General Information
 

Registration

As a general rule, registration for the all activities organised either in common or by the different subcommittees (minisymposium, seminars, lecture courses and practical courses) should be made directly with the organizers (see following pages of the brochure) or through the web page of the IIIème Cycle. Registration forms for the lecture cycle at Villars-sur-Ollon can also be sent to the secretary of the IIIème Cycle Romand, Ms. Nilgün Sailer, Département de biologie, Unité de biologie végétale, Université de Fribourg, rue du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg.

Costs

  1. In principle, the participation of postgraduate academic students from Switzerland and other countries in these courses is free.
  2. Accommodation for graduate students from the participating Swiss universities and institutions* is organised and paid by the IIIème Cycle. Similarly, breakfast and dinner at the hotel is paid but lunches may be charged to the participants, if funds are getting tight. Travel expenses are reimbursed on the basis of the half-price ticket for public transportation.
  3. Accommodation and meals for participants from other universities and institutions can be organized, no funding will be provided.
  4. Financial support (see point 2) is given in priority to PhD students but depending on available funds, postdoctoral fellows may also be supported.
  5. Scientists from private industry will be admitted if the number of participants will not have to be limited for logistic reasons, but they will not receive any financial support.

* Universities of Fribourg, Bern, Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL).