SYIS Annual Symposium 2024
The SYIS is thrilled to announce its third SYIS Annual Symposium!
This time we are happy to welcome you at our first 2-days event close to Basel, hosted and sponsored by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (TPH) in Allschwil.
We will apply for you to be granted 1 day animal experiment continuing education.
Travel grants
EFIS travel grants can help attendees cover the costs of transportation & accommodation to our event. We can offer up to 200 EUR for participants traveling within Switzerland and up to 1000 EUR for participants traveling from abroad. Grants will be assigned according to scientific merit of the submitted abstract.
Requirements:
1. You must be an SYIS or other EFIS member society member,
2. You must submit an abstract,
3. You must participate in the symposium.
The application deadline for the travel grant is 30 April 2024.
SYIS members can also apply for an SSAI travel grant up to 700 CHF. For more information, visit the SSAI website.
Event at a glance
When: 13-14 June 2024
Where: Swiss TPH, Kreuzstrasse 2, Allschwil
Registration and abstract submission opening: 1 February 2024
Abstract submission deadline: 20 April 2024 30 April 2024
Fees
Members:
– SYIS-SSAI members: CHF 30*
– SSAI only members: CHF 70
Non-members:
– Early bird (until 20 April): CHF 70
– Late registration (after 20 April): CHF 100
*Take the chance to become a member via this page. You will be able to join the Symposium with a reduced fee and have additional benefits.
Program
Day 1 – 13 June
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9.00 | Registration with coffee |
| 10.00 | Opening session |
| 10.15 | Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Anne-Katrin Pröbstel – “Microbiota-immune crosstalk in neuroinflammation“ |
| 11.00 | Short talks from selected abstracts |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Keynote speaker Dr. Nikolche Gjorevski – Title TBA |
| 13.45 | Short talks from selected abstracts |
| 14.45 | Sponsor talk |
| 15.00 | Coffee break |
| 15.30 | Flash talks from selected abstracts |
| 16.00 | Poster session |
| 17 | Apéro |
| 18.30 | Social dinner |
Day 2 – 14 June
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9.00 | Coffee |
| 10.00 | Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Matthieu Perreau – “HIV persistence in lymph node“ |
| 10.45 | Short talks from selected abstracts |
| 11.45 | Paper Award winner talk |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Flash talks from selected abstracts |
| 13.30 | Poster session |
| 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.00 | Workshops in parallel – TBA |
| 16.15 | Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg – “Diet-Host-Microbiota interactions in early life and their impact on immune development“ |
| 17.00 | Closing session |
The event is sponsored by
SYIS 