The Plant Science Center (PSC) leverages its cross-university mission and organization to advance ambitious research initiatives. Our 700 member scientists represent a wide spectrum of plant-related disciplines, and the PSC provides a nexus for approaching questions in the plant sciences that require coordinated effort. The PSC provides platforms for intellectual interaction and a source for PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships for students ready to face these challenges.

The PSC actively seeks and manges funds for PhD and Postdoc fellowships. It links top students from around the world with principal investigators researching pressing topics in plant sciences. The 7^th Framework Marie Curie Actions (EU), the Mercator Foundation Switzerland, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and Syngenta all provide opportunities through the PSC for advanced studies in Switzerland and in prominent laboratories around the world.

Link to Funding and Fellowships

Among the 700 members of the Plant Science Center, there is more exciting research happening than can be effectively summarized on a webpage, but we can highlight a few examples. Browse a list of research topics being explored by members of the PSC.

Link to Research Directions

PSC members are active in a broad spectrum of national and international research networks, many of which reach beyond the plant sciences to other aspects of biology and society.

Link to Research Networks