Detailed information about the course

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Title

Field Trip Investigation to Bourg-St-Pierre

Dates

14-16 July 2017

Organizer(s)

Pierre-André Loizeau and Louis Nusbaumer, Botanical Garden of Geneva

Speakers

Louis Nusbaumer, Botanical Garden of Geneva

Description

Participants will go hiking in Col du Grand-Saint Bernard and Combe de l'A (Bourg-St-Pierre region, Valais) accompanied by a specialist of the alpine flora.
Students will exemplify the subject of their PhD or the researches of their lab and present related publication(s) in relation with the plants observed on the field. Cases of plants-insects coevolution, plant cell adaptation to freeze in high mountains, observation of the rhizosphere, parasitism in plants, morphological variations of plants due to environmental pressure, relation between soil acidity and plant composition will be presented and discussed.

 

Students will gain access (train and bus) to the facilities of Chalet of the alpine botanical garden of La Linnaea (1689 m) to perform observations with stereomicroscope, identify plants and get some rest.

Location

Chalet of alpine botanical garden of La Linnaea, Bourg-St-Pierre, Valais

Information

For any information about the course please contact the organiser Louis Nusbaumer at louis.nusbaumer[@]ville-ge.ch .

Expenses

Reimbursements

CUSO MPS students: Train & bus tickets, 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.


Accomodation: rental of Chalet of alpine botanical garden of La Linnaea, Bourg-St-Pierre, Valais is covered by the CUSO.
Common meals (2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners): expenses are covered by the CUSO. More information concerning the organization of common meals will follow in due time.

 

For any question concerning reimbursement please contact Debora Zoia at plants[@]cuso.ch

Registration

Deadline for registration: 15.06.2017

Places

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Deadline for registration 15.06.2017
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