Awards

Brunello Wüthrich Award

The Brunello Wüthrich - aha! Neurodermitis (Atopic Dermatitis) Research Prize for the best Poster presentation on Epidemiological, Clinical or Immunological Research in Atopic Dermatitis (amount of CHF 1’000.-)

Winner
  • Inflammatory Infiltrates and Signs of Gut Barrier Dysfunction in Atopic Dermatitis Patients
    Milad Ameri, Zürich
Logo: Stiftung aha!
Logo: SSAI

Biotest (Schweiz AG) Awards «Science Meets Quality»

Three Biotest Awards, each valued at CHF 1'000, will be presented for the best posters in the categories of 'Basic Immunology,' 'Clinical Immunology,' and 'Allergology/Allergy or Translational Science'

Winner for BEST POSTER IN ALLERGOLOGY
  • Dupilumab/ anti-IL-4R alpha modulates Inflammatory Macrophage Memory in T2-high Asthma
    Isika Ram, Epalinges
Winner for BEST POSTER IN BASIC IMMUNOLOGY
  • Inborn errors of immunity promote a spectrum of gain-of-survival states of lymphocytes with autoreactive properties
    Christoph Schultheiss, Basel
Winner for BEST POSTER IN CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
  • Tofacitinib in the Treatment of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Towards Steroid-Sparing Disease Management
    Melina Stüssi-Helbling, Zürich
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Swiss Autoimmune Liver Disease Award 2026

Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino offers one award, valued at CHF 500.-, for the BEST ORAL PRESENTATION IN THE FIELD OF AILD, selected by the scientific committee.

Winner
  • A single-cell atlas of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury links shared liver-tumour CD8+ T cell clones to cytotoxicity and macrophage crosstalk
    Sarp Uzun, Basel
Logo: Fondazione Epatocentro Ticino

Gilead Science Switzerland Award

The Gilead Science Switzerland Award Research Prize will be awarded for the best Poster on Autoimmune Liver Disease Research (amount of CHF 500.-)

Winner
  • Discovery of Novel MRGPRX4 Agonists and Antagonists with Implications for Hepatobiliary Pruritus
    Silvia Mary Pickering, Zürich
Logo: aha

Acteria

Fondation ACTERIA offers one CHF 1’000.- award for the best oral presentation each on the following topics during the Annual Congress of the SSAI:
Allergology, Basic Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Translational Science

Winner for BEST ORAL PRESENTATION IN ALLERGOLOGY
  • Fine-needle aspiration and CyTOF immune profiling of lymph nodes after grass pollen allergen intralymphatic immunotherapy: a randomized pilot trial
    Pål Johansen, Zürich
Winner for BEST ORAL PRESENTATION IN BASIC IMMUNOLOGY
  • The transcription factor RFX7 in the development of autoreactive B cells and autoimmunity
    Swastika Mukherjee, Bellinzona
Winner for BEST ORAL PRESENTATION IN CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
  • Autoantibody-Based Stratification of Extraglandular Manifestation Risk in Sjögren’s Disease
    Geoffrey Urbanski, Genève
Winner for BEST ORAL PRESENTATION IN TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
  • Intratumoral microbiota and host genotype cooperatively shape neutrophil cytotoxic functions in colorectal cancer
    Elisa Sorrenti, Bellinzona
Logo: Acteria

SYIS – Best oral presentation Award

The Swiss Young Immunologists Society (SYIS) offers one award for the best oral presentation among its members

Winner
  • An unconventional cyclin regulates cysteinyl leukotriene release from tuft cells during parasite infections
    Pascal Flüchter, Zürich
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