Interuniversity PhD and doctoral students meetings
2023, November 9-10 – BZ Matt Schwarzenberg, Luzern (Programme)
Best student presentations:
– Anissa Bartetzko, Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern: ‘Cutting off the oxygen: metabolic changes and differential gene expression depending on oxygen condition in Echinococcus multilocularis‘
– Dima Fara and Rahila Gazida, Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern: ‘Estimating the True Prevalence of Fascioliasis in Nomadic Livestock Populations across the Lake Chad Region, Chad, using a Latent-Class Approach’
– David Hug, Institute of Parasitology, University of Zürich: ‘Influence of climate chance and infection on thermal preferences of mosquitoes’
2022, November 9 – Kursaal Bern (Programme)
Best student presentations:
– Patrick Scherrer, Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern
– Philipp Kronenberg, Institute of Parasitology, University of Zürich
– Lydia Trippler, Swiss TPH
– Viviane Sprecher, Swiss TPH
2021, October 20-21 – Schwarzenberg Luzern, BZ Matt (Programme)
Best student presentations:
– 1st: Alexis Martin, Swiss TPH: “Assessing malaria epidemic behavior using wavelets”
– 2nd: Rouaa Ben Chaabene, University of Geneva: ‘Rhoptries: key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa’
– 3rd: Annina Bindschedler, IZB Bern: ‘NRF2 signaling in Plasmodium-infected hepatocytes’
2020, November 4-5 – online meeting (Programme)
Best student presentations:
– 1st: Annina Bindschedler, IZB Bern: ‘The role of host cell Nrf2 singaling in P. berghei-infected liver cells’
– 1st: Francis Brühlmann, ITPA Bern: ‘Targeting Theileria Effector Proteins in the Host Cell Cytoplasm and Nucleus Responsible for Transformation’
– 2nd: Marina Maurizio, ITPA Bern: ‘Identifying the Essentialome of Theileria-induced Transformation’
– 2nd: Seraina Meister, IPA Bern: ‘Fatal avian malaria in captive Atlantic puffins from Switzerland’
2019, November 14-15 – Schwarzenberg Luzern, BZ Matt (Programme)
Best student presentation: Nina Gillin (University of Zürich)
2018, November 1-2 – Sigriswil, Solbad Sigriswil (Programme)
Best student presentations: Louisa Warryn (Swiss TPH), Abdel Halim Mahmoud (Swiss TPH), Laura Vavassori (Swiss TPH)
2017, November 2-3 – Schwarzenberg Luzern, BZ Matt (Programme)
Best student presentation: Rui Santos (University of Zürich)
2016, November 24-25 – Grindelwald, Hotel Eiger
Impressions
“The SSTMP student meeting is a great opportunity to meet other PhD students working in the same field. The workshops and talks offered during the meeting are interesting and cover different topics which are helpful for PhD students and ones future career. All in all it is an informative and fun meeting every PhD student can benefit from.” (Nina Gillis, University of Zürich, November 2019)
“The SSTMP meeting in Schwarzenberg allowed me again to get in touch with the research in parasitology and public health in Switzerland performed by fellow PhD students. From drug discovery, to imaging techniques and Omics approaches, many efforts are being put in place to unravel mechanisms behind parasites pathology and find ways to stop them in their tracks. This was again a successful and enlightening meeting.” (Rui Santos, University of Zurich, November 2019).
“The SSTMP students meeting is one of my most enjoyable educational experiences! I thoroughly enjoyed the rich interactions, mutual learning from the multi-disciplinary research within Parasitology, coupled with a nice and friendly atmosphere. I highly encourage young scientist to take the chance and participate in such a wonderful retreat. I Sincerely thank the organizers for making this great opportunity.” (Halim Mahmoud, STPH, November 2019)
“I extremely liked the SSTMP students meeting 2018 not only for the extremely interesting, and in my opinion, high quality students presentations talks but also for the opportunity to exchange with a variety of young scientist in different fields of parasitology” (Student feedback on the 2018 meeting, November 2018)
“I can say with conviction that the SSTMP student meeting 2016 in Grindelwald has been a wonderful experience for all participants. Not only did the meeting provide an ideal atmosphere for an unconstraint exchange between students, but also the invited speakers and the workshops were highly relevant for students and certainly an enrichment for everybody’s scientific development. The only downside was that the meeting was over too fast; but still, on the train ride back home, the students were engaged in discussions with other students they didn’t know two days earlier.” (Reto Rufener, University of Bern, November 2016)
“The SSTMP meeting in Grindelwald was a great opportunity for each of us to witness the research being done by our fellow PhD colleagues in the represented institutes in the fields of Parasitology and Public Health. Not only the scientific knowledge was invaluable, but the networking we got far surpassed what I was expecting. We not only discussed present ideas as much as future possibilities and that’s something we do not do everyday. To me, the 2016 SSTMP meeting was a true success.“ (Rui Santos, University of Zürich, November 2016)
