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Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research SCPH
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Prix de Quervain awarded to two early career researchers
To Paraskevi Georgagaki and Simon Schneider for their PhDs on ice crystals in clouds and in high altitude medicine respectively. The award ceremony is at the Swiss Polar Day on 5 September
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ITD-CH 25: Call for Posters
Für die ITD-CH 25 freuen wir uns über Ihre Beiträge! Ab heute ist der Call for Posters offen, bei dem wir Sie bitten Ihre Institution/Forschung und die relevanten Beziehungen dafür vorzustellen.
Swiss Young Academy SYA
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New Executive Board members and speaker elected
The members of the Swiss Young Academy elected their new Executive Board for 2025/26. Nawal Kinany was appointed as the new speaker, Sabrina Heike Kessler will serve as the vice-speaker. In their one-year term of office, they intend to further strengthen the Swiss Young Academy as a vibrant platform that advocates for and amplifies the perspectives of early and mid-career researchers throughout Switzerland.
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Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
Wuelser G, Edwards P (2025)
Lighthouse Programmes in Sustainability Research and Innovation
Swiss Academies Reports 20 (4)Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+
Ethical guidelines for animal experiments
The Swiss Animal Welfare Act permits the use of animals for certain scientific purposes; at the same time, however, it requires that the dignity of animals be respected and their welfare protected. For researchers, reconciling these various societal interests can be challenging. The ethical guidelines for animal experiments (2025) are designed to clarify the margin of discretion left by the legislation and to encourage researchers to reflect on the handling of animals in their experiments. The decisive factors for updating the previous version from 2005 were new scientific knowledge and research methods on the one hand, as well as changes in the legal framework on the other.
