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Upcoming events

Join us at the Gordon Research Seminar on Salt and Water Stress in Plants

When: May 23rd – 24th 2026.
Where: Les Diablerets Conference Center, Switzerland.

The GRS is particularly for early career scientists to engage and connect more actively with peers!

Apply here!

Application deadline for talks: February 15, 2026.

The GRC on Salt Water Stress in plants takes place right after – full program here!


Latest in the lab

Feb 2026

We have Paula from Agrotech Paris joining us for her Masters project!

Feb 2026

Our first PhD student Michelle joins the lab!

SKIL project students gave the final presentation of the model they built.

Well done team!

New article: CryoNanoSIMS for Biology

Priya gave a talk at the Chemistry Biology Interface Day 2025 at IECB in Bordeaux. Thank you for the invitation and hosting Elia Stahl!

CIBD 2025 conference poster

Fantastic seminar today by @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social at @iecb.bsky.social . Interesting insights in cryo-elemental imaging and salt stress in plants!

Elia Stahl (@eliastahl.bsky.social) 2025-11-13T13:53:36.977Z

Nov 2025

First postdoc Francesca joins the lab!

Priya gave a talk at the Trilateral ECR Symposium 2025 at Lausanne. Thank you TES team for the invitation and it was great fun!

Priya gave a talk at the EMBO 20th International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology at Helsignor, Denmark.

🌱 Excited to share that I will start my lab at EPFL, CH this June supported by a @snsf.ch Starting Grant! ramakrishna.chWe are interested in plant mineral nutrition and will deep-dive into the fine-tuned mechanisms employed by plants to adapt to abiotic stresses such as salinity.#newPI #plantsci

Priya Ramakrishna (@priyaramakrishna.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T19:25:07.698Z
CryoSEM image and Na map in a cell

Priya Ramakrishna was awarded the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF Starting Grant 2024 for the project:

cSALT: Cellular basis for salinity tolerance in plants.