Home page What is Mediplant ? Presentation - Aromatic and medicinal plants sector  -Visiting card - Collaboration network - Agencies of the Association ______________________________________________________________________________ Presentation Founded in 1988 by three partners - the Dalle Molle Foundation, the State of Valais and the Helvetic Confederation - MEDIPLANT is a research centre devoted to medicinal and aromatic plants and their cultivation. MEDIPLANT is an association, as defined by Article 60 and its sub-articles of the Swiss Civil Code. On basis of quality criteria defined by its users, and in collaboration with the Federal Research Station on Plants at Changins, the Engineering School of Valais and Swiss universities, MEDIPLANT executes work on the domestication and genetic improvement of new medicinal and aromatic plants. MEDIPLANT specialises in plants adapted to mountain regions and farming techniques which are environment-friendly.   Aromatic and medicinal plant sectors Our services concern industries which employ medicinal and aromatic plants.                 Visiting Card Our area of activity The aim of our research is to improve quality and reduce production costs of medicinal and aromatic plants, through works on : Estimation of exploitable plant resources and domestication of wild flower species Selection of new varieties Improving agricultural production techniques improving techniques of refinement and preservation Our team Our team is composed of :   A Manager Christoph Carlen (Agronomic engineer PhD) A Project Chief Xavier Simonnet (Agronomic engineer) Two Scientific collaborators Mélanie Quennoz (Biologist) Sarah Bouillant (Agronomic engineer) Two Technicians  Huguette Hausammann Christian Vergères A Laboratory  Bénédicte Bruttin A Secretary Chantal Chassot Regular additions to the team are made by university students, students from specialised schools and students on training courses.   Our premises Mediplant is located in Conthey in the canton of Valais, at the "Centre de recherche Conthey", in buildings belonging to the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil Research Station (ACW). At our disposal, we have : several hectares of lowland and mountain land for our trial cultivations greenhouses a drying room a laboratory for analysis (distillation, thin layer chromatography, germination tests, ...) an in vitro laboratory for micro-cuttings a library in addition to all the equipment necessary for agronomic trials.   Our collaboration network Located in buildings which belong to the Confederation, our team benefits from a privileged and unique scientific setting and is able to count on support from the various ACW departments: special mountain farming biology - chemistry - soils phytopathology - study of weed development entomology plant improvement We also keep up regular contacts with schools, universities and other research bodies from Switzerland and abroad. One of Mediplant's goals is to promote exchanges of information between agricultural, industrial and scientific worlds. Consequently, we remain in touch with industries and other partners of the aromatic and medicinal plant business.     Home page Mediplant   Top of the page     Agencies of the Association   Agencies of the Association MEDIPLANT   1- Management CARLEN Christoph, Manager, agronomic engineer, Médiplant SIMONNET Xavier, Project Chief, agronomic engineer, Médiplant QUENNOZ Mélanie, Scientific collaborator, biologist, Médiplant BOUILLANT Sarah, Scientific collaborator, agronomic engineer, Médiplant 2- Assembly of Delegates Valais CRETTENAND Francine, Education-Culture and Sport Service FURRER-RUPPEN Mariette, Cantonal Pharmacist, Public Health Service DAYER Gérald, Chief of Agricultural Service KRAFT Ursula, Service for the Promotion of Tourism and Economy VILLETTAZ Jean-Claude, Director R&D, HES-SO Valais/Wallis Confederation MAYOR Jean-Philippe, General Manager, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW DELABAYS Nicolas, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW WALBAUM Suzanne, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW SCHAUENBERG Pierre, Federal Office of Agriculture Fondation Dalle Molle RAUSIS Jean-Pierre, General Manager, BERSY Consulting Plantamont TORNAY Laurent Valplantes FOURNIER Fabien, Valplantes DARBELLAY Charly, last Manager of Mediplant 3- Management Board President : SIERRO Serge, last State Counciler Members : MAYOR Jean-Philippe, General Manager, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW DELABAYS Nicolas, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW VILLETTAZ Jean-Claude, Manager R&D, HES-SO Valais Wallis Treasurer : WALBAUM Suzanne, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW 4- Auditing agency EIGENMANN Christian Auditor, Federal Office of Agriculture DENIS Jérémie, Auditor, Agricultural Service MELLY Christian, Inspection des finances     Home page Mediplant   Top of the page