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Das 91ÖÆƬ³§ Biomed Symposium soll die wissenschaftliche Vernetzung, Kooperation und Innovation im Life-Science-Ökosystem 91ÖÆƬ³§ fördern. In vier Sessions wird das 1. 91ÖÆƬ³§ Biomed Symposium Wertschöpfungsketten der biomedizinischen Forschung von den biologischen Grundlagen bis zur klinischen Anwendung aufzeigen.

Programm – Stand 8. Mai 2025

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Friday, May 23, 2025, Biozentrum, 91ÖÆƬ³§

Maurice E. Müller Lecture Hall U1.111

08.45: Welcome and Intro (all Organisers)

08.50 – 10.10: Session I: From Cell Biology to Cell and Tissue Engineering and Therapy
Chairs: Ivan Martin / Prisca Liberali

Ivan Martin (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DBM**)
Introducing the Department of Biomedicine
    
Sai Reddy (D-BSSE, ETHZ*)
Next-generation protein engineering for immunotherapy

Mirjam Christ-Crain (USB*)
Introducing the University Hospital 91ÖÆƬ³§

Nina Khanna / Heinz Läubli (USB*)
Cell therapies: bridging translation into clinical practice

Stefanie Urlinger (Cimeio)
Hematopoietic stem cell engineering enables universal blood cancer therapy

Prisca Liberali (FMI/D-BSSE*)
Cell Coordination in Intestinal Development and Repair

Botond Roska (IOB*)
Introducing the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology 91ÖÆƬ³§

Botond Roska (IOB*)
Cell type targeted mitochondria therapy

Matthias Lütolf (IHB/Roche*)
Introducing the Institute of Human Biology

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10.10: Coffee

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10.35 – 11.55: Session II: Digital Medicine and AI in Medicine
Chairs: Daniel Müller / Kirsten Taylor

Daniel Müller (ETHZ/D-BSSE*)
Introducing the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering

Michael Moor (D-BSSE*)
Tool-using medical AI agents

Judith Zaugg (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DBM*)
Systems epigenetics and spatial profiling to study disease mechanisms

Georg Holländer (BRCCH*)
Introducing the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Research Center for Child Health

Jens Eckstein (USB*)
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Transforming Diagnostics, Treatment, and Patient Care

Philippe Cattin (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DBE*)
Introducing the Department of Biomedical 

Philippe Cattin (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DBE*)
Leveraging AI and Diffusion Models for Patient Specific Surgical Plans

Kirsten Taylor (Roche)
Digital biomarkers: Remote monitoring of neurologic signs in clinical drug development of neurodegenerative disorders

Jürg Utzinger (Swiss TPH*)
Introducing the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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12.00: Break «Grundsteinlegung» New DBM and Lunch / Networking

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13.30 – 14.50: Session III: From Molecular Pathways to Personalised Medicine and Cancer Therapy
Chairs: Primo Schär / Adrian Britschgi

Markus Lill (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DPS *)
Introducing the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Walter Weber (USB*)
Surgical De-escalation to Improve the Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer

Mohamed Bentires-Alj (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DBM*)
Breast Tumor Heterogeneity and Metastasis – From Mechanisms to Personalised Treatments

Niklaus Labhardt (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, DKF*)
Introducing the Department Clinical Research

Elisabetta Traggiai (Novartis)        
T-Cell Engagers, backtranslation from clinic to drug design

Falko Schlottig (FHNW*)
Introducing the FHNW School of Life Sciences (FHNW)

Abdullah Kahraman (FHNW*)
Cancer-specific transcripts as novel biomarker for precision medicine

Adrian Britschgi (Roche/pRED*)
Introducing Roche/pRED

Adrian Britschgi (pRED/Roche*)
Targeting cancer cell intrinsic pathways to tackle colorectal cancer

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14.50: Coffee

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15.20 – 17.00: Session IV: From Neuroscience to Neurology
Chair: Alex Schier / Michaela Kneissel

Alex Schier (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, Biozentrum)
Introducing the Biozentrum 91ÖÆƬ³§

Cristina Granziera (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§ DBE, USB*)
Neurology 4.0 & beyond

Peter Scheiffele (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§, Biozentrum)
Tuning neuronal wiring and function through selective mRNA translation

Dirk Schübeler (FMI*)
Introducing the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research

Silvia Arber (FMI, Biozentrum*)
Circuits for Movement

Andreas Papassotiropoulos/ Dominique De Quervain (Uni 91ÖÆƬ³§ DBM, UPK*)
Genome-guided discovery of memory-enhancing drugs

Michaela Kneissel (Novartis)
Introducing Novartis

Derya Shimshek (Novartis)
Modulation of neuroinflammation as therapeutic approach in chronic neurodegenerative diseases

Alexandre Datta (UKBB*)
Introducing the University Children’s Hospital 91ÖÆƬ³§ (UKBB)

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17.00: Apéro / Networking

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Scientific Board des 91ÖÆƬ³§ Biomed Symposium

• Prof. Dr. Primo Schär, Vice President for Research, 91ÖÆƬ³§
• Prof. Dr. Alex Schier, Head Department Biozentrum, 91ÖÆƬ³§
• Prof. Dr. Ivan Martin, Head Department of Biomedicine, 91ÖÆƬ³§
• 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

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* DBM, Department of Biomedicine; FMI Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research; D-BSSE, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (ETHZ); USB, University Hospital 91ÖÆƬ³§; IOB, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology 91ÖÆƬ³§; IHB, Institute of Human Biology 91ÖÆƬ³§; BRCCH, 91ÖÆƬ³§ Research Center for Child Health; DBE; Department of Biomedical Engineering; Swiss TPH, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute; DPS, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; DKF, Department Clinical Research; FHNW, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz; UPK, Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken 91ÖÆƬ³§; UKBB, Universitäts-Kinderspital Beider 91ÖÆƬ³§