Program
4th Swiss RNA Therapeutics Summit
Thursday, 28 January 2027 · University of Bern
Preliminary program · Schedule and program details are subject to change.
More speakers will be announced soon.
Registration, coffee and poster mounting
Welcome desk opens.
Session 1 · Opening keynote and emerging translation projects
Opening remarks
Daniel Blessing · HAYA Therapeutics
Update
Magdalini Polymenidou · University of Zurich
Talk title to be announced
Coffee break and poster session
Coffee, networking and poster viewing.
Session 2 · Short talks
Roxanne von Heurck · Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)
Talk title to be announced
Julia Djonova · Swissmedic
Update
Lunch, poster session and networking
Networking lunch and poster discussions.
Session 3 · Emerging translation projects in academia
- 13:50Sebastian Sjöström · ETH Zurich
Rare kidney disease - 14:05Sean Froesne · Kinderspital Zürich
Talk title to be announced - 14:20Laura Teodori · ETH Zurich
High-throughput screening for N-of-1 projects
Session 4 · Translation projects: progress reports
- 14:50Felix Baier · CALDRE
Talk title to be announced - 15:00Tom Edwardson · Procavea
Talk title to be announced - 15:10Arka Banerjee · 80SBio GmbH
Talk title to be announced
Christian Berk · E. Blum & Co. AG
How to navigate the IP arena in starting out
Coffee break and poster session
Coffee, networking and poster viewing.
Session 5 · Industry presentations and closing keynote
- 16:20Soham Mandal · Axolabs
Talk title to be announced - 16:35Felix Gnerlich · RiboCure
Talk title to be announced
Gerald Schwank · University of Zurich
Genome editing
Concluding remarks followed by apéro
Closing of the scientific programme and informal networking.
4th Swiss RNA Therapeutics Summit
Thursday, 28 January 2027 · University of Bern
Preliminary programme · Times and programme details are subject to change.
Registration, coffee and poster mounting
Welcome desk opens.
Session 1 · Opening keynote and industry
Opening remarks
Speaker details to be announced.
Update
Daniel Blessing · Haya Therapeutics
Industry perspectives
- 10:00Roche · Details to be announced
- 10:15Bachem · Details to be announced
- 10:30Cytiva · Details to be announced
Coffee break and poster session
Coffee, networking and poster viewing.
Session 2 · Short talks
HUG, Esperare and nLorem
Roxanne von Heurck · HUG, Geneva
Update
Julia Djonova · Swissmedic
Lunch, poster session and networking
Networking lunch and poster discussions.
Session 3 · Emerging translation projects in academia
Rare kidney disease
Sebastian Sjöström · ETH Zurich
Details to be announced
Sean Froesne · University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Obesity?
Ramesh Pillai · University of Geneva
High-throughput screening for N-of-1 projects
Laura Teodori · ETH Zurich
Session 4 · Translation projects: progress reports
Academic and biotechnology updates
- 14:50Felix Baier · CALDRE
- 15:00Tom Edwardson · Precavea
- 15:10Arka Banerjee · 80S Bio GmbH
How to navigate the IP arena when starting out
Christian Berk · Blum
Coffee break and poster session
Coffee, networking and poster viewing.
Session 5 · Industry and closing keynote
Manufacturing, analytics and GMP
- 16:05Hartmut Jahns · Novartis · Manufacturing and analytics
- 16:20Axolabs · Berlin GMP
- 16:35Company and speaker to be announced
Details to be announced
Gerald Schwank · University of Michigan
Concluding remarks followed by apéro
Closing of the scientific programme and informal networking.
Let’s keep the conversation going.
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