Current Challenges in Plant Breeding (ETH VVZ: 751-3603-00L)
| 2025_HS_PlantBreedChall | |
| 14.11.2025 - 21.01.2026 | |
| 2 days | |
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Start registration period: 05.08.2025 End of registration period: 14.10.2025 |
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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. | |
| The seminar 'Current Challenges in Plant Breeding' aims to bring together national and international experts in plant breeding to discuss current activities, latest achievements and future prospective of a selected topic/area in plant breeding. The educational objectives cover thematic, methodic as well as social and personal competencies: Thematic/methodic competencies: - Deepening of scientific knowledge in plant breeding - Critical evaluation of current challenges and new concepts in plant breeding - Promotion of collaboration and Master thesis projects with practical plant breeders Social/personal competencies: - Independent literature research to get familiar with the selected topic - Critical evaluation and consolidation of the acquired knowledge in an interdisciplinary team - Establishment of a scientific presentation in an interdisciplinary team - Presentation and discussion of the teamwork outcome - Establishing contacts and strengthening the network to national and international plant breeders and scientist | |
| Prof. Bruno Studer, Dr. Roland K?lliker & Dr. Andreas Hund | |
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| PhD & Master Students | |
| A solid background in plant breeding is required. Participation in the BSc course 'Pflanzenzüchtung' is strongly recommended, a completed course in 'Molecular Plant Breeding' is advantageous. | |
| English | |
| ungraded semester performance | |
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. | |
| This course is composed by two parts: - a compulsory information event, in which the preparation and task assignment will take place on 14th November 2025. Time TBA - a seminar, in which the group tasks will be presented, which takes place on 21st Jan 2026. | |
| Dr. Bojan Gujas (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch) |