Welcome!

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we cordially invite you to participate to the 11th Swiss Virology Meeting that will be held from January 26^th to January 27^th, 2027 at the Ambassador Hotel in Bern, Switzerland.

The goal of this eleventh national meeting in virology is again to bring together in Switzerland a maximum number of research groups working in fundamental virology to promote interaction, exchange of ideas, and collaborations in an informal and collegial atmosphere.

The program will cover all aspects of research in fundamental virology including virus life cycle, virus discovery and evolution, virus and host defense, and clinical virology. The format of the meeting will consist in selected plenary lectures combined with short talks selected from submitted abstracts and poster sessions.

The meeting webpage for registration and abstract submission will be open soon.

Thank you for your active participation and we are looking forward to seeing you in Bern.

Sincerely,

Organizing and Scientific Committee

Angela Ciuffi (University of Lausanne)
Charaf Benarafa (University of Bern)
Cornel Fraefel (University of Zurich)
Catherine Eichwald (University of Zurich)
Jérôme Gouttenoire (University of Lausanne)
Ben Hale (University of Zurich)
Philippe Plattet (University of Bern)
Mirco Schmolke (University of Geneva)
Matthias Schweizer (University of Bern)
Silke Stertz (University of Zurich)
Caroline Tapparel Vu (University of Geneva)
Volker Thiel (University of Bern)

General Information

Swiss Virology Meeting, January 26 & 27, 2027, Bern, Switzerland

Scope:: Basic and applied virology
Date:: January 26 & 27, 2027
Tuesday January 26, 2027: 10:00 - 21:00
Wednesday January 27, 2027: 9:00 - 16:30
Location:: Ambassador Hotel, Seftigenstrasse 99, 3007 Bern - SWITZERLAND (Tel. 031/370.99.99)
Registration fees:: CHF 275.- for PhD students (MSc, PhD, MD, other)
CHF 400.- for Research Technicians, Post-docs and Principal Investigators
The registration fee includes meeting registration, accommodation and all meals.
(Cancellation policy: no reimbursement possible)
Contact:: contact@swissvirology.ch

Oral Presentations

Plenary talk Swiss Virology abroad : 45 minutes (35 minutes + 10 minutes discussion)
Plenary talks (senior group leaders) : 30 minutes (25 minutes + 5 minutes discussion)
Short talks (from selected abstracts) : 15 minutes (12 minutes + 3 minutes discussion)

Poster sessions

Two poster sessions will be held during coffee breaks. Posters will be presented by postdocs and graduate students. To ensure maximum visibility of posters, all posters will stay mounted throughout the meeting. Poster size: 90 cm wide x 120 cm high.

Organizing and scientific committee (in alphabetical order)

Angela Ciuffi (University of Lausanne)
Charaf Benarafa (University of Bern)
Cornel Fraefel (University of Zurich)
Catherine Eichwald (University of Zurich)
Jérôme Gouttenoire (University of Lausanne)
Ben Hale (University of Zurich)
Philippe Plattet (University of Bern)
Mirco Schmolke (University of Geneva)
Matthias Schweizer (University of Bern)
Silke Stertz (University of Zurich)
Caroline Tapparel Vu (University of Geneva)
Volker Thiel (University of Bern)

Steering Committee

Angela Ciuffi (University of Lausanne)
Charaf Benarafa (University of Bern)
Cornel Fraefel (University of Zurich)
Jérôme Gouttenoire (University of Lausanne)
Matthias Schweizer (University of Bern)
Caroline Tapparel Vu (University of Geneva)

Program of the 11th Swiss Virology Meeting January 26 & 27, 2027, Bern
(preliminary)

Tuesday, January 26, 2027

10:00 – 10:25

Arrival, registration and Welcome Coffee

10:25 – 10:30

Welcome Address

Steering committee member TBA

10:30 – 12:00

PLENARY TALKS (CUSO)

Introduction: Steering committee member TBA

10:30 – 11:15

First Invited Keynote Lecture – (Abstract Nr)

Title to be announced

11:15 – 12:00

Nora Schmidt – Hannover Medical School, Germany (Abstract Nr)

Deciphering the role of RNA-protein interactions in viral disease mechanisms and antiviral defense processes in RSV and HSV-1 infections

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster Viewing

Round-table discussion of Ph.D students & postdocs with Invited Keynote Speakers

14:00 – 14:30

STUDENT SESSION: Session from and by the students

Chairs: Committee of PhD students

14:00 – 14:15

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

14:15 – 14:30

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

14:30 – 16:30

SESSION I: VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS: THE VIRUS SIDE

Chairs: Two scientific committee members, TBA

14:30 – 15:00

Mandy Muller – Lausanne University Hospital (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:00 – 15:30

Alexander Harms – ETH Zurich (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:30 – 15:45

Selected talk from abstracts – – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:45 – 16:00

Selected talk from abstracts – – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

16:00 – 16:15

Selected talk from abstracts – – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

16:15 – 16:30

Selected talk from abstracts – – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

16:30 – 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 – 19:00

POSTER SESSION

19:00 – 21:00

Dinner and Poster Viewing

Wednesday, January 27, 2027

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (at hotel)

09:00 – 11:00

SESSION II: VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS: THE HOST SIDE

Chairs: Two scientific committee members, TBA

9:00 – 9:30

Ella Hartenian – University of Lausanne (Abstract Nr)

TBA

9:30 – 10:00

Santiago Gonzalez – Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Abstract Nr)

TBA

10:00 – 10:15

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

10:15 – 10:30

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

10:30 – 10:45

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

10:45 – 11:00

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBAs

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30

POSTER SESSION

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch and Poster Viewing

14:00 – 16:00

SESSION III: CLINICAL VIROLOGY: VACCINES AND ANTIVIRALS

Chairs: Two scientific committee members, TBA

14:00 – 14:30

Benjamin Meyer – University of Geneva (Abstract Nr))

Cross-reactive antibody responses to highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses

14:30 – 15:00

Davide Robbiani – Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:00 – 15:15

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:15 – 15:30

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:30 – 15:45

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

15:45 – 16:00

Selected talk from abstracts – (Abstract Nr)

TBA

16:00 – 16:30

CLOSING LECTURE

Chair: TBA

Mirco Schmolke – University of Geneva

TBA

16:30 – 16:45

Farewell Address

Registration

With the link below, you will be redirected to the University of Zurich for the registration, this should take only a few seconds.

(If the above button does not work, please use Google Chrome or copy the link below :
https://www.vetvir.uzh.ch/de/impressum/Registration-10th-SVM.html )

Reminder: Registration opens on October 1, 2026. Deadline for registration and abstract submission is November 1, 2026.