Field campaigns, new gardens and milestones

Grant

GAČR grant supports DBGI research in Prague

The Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) has awarded Tito Damiani a Standard Project grant for “Metabolomics-driven discovery of plant chemical novelty and its insecticidal potential” (Project …

Garden sampling

Three weeks at Kew: more than 600 samples for DBGI

From 22 September to 10 October 2025, Kateřina Kučerová and Tito Damiani from IOCB Prague, Mazzarine Laboureau from the University of Neuchâtel, and Davide Rovelli from the University of Parma …

Network

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew joins the DBGI network

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has formally joined the DBGI network, extending the initiative beyond continental Europe and bringing one of the world’s leading botanical institutions into the …

Network

Flore-Alpe, Champex-Lac joins the DBGI network

Flore-Alpe, the alpine botanical garden at Champex-Lac, has joined the DBGI network, adding the initiative’s first botanical collection dedicated specifically to alpine plants. Situated at …

Grant

SNSF Weave grant supports MetaboLinkAI

The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded MetaboLinkAI (Grant 10002786) a Weave/Lead Agency grant. Beginning on 1 April 2025, the project will run until 31 March 2029. The SNSF record lists …

Network

Prague Botanical Garden joins the DBGI network

Prague Botanical Garden has formally joined the DBGI network as its first partner garden in Czechia. Situated across approximately 25 hectares in Prague, the garden maintains around 15,000 cultivated …

Grant

SNSF R'EQUIP grant strengthens mass spectrometry infrastructure in Fribourg

The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Fribourg an R’EQUIP infrastructure grant for “Biological complexity addressed by mass spectrometry” (Grant …

Grant

SNSF grant supports "Anticipating the Chemistry of Life"

The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded “Anticipating the Chemistry of Life” (Grant 10000895) to Pierre-Marie Allard at the University of Fribourg. Beginning on 1 October 2024, …

Network

Botanical Garden of the University of Fribourg joins the DBGI network

The Botanical Garden of the University of Fribourg has formally joined the DBGI network, building on its role in the initiative’s earliest pilot phase. It provided one of the first living …

Job Position

Postdoctoral researcher position - computational ecology, metabolomics and knowledge management for biodiversity research.

The Computational Ecology Group at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is offering a postdoctoral research position ! This postdoctoral project will be carried out in close collaboration with …

This position is closed.

Network

Botanical Garden of Neuchâtel joins the DBGI network

The Botanical Garden of Neuchâtel has joined the DBGI network, formalising a long-standing collaboration with the Plant Eco-Metabolomics Group at the University of Neuchâtel. The garden maintains …

Job Position

Postdoctoral researcher position: Knowledge Management in the Digital Botanical Gardens Initiative

A postdoctoral researcher position is available at the COMMONS Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Fribourg , Switzerland. The candidate will develop and implement computational …

This position is closed.

Job Position

PhD position in eco-metabolomics: Investigating the ecological and evolutionary drivers of phytochemical diversity

The Computational Ecology Group at the Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, is seeking a PhD student to investigate the ecological and evolutionary drivers of phytochemical diversity by …

This position is closed.

Grant

SNSF MetaDiv grant supports research on plant chemical diversity

The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded MetaDiv: Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Phytochemical Diversity (Grant 215724) to Emmanuel Defossez at the University of Neuchâtel. The CHF …

Seminar

Seminar in the Botanical Garden of Zurich.

We will present both the DBGI and EMI at the Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany in Zurich (16:00 Monday 06 March 2023)

Milestone

First DBGI-KM meeting !

We had our first official DBGI-KM meeting this Wednesday 22nd February 2023 !

Grant

swissuniversities Open Research Data grant awarded for the Swiss DBGI-KM

We are thrilled that our proposal “Knowledge Management in the Swiss Digital Botanical Gardens Initiative (Swiss DBGI-KM)” will be supported by a swissuniversities Open Research Data grant …