A joint workshop with  3eme cycle romand en sciences biologiques

This seminar will focus on the development and function of vacuoles and plastids in plant cells. These organelles differentiate in response to environmental signals. Exciting new findings on organellar biogenesis and metabolism will be discussed.

Chloroplast: from development to function

• Christian Fankhauser, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Birgit Agne, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• Jean-David Rochaix, Université de Genève, Switzerland

Vacuole: from development to function

• Susanne Bolte, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• Enrique Rojo (email: erojo(at)cnb.uam.es), Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
• Didier Reinhardt, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

Chloroplasts: alternative import pathway and chlorophyll metabolism

• Arsenio Villarejo (email: arsenio.villarejo(at)uam.es), Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Spain
• Steffen Reinbothe, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
• Stefan Hörtensteiner, Universität Zürich, Switzerland

Functions of different vacuoles

• Olivier Zava, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• Gerhard Thiel, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
• Herta Steinkellner, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria

Poster session: Participants are invited to present posters.

Dates: 5 and 6 July 2007
Schedule: 9:00 - 17:00
Location: University of Neuchâtel, Uni Mail, Aula Louis-Guillaume

Credit points: for Doctoral programme "Plants and their Environment" participants: 1.0 credit point, 1.5 with oral or poster presentation, Scientific activities, DP).
Evaluation: attendance and active participation at workshop

Organizers: Prof. Felix Kessler and Prof. Jean-Marc Neuhaus

Coordination:
Dr Christiane Bobillier, Université de Neuchâtel, NCCR Plant Survival, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case postal 158, CH-2009 Neuchâtel
Mrs Christiane Bettinelli, Université de Neuchâtel, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case postal 158, CH-2009 Neuchâtel

Registration: Deadline for registration:  June 10 for posters, June 17 for attendance only.
The attendance is free of charge for members of 3ème cycle romand en biologie or NCCR Plant Survival  (Ph.D. students, post-docs and scientific collaborators). It includes lunches and coffee breaks.

For all other participants the registration cost (including lunches and coffee break) is CHF 60.00  (to be paid at the registration desk).

Dinner: A participation of CHF 20.00 (CHF 10.00 for Ph.D. students "3eme cycle romand" and "graduate programme" participants) has to be paid at the registration desk

Housing:
Participants are kindly requested to make their own arrangement at their own expenses.
A limited number of rooms has been reserved (free of charge) at the Cité Universitaire and Foyer des Sablons for Ph.D. students of the 3eme cycle romand and participants of the Doctoral Programme "Plants and their Environment". Please contact Dr Christiane Bobillier (deadline: June 10, 2007).

The following prices have been negotiated with the hotels. When you make your reservation, please mention your participation at the seminar to get the listed prices. The prices are in CHF including breakfast unless mentioned otherwise.

• Cité Universitaire and Foyer des Sablons (+41 32 727 6850; email: gob@citeu.ch ): single: 60.00 (breakfast not included)
• Hôtel Alpes et Lac *** (+41 32 723 1919): single: 119.00 (north), 140.00 /146.00 (lake), double: 165.00 (north) 185.00 (lake)
• Hôtel des Arts *** (+41 32 727 6161): single: 98.00/115.00, double: 155.00, apartment: 260.00/3 persons and 290.00 / 4 persons
• Hôtel Beaulac **** (+41 32 723 1111): single: 180.00, double: 270.00
• Hôtel de l'Ecluse *** (+41 32 729 9310): single: 125.00, double: 165.00, triple: 215.00, quadruple: 240.00
• Hôtel Touring au Lac *** (+41 32 725 5501): single100.00, double 120.00, supplement for breakfast: 15.50
• Hôtel Les Vieux-Toits , Hauterive (bus 7, 10 minutes from Uni Mail) (+41 32 753 4242): single: 93.00/104.00/115.00/135.00, double:134.50/155.00/176.50

A more comprehensive list of accommodation possibilities can be found here :
http://www.neuchateltourisme.ch/e/accommodation/

Travel expenses:
Ph.D. students of the 3eme cycle romand are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses on the basis of the price of public transportation (train ticket, half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please fill in this 3eme cycle romand  form (pdf document) and send it with original tickets to Mrs Christiane Bettinelli (Université de Neuchâtel, Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Case postal 158, CH-2009 Neuchâtel) not later than July 17, 2006. No reimbursement will be made past this date.

Participants of the Doctoral Programme "Plants and their Environment" are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses on the basis of the price of public transportation (train ticket, half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please fill in this   Doctoral Programme reimbursement form (pdf document) and send it with original tickets to Dr Christiane Bobillier, not later than July 17, 2006. No reimbursement will be made past this date.

Reimbursement of travel expenses of post-docs and senior scientists of 3eme cycle romand is NOT guaranteed (depending of budget).

Maximum number of participants: 40.

Registration through the web only: closed