BIC Lectures 2025

BIC Meetings are held on Wednesdays from 17.00-18.00 followed by a small apéro and open end discussion.

Please note, that the BIC meetings will take place at the Institute of Pathology (Mikroskopie-Hörsaal, Eingang 43A, Murtenstrasse 31).

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 Date Topic  Lecturer   Organizer

Jan 29

Title: Translational insights into lymphangiogenesis

Prof. Kari Alitalo
Wihuri Research Institute and Translational Cancer Medicine Program
Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki
Finland

Britta Engelhardt

Feb 26

Title: Tissue and T Cell Phenotype Dependency of Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Specific Immune Control

Prof. Christian Münz
Institute of Experimental Immunology
University of Zürich

Martin Bachmann

Mar 26

Title: Evolving Microbes, Expanding Waistlines: The Role of Gut Bacteria in Obesity

Prof. Maria Luisa Balmer
Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK)
University of Bern 

Luca Borradori

Apr 30

Title: Regulation and Function of Macrophages in Health and Disease

Prof. Melanie Greter
Institute of Experimental Immunology
University of Zürich  

Artur Summerfield

Mai 28

Title:  Targeting CXCR4-expressing TAMs in muscle-invasive bladder cancer to enhance tumor control after immunotherapy

 Dr. Grégory Verdeil
 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
 University of Lausanne 

Philippe Krebs

Jun 25

Title:  Boosting influenza-specific adaptive responses in the lungs using a bacterial lysate-based adjuvant

Dr. Emilie Seydoux 
Department of Pediatrics, Inselspital 
Lung Precision Medicine, DBMR, University of Bern 

Thomas Geiser

Jul/ Aug

Summer break

  

Sep 24

Lecture & annual BBQ
Title: Immunity and Tolerance in Persistent Viral Infection

Prof. Daniel Pinschewer 
Division of Experimental Virology, Department of Biomedicine
University of Basel
 

Adrian Ochsenbein

Oct 29

 Title: Tba

Prof. Simone Becattini
Department of Pathology and Immunology 
Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva 
 
 

Carole Bourquin

Nov 26

 Title:

 

 

 

Urs Steiner