Swiss Plant Science Web -‐ Summer School 2011 -‐ 1 Plants in a Changing Environment Information about the PhD summer school from the Swiss Plant Science Web June 21 -‐ 24, 2011, Hotel Regina, Murren, Switzerland http://www.swissplantscienceweb.ch/de/lehre/phd-‐summer-‐school/ -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ By producing oxygen, green plants guarantee the existence of life on earth. The interplay of plants with other organisms and the abiotic environment generates ecosystems with their diverse functions: biological water treatment, production of food and building materials, climate regulation, etc. In regards to anthropogenic environmental change, plant sciences face the question: How do plants react to environmental change? Together with 29 PhDs in plant sciences of Swiss and Canadian universities (Basel, Zurich, Neuchatel, Geneva, Berne, ETH Zurich, Toronto), leading experts in the field of plant and environmental sciences follow up on this question. In the context of the SPSW summer school in Murren, Switzerland, the scientists elaborate on the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world. This PhDsummer school is organized by the Swiss Plant Science Web (SPSW), the umbrella organization for research and education in academic plant science in Switzerland. Though science already describes many factors contributing to environmental change, including the influence on plants and their functions within ecosystems, many questions still remain open, such as: • How does climate change affect global food production? • Does stress (e.g., unusual heating or cooling) leave its traces in the genome of plants? • What affect does the interplay of global warming and rising atmospheric CO2 levels have on plants? • Does loss of plant species introduce loss of ecosystem functions? • How do alien plant species affect ecosystems and their functions? • How should environmental data be interpreted? Swiss Plant Science Web -‐ Summer School 2011 -‐ 2 In the context of the SPSW summer school, students should learn to look at the effects of environmental change on plants from different scientific perspectives. The goal of the SPSW summer school is for students to connect different research results, to interpret them and to draw respective conclusions for further management of environmental change. The Swiss Plant Science Web would be very happy if your group would be interested in the SPSW summer school 2011. For further information, please see our website http://www.swissplantscienceweb.ch/de/lehre/phd-‐summer-‐school/ or directly contact: Dr Sandrine Gouinguené, SPSW Coordinator Benefri section [email protected], +41 (0)76 516 1312 Best Regards, Franziska Humair Swiss Plant Science Web Communications
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