Meeting of the Swiss Immunology PhD students
38th Meeting of the Swiss Immunology PhD students: October 28 - 30, 2026
The purpose of the Meeting of the Swiss Immunology PhD students is to get to know colleagues in the same field, to present own results, to get to know projects at other institutes, to initiate regular exchanges of ideas or even to start collaborations. Usually, 70 PhD students in immunology from all geographical regions of Switzerland and 7 professors from different Swiss Universities participate in the Wolfsberg meeting. With more than 50 oral presentations and almost 20 posters for the first year PhD students, the program is very broad and covers various topics in immunology.
Organization and Program
Registered attendees will upload abstracts which will outline the subjects and key-words that will finally form the structure of the meeting. Each participant of the meeting will present her/his Ph.D. project and the experimental results either in form of a poster or a 10 minute talk. One to two senior scientists per University (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Bellinzona, Zurich) will be present, mainly as chairs and to participate in the discussions.
The provisional time schedule, which will depend upon the number of participants, is to arrive on Monday, October 28, after lunch and to start the seminar the same day in the afternoon. The meeting will close on Wednesday, October 30, lunch time.
The program will be available for approved attendees.
Location
Having historically been a hub for meetings, discussions and socialising, external page Monte Verità boasts years of experience in running seminars and conferences. Since 1989, it has housed the center "Congressi Stefano Franscini" (ETH Zurich), which in turn draws thousands of top researchers from all over the world to Monte Verità every year.
Financial Support
Thanks to the very generous support by the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SGAI), FONDATION ACTERIA, Universities of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, USI/IRB, ETH Zurich and CSL Behring. The expenses for this meeting are entirely covered (meals and accommodation for two nights) except for personal travel expenses and additional private consumption.
Registration
The registration for the Meeting is done in two steps. The application opens on June 1, 2026 at 9:00 on this website. The application deadline is June 7, 2026. Approved attendees will receive a link to finalize the registration and upload their abstracts.
Disclaimer
We will collect and use your data solely for the purpose of the organization of the Meeting and not pass it on to third parties. Please contact us at ilka.riedel[at]micro.biol.ethz.ch for any changes or erasure of the data you submitted via this web form.