SYIS Annual Symposium 2026
Photo: Dr. Yavuz Yazicioglu
What a day to engage with such a vibrant immunology community! We were so happy to meet so many of you at our Annual Symposium this year at the IRB | Institute for Research in Biomedicine in beautiful Bellinzona!
Congratulations to the winners of the travel grants, the poster prize (Maike Erber), the flash talk (Alexandra Rogojina) and the winner of the short talks (Claire Depew) who gets the opportunity to present at the European Early-Career Immunologist Flash Talk Competition in Florence 2027 in the rising star session, organized by yEFIS, supported with a travel grant, generously sponsored by the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SSAI)!
Thank you to everyone who discussed and shared their science with us, we were very excited to see so many talented young immunologists! This year, we also officially launched our mentoring program and organized workshops on AI and Career!
A special thanks goes again to our Keynote Speakers Prof. Antonino Cassotta and Prof Davide F. Robbiani, MD, PhD!
Event at a glance
When: 26 August 2026
Where: Bios+ Building, Via Francesco Chiesa 5, 6500 Bellinzona
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Program
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8h30 | Registration with coffee |
| 9h | Opening Session |
| 9h15 | Keynote Speaker Dr. Antonino Cassotta |
| 10h | Platinum Sponsor Talk: Biolegend |
| 10h10 | Short Talks from selected abstracts |
| Philipp Paparoditis – Characterization of Self-Reactive T Helper Cells Function in Ovarian Cancer Patients | |
| Alba Neher – Microglial Uptake of Listeria from Neurons Boost Infection | |
| Mel Diedro – Type 2 Inflammation Reprograms Neutrophils and Impairs Antibacterial Immunity in Atopic Dermatitis | |
| Claire Depew – Interplay Between Bcl6 and HIF-1α in Mucosal IgA Immunity during Salmonella infection | |
| Morgan Le Gall – Investigating the role of the IL-4/STAT6 axis on exhausted T cells and immunotherapy responses | |
| Maud Mayoux – CD4 memory T cells orchestrate therapy-responsive immune niches in colorectal cancer liver metastases | |
| 11h40 | Best article award – Alaz Ozcan – Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin |
| 11h55 | Platinum Sponsor Talk: Augusta/Waters (ex BD) |
| 12h05 | Lunch |
| 13h | Keynote Speaker Prof. Davide Robbiani |
| 13h45 | Platinum Sponsor Talk: Stemcell |
| 13h55 | Flash Poster Talks from selected abstracts |
| Andrea Celoria – ImmunX – Exploring the immune-instructive role of bacteria-derived Hypoxanthine | |
| Jean De Lima – HIF-1α+ CD4+ T cells coordinate a tissue-resident immune cell network in the lung | |
| Nadine Nelva – Characterization of Glycan-Specific Antibodies Induced by Salmonella Vaccination | |
| Luca Schlotheuber – CD19 expression associates with polyfunctionality and altered, assymetric secretion dynamics in individual activated human B cells | |
| Alexandra Rogojina – Innate Immune Crosstalk: Modulating Autoimmunity Through Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) Signalling | |
| Helen Tran – AXL-Dependent Efferocytosis by Lining Synovial Fibroblasts in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis | |
| 14h15 | Coffee Break + Poster Session |
| 16h15 | Workshops and Mentoring Program |
| 17h15 | Short Talks from selected abstracts |
| Urszula Radzikowska – Immunometabolism of Airway Epithelial Cells in Asthma and Rhinovirus Infection | |
| José Pedro Loureiro – MR1-autoreactive TCR Vγ9Vδ2 Cells: A New Class of MR1-Restricted T cells | |
| Jakub Began – Caspase-4 binds to LPS membranes with positive curvature for non-canonical inflammasome activation | |
| 18h | Closing Ceremony & Awards |
| 19h | Social Event (at own expense) |
We thank our official sponsors for supporting the 5th SYIS Annual Symposium!
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Organizing Comittee:
Concetta Guerra, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Urszula Radzikowska, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research
Verena Lentsch, University of Oxford
Maud Mayoux, University of Zurich
Maria Isabel Delgado Dolset, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma
Research
Flavia Fico, AstraZeneca
Ursula Düren, University of Basel
Anna Estrada, University of Zurich
Miriam Diaz-Varela, University of Bern
Etnik Sheremeti, University of Basel
Stefanie Schärli, University of Bern
Mariana Borsa, University of Basel
Luca Schlotheuber, EPFL
Candice Arnaud-Boissel, University Hospital Zurich
Dimitra Stamkopoulou, University of Basel
Inés Jardon Parages, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research
Jean de Lima, University of Basel
Javier Pareja, University of Basel
Rita Ahmed
Sanam Peyvandi, Klifo
Giuseppe Santopolo
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