What? The annual Biotechnet event brings together students and scientists from academia and industry.

Why? The XVIII Summer School on Advanced Biotechnology 2024 provides students with introductory presentations on key topics and application challenges of biotechnology, covering a broad range of subjects in advanced biotechnology. Sessions include topics such as environmental biotech, energy, drug development and delivery, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and analytics.

When? It will take place from 1 - 4 September 2024

Where? in the Aula Grüntal which is located in the main building GA on the Campus Grüntal at ZHAW Wädenswil. Address: Grüentalstrasse 14, 8820 Wädenswil
Bus stop „Campus Grüental“ by bus 123, 126, 150 from Wädenswil train station. See ZVV Timetable. 

Who? Participants and lecturers will gather from a variety of European countries a range of European and Swiss universities  (FHNW, HES-SO, MCI the Entrepreneurial School and its Ulysseus Network of European Universities, University of Bern, University of Palermo, University of Zurich, ZHAW). Companies will have the opportunity to present themselves, along with their products and services, to a broad audience.
 

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Now in its 18th edition, the three-day Summer School on Advanced Biotechnology brings together students and scientists from academia and industry; alternating between locations in Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. The 2024 edition will be hosted by the ZHAW in Wädenswil and feature sessions on environmental biotech, energy, drug development and delivery, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and analytics. The programme will consist of short presentations from the Biotechnet member universities FHNW, HES-SO, University of Bern, ZHAW, University of Zürich, MCI Innsbruck, University of Palermo, and the Ulysseus European University Group. 

It provides students with presentations on key issues and application challenges in biotechnology, covering the broad range of topics in advanced biotechnology.

Network with professors and students from these schools in an informal setting, just minutes from the beautiful Lake Zürich. Students will reside mostly at the Youth Hostel Richterswil in modern rooms, right near the water.

XVIII Summer School on Advanced Biotechnology, 1 - 4 September 2024, Wädenswil, Switzerland
This is an excellent opportunity for you to present your biotechnology-related products, projects and offerings to the professionals of tomorrow. Speak one-on-one to students and lecturers during the coffee breaks and showcase your company, the focus of your activities and career paths inside your organization in the exhibition space.

Select from three different sponsorship packages and a list of add-ons.
Sponsorship and Exhibition Packages(PDF 409,9 KB) for companies

“I participated last year and enjoyed the summer school a lot! Especially, the talks on biocatalysis and nanotechnology broadened my horizons. For our group project at the summer school, we are proposed to grow fungus on fish sidestream. The fungus produces proteins that can be sold as supplements to the food industry.”
Anouk Petrillo, Bachelor in Chemistry, University Bern

“During the summer school, the lecture on preventing incorrect protein folding made an impression on me due to its potential for curing disease. I know that studying and working in biotechnology is the right path for me. Science is useless if we don’t apply it.”
Samuele De Santi, Master in Industrial and Biomolecular Biotechnology, University of Palermo

"My favorite lecture was by Adrien Roux from HEPIA. His talk was about organoids and brain on a chip. These types of technologies really interest me and I would like to work in this field later.”
Rosa Schier, BSc in Biotechnology, HES-SO

“I really enjoyed this year’s summer school and it was a good opportunity to expand my network! All the presentations were of high caliber and the speakers made them interesting. Even when the topic was challenging, they made it understandable.”
Alexandre Incandela, Bachelor in Biotechnology, HES-SO

“I appreciated the diversity within my group and the opinions of the various students. Also, it was a nice opportunity to talk with the speakers after presentations. All the bacteria that can influence the human body, behavior, and link to diseases was fascinating. That is why I was most interested in the talk on the microbiome.”
Marine Clivaz, BSc in Biotechnology, HES-SO

"My colleagues went to Palermo last year and had a great time. This year, at ZHAW in Wädenswil, I enjoyed all the topics at the summer school which gave me a broad perspective on new scientific ideas and possibilities. I was motivated to talk to people about potential career paths."
Laurin Schwarz, Double Degree International Biopharma: Masters in Biotechnology & Masters in Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, MCI and University of Padova