Description
From 2007 to 2022, mycologists of the Greater Zürich Area have met once a year in a one-day symposium termed 'Zürich Mycology Symposium'. The goal of the symposium was the scientific exchange and the networking among this community and the location and the organizers of the symposium alternated between the participating institutions i.e. ETH Zürich, University of Zürich, Agroscope Reckenholz, Agroscope Wädenswil and WSL Birmensdorf. Upon the strong interest and engagement of mycologists from institutions outside of the area, i.e. the University of Neuchatel, the symposium was renamed to 'Swiss Mycology Symposium' in 2022 and is now open to all interested Swiss mycologists. Since 2023, the symposium takes place at the participating institutions (including University of Neuchatel - other locations are considered and suggestions are welcome) in years with a 2-day annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Microbiology (SSM) or as a satellite symposium (on the first day) in years with a 3-day annual meeting of the SSM. In this way, we hope to foster the scientific exchange and the networking between Swiss mycologists with special emphasis on the promotion of the scientific carreers of young colleagues in order to keep the research on these fascinating organisms alive in Switzerland.
Date
Friday 15. January 2027
Location
Agroscope Reckenholz
Local Organizers
> Jürg Enkerli, Florian Gschwend, Markus Künzler
Program
The program comprises three oral sessions with 15 min talks (+5 min discussion) selected from abstracts (max. 1 talk per group/PI, preferentially by PhD students and postdocs), a poster session with flashtalks (1 slide, 15 sec) during the 2-hour lunch break, a key note lecture (by Henrik Hjarvard de Fine Licht) and a closing apéro with monetary prizes for the best talk and poster (CHF 250 each).
Registration
Costs for registration (including coffee and lunch with a choice of vegetarian or meat options) are CHF 10.- for MSc and PhD students and CHF 30.- for senior researchers/PIs and postdocs. Please register and submit your abstracts at the tab ‘Registration’ and pay the registration fee via the link therein. If the payment link does not work for you, you will also be able to pay on site by Twint. The registration and abstract submission deadline is November 15th.