Basel Biomed Symposium 2025
On Friday, May 23, 2025, we will celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new building for the Department of Biomedicine at the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. We are using this occasion to launch the Basel Biomed Symposium.
The Basel Biomed Symposium aims to promote scientific networking, cooperation and innovation across the impressive Basel life Science ecosystem. In four sessions, the 1st Basel Biomed Symposium will highlight value chains of biomedical research from basic biology to clinical application.
Draft program, as of February 26, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Morning 08.45 – 12:00
From Cell Biology to Cell and Tissue Engineering and Therapy
Chairs: Ivan Martin / Prisca Liberali | Speaker: Nina Khanna, University Hospital Basel; Heinz Läubli, University Hospital Basel; Prisca Liberali, FMI/D-BSSE; Matthias Lütolf, IHB/Roche; Ivan Martin, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, DBM; Sai Reddi, D-BSSE; Botond Roska, IOB; Jürg Steiger, University Hospital Basel; Stefanie Urlinger, Cimeio.
Digital Medicine and AI in Medicine
Chairs: Daniel Müller / Kirsten Taylor | Speaker: Philippe Cattin, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, DBE; Jens Eckstein, University Hospital Basel; Georg Holländer, BRCCH; Michael Moor, D-BSSE; Daniel Müller, D-BSSE; Kirsten Taylor, Roche; Jürg Utzinger, Swiss TPH; Judith Zaugg, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, DBM
Afternoon 13:30 – 17:00
From Molecular Pathways to Personalised Medicine and Cancer Therapy
Chairs: Primo Schär / Annette Luther | Speaker: Mohamed Bentires-Alj, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, DBM; Adrian Britschgi, pRED (tbc) / Roche; Abdullah Kahraman, FHNW; Niklaus Labhardt, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, DKF; Markus Lill, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, DPS; Annette Luther, Roche; Falko Schlottig, FHNW; Elisabetta Traggiai, Novartis; Walter Weber, University Hospital Basel
From Neuroscience to Neurology
Chairs: Alex Schier / Michaela Kneissel | Speaker: Silvia Arber, FMI, Biozentrum; Dominique De Quervain, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ DBM, UPK; Urs Frey, UKBB; Christina Granziera, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ DBE, University Hospital Basel; Michaela Kneissel, Novartis; Andreas Papassotiropoulos, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ DBM, UPK; Peter Scheiffele, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Biozentrum; Alex Schier, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Biozentrum; Derya Shimshek, Novartis.
Researchers from the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, University Hospital Basel, University Children's Hospital Basel, the D-BSSE of ETH Zurich, the FMI, the IOB, the BRCCH, the FHNW, as well as from Roche and Novartis will contribute to the Biomed Basel Symposium 2025.
Scientific Board of the Basel Biomed Symposium
- Prof. Dr. Primo Schär, Vice President for Research, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
- Prof. Dr. Alex Schier, Head Department Biozentrum, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
- Prof. Dr. Ivan Martin, Head Department of Biomedicine, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
- Prof. Dr. Jürg Steiger, Chief Medical Director, University Hospital
- Prof. Dr. Daniel Müller, Department BSSE, ETH Zürich
- Dr. Annette Luther, Hoffmann-La Roche
- Dr. Michaela Kneissel, Global Head Diseases of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Novartis
