
Symposium on Chemical Ecology 2026
Past, Present and Future of Chemical Ecology
11. February 2026, University of Neuchâtel

Symposium on Chemical Ecology 2026
Past, Present and Future of Chemical Ecology
11. February 2026, University of Neuchâtel

Symposium on Chemical Ecology 2026
Past, Present and Future of Chemical Ecology
11. February 2026, University of Neuchâtel

Symposium on Chemical Ecology 2026
Past, Present and Future of Chemical Ecology
11. February 2026, University of Neuchâtel
Dr. Alan Kergunteuil, INRAE, Paris
«Plant-plant communication in domesticated tomato : work-in-progress to tease apart defense induction and priming»
Dr. Diana la Forgia, Agroscope
«What’s my age again? Assessing the impact of stink bug egg mass age on host recognition by egg parasitoids Trissolcus basalis and Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)»
Dr. Laurie Magnin, Agroscope Changins
«What roles do glucosinolates and morphological traits play in limiting Psylliodes chrysocephala larval infestation across crop variety and companion planting? A field investigation»
Dr. Joelle Schläpfer, Agroscope
«How to harness chemical crosstalk of plants for sustainable agriculture»
Dr. Aboubakr Moradi, Syngenta
«Harnessing Plant Defense Elicitors for Sustainable Crop Protection»
Dr. Pierre Mateo, Universität Bern
«Insights into the Biosynthetic Pathway of Multihexose Benzoxazinoids in Maize (Zea mays)»
Yulisa Moreno Patino, University of Zürich
«Skin microbes, volatiles, and vector behaviour: A strain-level perspective»
Dr. Andrew Quinn, Universite de Lausanne
«Reciprocal interactions between agrochemicals and the commensal gut microbiota impact honeybee health»
Salomé Ifergan, INRAE
«Exploring and characterising the role of volatile organic compounds from aromatic plants to disrupt interactions between grapevines and the insect vector, Scaphoideus titanus»
Dr. Valentina Lazazzara, IPSP, institute for sustainable Plant protecion, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
«Female-associated semiochemicals as candidates in the pine shoot beetle Tomicus destruens»
Clémence Nicollerat, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern
«Systemic defense induction by volatiles renders plants susceptible to manipulation by insect herbivores»
Rebekka Ricci, University of Bern
«Dietary plant metabolites as modulators of gut microbial dynamics»
Prof. Christelle Robert, University of Bern
«E-NICHE: A European Network In CHemical Ecology: Translating the language of life into sustainability»
Johanna Visconti, Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern
«From Diet to Microbiome: Exposure, Metabolism, and Gut Interactions of Benzoxazinoids»
Ayomide Joseph Zannou, Agroscope/University of Bern
«Tomato plant-mediated physical and chemical defenses shape tritrophic interactions between an herbivorous pest and its predator»