Prof. Adrian Egli
Director, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich

The value of freezing microbes

Prof. Adrian Egli is the chair of medical microbiology and director of the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich. Since 2025, he acts the deputy-director of the Swiss Biobanking Platform. His research focuses on host-pathogen interactions, where he and his team explore evolutionary aspects of virulence and antibiotic drug resistance in vitro and in vivo. In addition, he also explores the role of bacterial communities. For his research activities, he has built multiple biobanks of single pathogens and microbiota.

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Prof. Claudio Bassetti

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern

Prof. Antoine Geissbühler

Dean of the faculty of medicine, University of Geneva; Director of teaching and research, Geneva University Hospitals; Head of the division of eHealth and telemedicine, Geneva University Hospitals

Dr. Liis Leitsalu

EBMG registered genetic counsellor, The myGenome initiative

Dr. Katrin Männik

Chief Operating Officer at the Health2030 Genome Center

Prof. André Uitterlinden

Em. Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Coordinator of the Genome of Europe project

Prof. Marialuisa Lavitrano

Full professor at the University Milano – Bicocca; Director BBMRI.it, Italian Node of BBMRI-ERIC; Director, vice-president EOSC

Dr. Sara Nussbeck

Head of Central Biobank UMG

Prof. Jens Habermann

BBMRI-ERIC Director General

Prof. Jivko Stoyanov

Group Leader at Swiss Paraplegic Research. Head of the SwiSCI Biobank

Dr. Michaël Weisskopf

Head Research Biobanking Service Center at Universitätsspital Zürich

Dr. Christine Joye

Executive Director of Swiss Biobanking

Prof. Martin Fiedler

Medical Director of Insel Gruppe
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