Challenges in Plant Sciences – PSC Colloquium
| 2024_HS_CollChall | |
| 28.10.2024 - 02.10.2024 | |
| 1.5 days | |
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Start registration period: 03.06.2024 End of registration period: 01.10.2024 |
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| ETH Zurich, centre | |
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| Students enrolled in PSC PhD Programs have priority. Free of charge to all Ph.D. students. | |
| ETH Zurich, tba | |
| The colloquium “Challenges in Plant Sciences” is a core class of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center's PhD program and the MSc module. The colloquium introduces participants to the broad spectrum of plant sciences within the network. The topics encompass integrated knowledge of current plant research, ranging from the molecular level to the ecosystem level, and from basic to applied science while making use of the synergies between the different research groups within the PSC. The course offers the opportunity to approach interdisciplinary topics as challenges in plant sciences. During the first course day, each involved PSC lecturer gives a short talk as a general introduction to their research field highlighting current challenges and provides a publication on a new method in the field. After the first day, the students work in groups to design an experiment on the chosen topic following the scientific method. They receive feedback from the tutor during the preparation phase. On the second day, the students present how they would approach the chosen challenge in the field, including the hypothesis, method, and interpretation of the hypothetically generated data. Students gain knowledge on topics beyond their own research area while gaining a better understanding of the scientific method and practicing presentation and discussion skills. | |
| Johan Six (ETHZ); Johanna Jacobi (ETHZ); Sebastian D?tterl (ETHZ); Janneke Hille Ris Lambers (ETHZ); Kirsten Bomblies (ETHZ); Stefanie Lutz (UZH, Agroscope); Cyril Zipfel (UZH); Sabine Rumpf (Unibas) and more TBA | |
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| Open for PhD and Master students. Priority will be given to PhD students of the PhD programs in Plant Sciences and Science & Policy. | |
| PhD level, Master’s level | |
| English | |
| The course will be graded as “pass/fail” based on attendance and active participation during day 1 and day 2 (2 ECTS = 8 days of work (60 learning hours) consisting of 1.5 days block course and 6.5 days of independent work on the group assignment). | |
By registering you agree to the PSC course terms and conditions AGBs | |
| Cancellation of a course registration should be arranged with the course coordination office?psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch?and is possible free of charge up to 2 weeks before the course starts. Later cancellations and failure to attend or incomplete attendance without documented justification will incur a fee of 200 CHF. | |
| To ensure valid registration, ETH Master & PhD students have to register via MyStudies only! | |
| Dr. Jelena Rajkov (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch) | |
| HS24_Colloquium_Challenges_in_Plant_Sciences.pdfvertical_align_bottom |