10 international speakers (TBC)	1788127200 31 August – 3 September 2026	0 / 10
The International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026)	Les Diablerets, VD	Full list of invited speakers on the Symposium website	1788818400 8-11 September 2026	0 / 6
Advanced Programming With R	University of Lausanne, Room TBA	Frédéric Schütz, Dr., UNIL & SIB	1789423200 2 days Autumn 2026, dates TBA	0 / 24

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