BIC Lectures 2026

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 28

Title: Mapping and Targeting Phagocytes to Decode Their Roles in CNS Inflammation

Dr. Sarah Mundt
Department of Neurology
University Hospital Zurich USZ

Britta Engelhardt

Feb 25

Title: Human autoantibodies against type I interferons in several viral diseases and autoimmunity

Prof. Benjamin G. Hale 
Institute of Medical Virology
University of Zurich

Urs Steiner 

Mar 25

Title: From immune trajectories to therapies: targeting macrophages in cancer

Dr. Pascale Zwicky
Department of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel

Luca Borradori

Apr 29

Title: Regulation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell function by bone marrow-resident CD8 T Cells 

Prof. Dr. César Nombela 
Experimental Hematology, 
University Hospital Zurich USZ

Adrian Ochsenbein

Mai 27

Title: Tba

Prof. Dr. Daniel Mucida
Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology
The Rockefeller University, New York, USA 

Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg & Bahtiyar Yilmaz

Jun 24

Title:  


Thomas Geiser

Jul/ Aug

Summer break

  

Sep 30

Lecture & annual BBQ
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Martin Bachmann

Oct 28

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Carole Bourquin

Nov 25

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TBA