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...

 

Cat. Title Location Map [d] Speakers Dates Places
Advanced Programming with R University of Lausanne, Amphipôle 338 map

Frédéric Schutz, Dr., UNIL & SIB

 1763334000 17-18 November 2025 0 / 24 joint
Plant imaging: Advanced Light Microscopy University of Geneva, building Sciences III Room 0059

Sylvain Loubéry, Dr., Plant Imaging Unit, UNIGE

 1738191600 30-31 January 2025 9 / 9
Lausanne Omics Days 2025 University of Lausanne, Genopode Building, Room TBA

Prof. Boyan Bonev (Helmholtz Munich)
Prof. Maria Brbic (EPFL) 
Prof. Rui Faria (University of Porto)
Prof. Johanna Joyce (UNIL/CHUV)
Prof. Sonja Lehtinen (University of Lausanne)
Dr. David Presby (UNIL)
Prof. Nicolas Salamin (University of Lausanne)
Prof. Lauren Saunders (Universität Heidelberg)
Dr. Maite Saura Sanchez (VIB Ghent)
Prof. Rüdiger Simon (Universität Düsseldorf)
Prof. Marja Timmermans (Universität Tübingen)
Prof. Edze Westra (University Exeter)
Prof. Fides Zenk (EPFL)

 1738796400 6-7 February 2025 11 / 150 joint
AI-based biostatistical evaluation in biological sciences for non-statisticians University of Lausanne, Amphipôle 338 map

Ludwig Hothorn, Prof., Retired - previously Leibniz Hannover University, DE

 1743976800 7-8 April 2025 COMPLET/FULL 5 / 12
Introductory Biostatistics for Biologists University of Lausanne, Rooms: DAY 1 - Amphimax 414 & DAY 2 Amphipôle 315.1

Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Dr., independent lecturer, Databio

 1744236000 10-11 April 2025 COMPLET/FULL 5 / 15
Data analysis and graphing using GraphPad Prism: An introduction University of Lausanne, Genopode, Auditorium A map

Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Dr., independent lecturer, Databio

 1746050400 1-2 May 2025 COMPLET/FULL 5 / 12
Data Visualization with R University of Lausanne, Cubotron II map

Frédéric Schutz, Dr., UNIL & SIB

 1747173600 14-15 May 2025 3 / 24 joint
Peer Reviewing in Natural- and Life Sciences: From Submission to Retraction University of Fribourg, PER17, Seminar Room 036

Markus Geisler, Dr., Lecturer, University of Fribourg

 1747346400 16 & 23 May 2025 3 / 20
Image Treatment and Analysis in Microscopy University of Geneva, building Sciences III Room 0059

Sylvain Loubéry, Dr., UNIGE

 1748210400 26 May 2025 12 / 12
Patenting in Life Sciences and Chemistry 2025 (LS2) Centre Loewenberg, Murten

Visit: https://meetings.ls2.ch/patenting-2025/teaching-panel

 1748988000 4-5 June 2025 2 / 12 joint
Introduction to Protein Structure Analysis and AlphaFold University of Lausanne, Room 201, Amphipôle map

Julia Santiago, Prof., UNIL
Pedro Jímenez-Sandoval, Dr., UNIL

 1749592800 11-12 June 2025 4 / 12
QTL analysis in Arabidopsis: Theory and Practical Applications University of Bern, Lecture room 020, main building

Thomas E. Juenger, Prof., The University of Texas at Austin, USA

 1750024800 16-18 June 2025 5 / 12
Introduction to R University of Geneva, Room 4-419 (TBC)

José Manuel Nunes, Dr., UNIGE
Nicolas Hulo, Dr., UNIGE

 1750629600 23-24 June & 30 June-1 July 2025 4 / 20 joint
Field Trip Investigation Monte Leone Hut, Valais, CH

Louis Nusbaumer, Dr., University of Geneva & Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique Genève

 1752184800 11-12 July 2025 12 / 12
Teaching and Learning Science University of Lausanne, Room Genopode 2016 map

Kostas Kampourakis, Dr., University of Geneva

 1755813600 August 22 & 29 & September 5, 2025 2 / 20 joint
Ancient to Modern DNA (CUSO Biology Symposium) Leysin, Hôtel Alpine Classic
  • Nadir Alvarez (Naturéum & Dpt Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne)
  • Jan Pawlowski (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland)
  • Laurent Excoffier (Computational and Molecular Population Genetics, University of Bern)
  • Verena Schünemann (Dpt Environmental Sciences, University of Basel)
  • Caroline Pont (PaleoLab, Cézeaux Campus, Aubière, France)

    Collaborators
  • Sarah Schmid (Dpt Computational Biology, University of Lausanne)
  • Inès Barrenechea Angeles (The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
  • Niina Marchi (Eco-Anthropologie, CNRS-MNHN-Université Paris Cité, Paris, France)
  • Marta Pla-Diaz (Dpt Environmental Sciences, University of Basel)
  • Jérôme Salse (PaleoLab, Cézeaux Campus, Aubière, France)
 1757282400 8-10 September 2025 2 / 36 joint
Introduction to bulk RNA-Seq: From Quality Control to Pathway Analysis (SIB) University of Basel

Wandrille Duchemin, Bioinformatics Trainer & Computational Biologist, SIB

 1758751200 25-26 September 2025 6 / 8 joint
Electron Microscopy (EM) and Cryo-EM - Practical Course University of Lausanne, 340.1 & 334 Amphipôle

Christel Genoud, Dr., Electron Microscopy Facility, UNIL
Damien DeBellis, Electron Microscopy Facility, UNIL
Antonio Mucciolo, Electron Microscopy Facility, UNIL
Alexandra Schmitt, EM expert, EMF, UNIL
Amanda Lewis, Dr., EPFL, expert CLEM
Alexandre Myasnikov, DCI, UNIL EPFL
Elsa Natividad Astoria Simon, Navarro lab, UNIL
Bertrand Beckert, DCI,UNIL EPFL
Emiko Uchikawa, DCI, UNIL EPFL
Sergei Nazarov, DCI UNIL EPFL
Inay Mohammed, DCI, UNIL EPFL

 1762124400 3-4 & 10-11 November, 2025 4 / 12

Cat. Title Location Map [d] 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 0 / 9
Lausanne Omics Days 2026 University of Lausanne, Génopode Building, Auditorium C (TBC)

15 invited speakers (local and international) - TBA

 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 0 / 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 0 / 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 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

 1777586400 2 days June 2026, dates TBA 0 / 10
Introduction to R University of Geneva, Room TBA

José Manuel Nunes, Dr., UNIGE
Nicolas Hulo, Dr., UNIGE

 1777586400 4 days, dates TBA 0 / 20
NGS - Genome Variant Analysis (SIB) University of Basel, Room TBA

Geert van Geest, Dr., SIB

 1781128800 11-12 June 2026 0 / 14
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 map

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