Swiss Steroid Symposium 2025
Friday, 27 June 2025
We look forward to seeing you at the Swiss Steroid Symposium taking place on Friday June 27, 2025 at the University of Bern.
The symposium will take place at the vonRoll Building of the University of Bern located from 10:00 till 17:00, followed by an Apéro.
Please register for the symposium by sending an email to therina.dutoit@unibe.ch or clarissa.voegel@irm.uzh.ch until 13th of June 2025.
Symposium Program: follow us on LinkedIn for all updates and insights into our speakers!
| Time | Speaker |
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| 09.55 | Opening and Welcome | |
| 10.00 | Serge Rudaz (Geneva) | From Questions to Signals: Exploring Hidden Dimensions of Steroids through Extended Profiling |
| Tobias Langer (Lausanne) | Analysis of Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids in Urine for Doping Controls - Classical and Alternative Approaches | |
| 10.25 | ||
| Daniel Ackermann (Bern) | Urinary Steroid Profile: The Bern Experience | |
| 10.50 | ||
| 11.15 | Vendor Talks | |
| 11.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.00 | Christoph Schumacher (DAMIAN Pharma) | Aldosterone Synthase Inhibition for Patients with Primary Aldosteronism |
| 13.25 | Tina Binz (Zürich) | Stressed from Head to Toe: The Stress Marker Cortisol in Hair- and Nail-Analysis |
| 13.50 | Carole Bourquin (Bern) | Endogenous Steroid Hormones Determine the Efficacy of Cancer Immunotherapy |
| 14.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 15.00 | Ivana Jaric (Zürich) | Sex Steroid Hormones in Basic and Preclinical Rodent Research |
| 15.25 | Andrea Felser (Bern) | Mitochondrial Dysfunction Rewires Adrenal Steroidogenesis: From Cortisol Deficiency to Androgen Excess |
| 15.50 | Boris Quednow (Zürich) | Pharmacological Modulators of Steroids in Hair |
| 16.15 | Alex Odermatt (Basel) | New Insights into Glucocorticoids: Of Mice and Men and Gut Feelings |
| 16.45 | Closing Remarks | |
| 17.00 | Apéro! | |
Objective
Steroid research investigates the biosynthesis, catabolism, biological activity and physiological effects of steroid hormones, encompassed in the study of endocrinology. During the Swiss Steroid Symposium 2025, Swiss researchers will present and discuss their latest steroid research findings, kick-starting Swiss-orientated collaborations for future investigations.
Significance
Bringing highly trained Swiss specialist in the field of steroid hormones together will provide a view into the state and position of steroid research in Switzerland and will spark conversations on new research avenues, future collaborative grant applications and updates concerning current running projects ―with the end goal of promoting steroid research in Switzerland.
Directions to venue
By public transport from Bern, Hauptbahnhof: Postbus 101 Schlossmatt, Güterbahnhof stop (followed by a 3 min walk) or Bus 20 Länggasse, Länggasse stop (followed by a 8 min walk).
By car: Take the A12 and exit at ‘Forsthaus’; Parking available at ‘Inselspital’ which is on site, however with limited parking space available.
VonRoll Building of the University of Bern located at Fabrikstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Lecture Hall 102.
Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uHQVvXYc9PYcYf6n8
Lunch, coffee, tea & water
Lunch will be served in the Fabrikstrasse 8 building (Mense vonRoll). Coffee, tea and snacks will be served in the ground floor foyer. The Apéro will also be served in the ground floor foyer.
Internet access
The University of Bern has Eduroam access. Eduroam is a worldwide roaming service and can be accessed using your home-university account.
Photos
Photos of attendees and speakers will be taken throughout the symposium, which will be subsequently published online on social media platforms. If you wish not to be photographed, please inform one of the symposium organisers. Participants may also request that photos of them be removed from social media at any time following their publication online.