SST Annual Meeting 2025

20. November 2025, Basel

Welcome!

It is a pleasure to invite you to this year’s annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Toxicology. 

Once again we will offer exciting lectures and diverse sessions with well-balanced inputs from academia, industry and regulators. Besides the scientific presentations there will be various networking opportunities.

We warmly invite you to participate in the meeting and enjoy the event.

                Prof Dr. Shana Sturla
                President of the Swiss Society of Toxicology
Gina A. Montoya, PhD
Organizer of the Scientific Program

Venue

Radisson Blu Hotel Basel
Steinentorstrasse 25
4051 Basel
https://www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-basel 

Program

The meeting will be held with physical presence. Due to decreasing demand over the last couple of years, an option to attend virtually will not be available. The meeting will be held in English.

Draft Meeting Program

Program Highlighs

Keynote Lecture

This Keynote Lecture will be held by the Awardee of the SST 2025 Lectureship Award.

Keynote Lecture

The second keynote lecture will be held by Prof. Dr. Peter Wick,
Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at the ETHZ who will share his insights into the topic of Safety Evaluation of Nanomaterials.

Scientific Sessions

The scientific sessions this year will include presentations on:
- Discrepancies between applied dose and actual dose in in vitro assays
- Smart in vivo Studies, virtual controls and the need of recovery animals and
- Toxicological Effects of Micro- and Nanoplastics. 

Poster Session

We will host a dedicated poster session exploring various fields of toxicology, followed by a selection of short oral poster presentations and an poster award ceremony.

Poster Session

A poster session will be held on Thursday, 20. November 2025 starting at 12:00.
The scientific committee would like to encourage poster contributions from young toxicologists. 
Three poster prizes will be awarded to students or postdoctoral researchers. Selection of awardees will be based on scientific merit, relevance and clarity of presentation. 

Poster Abstract and Presentation Guidelines

  • Only one abstract per presenter
  • The abstract should state the purpose, methods, results and broader implications of the study
  • The abstract should be no longer than 2000 characters (no pictures, attachments or similar) and will be available for distribution to the meeting participants
  • Complete listing and correct order of all (co-)authors, correct formatting and grammar
  • Indicate at least one to max. five keywords (free choice)
  • Three posters will be selected for a short oral presentation. The authors selected for a short oral presentation will be informed separately. 
  • The prerequisite for presenting a poster or contributed talk is that it represents original work 
  • Please consider and accept that the abstracts of your poster will become available as printouts to the meeting participants.
  • We expect that the posters are mounted on Thursday, 20 November 2025 before 9:30 and attended by you during the Poster Session (12:00 – 13:30).
  • Please take care of removing your poster at the end of the last poster viewing opportunity (15:40).

Poster Abstract Submission

Abstract submission for the poster session will begin mid September. We will send an information email with all the details in the beginning of September.

Congress Dinner

Date: Thursday, 20. November 2025 starting at 18:30.
 
We are planning for a dinner at the restaurant of the Radisson Blu Hotel. The dinner cost is paid individual by each participant at the restaurant. The dinner expenses of students will be covered by the Swiss Society of Toxicology.

The dinner will be offered in a buffet form. Registration for the dinner is mandatory for all participants (possible through the Annual Meeting online registration form linked below).

Registration and Specific Conditions

The registration fees include:
- Welcome Coffee
- Attendance to all scientific sessions
- Coffee break and lunch

Registration Fees

Registration TypeFee
Member of the Swiss Society of ToxicologyCHF 100
Participant, not a member of the SSTCHF 150
Student or Post DocCHF 20

Registration procedure for the Annual Meeting 2025:

The registration will begin mid September. We will send an information email with all the details in the beginning of September.

Please not that no invoice will be sent automatically after registration. We therefore ask you kindly to transfer the amount corresponding to your registration type listed above (SST member/non SST member/student or post-doc) immediately after registration using the account information listed below:

IBAN: CH81 0024 3243 2716 0201 A
Swiss Society of Toxicology
Adlerfeldstrasse
4402 Frenkendorf 

Please mention in the information field:
• SST-Annual Meeting 2025
• Your name, in case the money transfer is not done via your own account 

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