ScienceComm'22: Register now!
22 Juni 2022
Naturhistorisches Museum Bern
The annual conference ScienceComm brings together Swiss science communication experts and offers them a platform for exchanging views and information. The conference is intended for representatives of higher education institutions, science festivals, press and public relations offices, the arts, museums and institutes of education as well as science journalists and politicians involved in education policies. A different inspiring venue and main topics are chosen each year. The conference has succeeded in establishing itself in the space of five years, attracting about 200 participants on average. It offers a programme rich in variety, both in terms of content and methods, including well-known keynote speakers from Switzerland and abroad as well as an evening programme.
The thematic focus areas are the tension between science and democracy, health and data visualization.
We are particularly pleased to announce Didier Trono, virologist at EPFL and former member of the Covid-19 Science Task Force, as the keynote speaker. He will share his rich experience in communication at the intersection of science, society and policy, and his ideas for future health and science communication.
Through the collaboration with the Agora funding instrument of the Swiss National Science Foundation, the exchange between researchers and communicators will also be promoted at ScienceComm'22. Once again, the Optimus Agora prize will be awarded during the congress, and two exciting panel discussions will take place. There will also be a supporting program in the Museumsquartier in Bern.
Céline Wittwer, SCS
21.04.2022
Chemistry Europe Award 2023: Call for nominations
With the Chemistry Europe Award, Chemistry Europe honors every two years scientists who have made outstanding contributions in a field of chemistry for sustainability, energy, materials, and the environment.. The topic of the award will be determined by the Chemistry Europe Council. This new prize will be awarded for the first time in 2023 in the filed of chemistry for sustainability, energy, materials, and the environment.Céline Wittwer, SCS
01.04.2022
Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2022: Register Now!
We are pleased to invite you to the Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2022, that is planned to take place on 25th and 26th August 2022 in Basel. The forum provides an innovative platform to exchange on the various aspects of drug development with a focus on peptides.
Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2022
University of Basel
Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung
15-26 August 2022, 09:00 – 17:00
ptf22.scg.ch
Similar to previous events in the framework of Basel Life, presentations highlighted important new insights regarding the drug discovery of peptides including examples for successful development candidates. The forum disseminated information on latest news in the broad field of therapeutic peptides and enabled networking of interested parties from academia and industries.
The Scientific Program offers invited lectures and also a poster session in the first evening.
Registration is now open.
Deadline for abstract submission is July 30th, 2022.
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We are looking forward to welcoming you soon!
Céline Wittwer, SCS
22.03.2022
Contribute to the development of the next generation of scientists!
Join the pool of 300+ experts in our database.
What’s it about?
SCNAT's Commission for the Promotion of Young Scientists makes its database of scientific experts available to teachers and high school students, as well as textbook publishers, to facilitate contacts and promote science among young people.
How is the data tank used?
Students, teachers, and publishers can contact you about your provided information to collaborate or organize events with you. We ask you to name your areas of expertise with examples of topics, e.g. for visits or excursions with school classes, or Matura thesis topics.
Sponsorships for Matura theses?
The sponsorships are the heart of our database. Each year, more than 30 Matura theses are supported. As an expert, you advise students on the choice of topic or provide the infrastructure to answer the question they have developed themselves. Our goal is to increase the number of sponsorships to about 50 per year by 2024.
Who are we looking for?
We welcome your application if you are currently working in science (research, production, analysis, etc.). You are happy to share your passion and have the necessary resources (time for visits or lectures, infrastructure for [at least] four practical half-days during a Matura thesis). It is basically a voluntary commitment. SCNAT is not financially involved in collaborations with publishers. The experts set their own fees as service providers.
Thank you for your commitment!
To register, please fill out the form: Registration
Feel free to forward our request to your colleagues. Thank you very much.
David Spichiger, SCS
17.03.2022
Statement of the SCG on the conflict in Ukraine
The Swiss Chemical Society is horrified by the invasion of Ukraine and is deeply moved by what the population is enduring. We urge all the members of the SCS community in Switzerland and throughout the world to do whatever they can to make this tragedy stop and to show solidarity. Every gesture counts!
The impact of this war will be profound and long lasting at all levels, and also on education and research. The Swiss academic authorities already have expressed their support for Ukrainian professors, researchers and students. The Board of the SCS considers it self-evident that we make our contribution where possible as well. We are therefore offering free SCG membership 2022 to all refugee Ukrainian scientists who have come to Switzerland, in the hope that we can provide networking and integration opportunities for these individuals.
To become an SCG member please go to https://scg.ch/membership and add in the comment field that you are a Ukrainian scientist who would like to benefit from the special offer.
The Board is carefully following what is happening and will communicate further support measures when we see the opportunity to do so.
We also strongly pledge to continue providing support to all scientists, as long as they are not directly involved in this conflict. It is more than ever important to let scholars do their work and express their opinions without fear of retribution, independently of their nationality and affiliation.
In the name of the SCS and the Board or Directors
Prof. Christian Bochet, President
Dr. Yves Auberson, Vice-President
David Spichiger, Executive Director
David Spichiger, SCS
12.03.2022
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