Wolfsberg Meeting
36th Meeting of the Swiss Immunology PhD students: August 14 - 16, 2024
The purpose of the Wolfsberg Meeting is to get to know colleagues in the same field, to present her/his own results, to get to know projects at other institutes, to initiate regular exchanges of ideas or even to start collaborations. Usually, 70 PhD students in immunology from all geographical regions of Switzerland and 7 professors from different Swiss Universities participate in the Wolfsberg meeting. With more than 50 oral presentations and almost 20 posters for the first year PhD students the program is very broad and covers various topics in immunology.
Organization and Program
Registered attendees will upload abstracts which will outline the subjects and key-words that will finally form the structure of the meeting. Each participant of the meeting will present her/his Ph.D. project and the experimental results either in form of a poster or a 10 minute talk. One to two senior scientists per University (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Bellinzona, Zurich) will be present, mainly as chairmen and to participate in the discussions.
The provisional time schedule, which will depend upon the number of participants, is to arrive on Wednesday, August 14, after lunch and to start the seminar the same day in the afternoon. The meeting will close on Friday, August 16, lunch time.
The program will be available for approved attendees at the registration website.
Location
external pageSchloss Wolfsberg is a training center of UBS close to Ermatingen (TG) in a forest above the Untersee. It is a remote place in a beautiful environment and provides all the facilities for such a meeting: seminar rooms, accomodations, sport facilities.
Financial Support
The meeting will be sponsored by the Swiss Society for Allergologists and Immunologists (SGAI), FONDATION ACTERIA, UBS, the Universities of Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich, the USI/IRB and ETH, which will overtake the costs for meals and accommodation.
Registration
The registration for the Wolfsberg Meeting 2024 will be done in two steps. The application opens on May 13, 2024 at 9:00 on this website. The registration deadline is May 19, 2024. Approved attendees will receive a link to finalize the registration and upload their abstracts.
Disclaimer
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