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The SCTO is an independent organisation and is based on a joint initiative of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.

As of 2017, the SCTO is a research infrastructure of national importance funded by the State Secretariat of Education, Research and Innovation and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Symposium 2012

scto symposium

Personalised Medicine

The third symposium of the SCTO was held on 14th June 2012 in Zurich, jointly organised with the University Hospital Zurich (USZ). On the subject of “Personalised Medicine in Clinical Research” leading national and international experts gave an insight into the latest developments in this currently extremely dynamic research area.

Presenters

Welcome
Dayer, Pierre, Medical Director, University Hospitals Geneva (HUG)
Grätz, Klaus W., Collège des Doyens of the Swiss Faculties of Medicine
Zünd, Gregor B., Director Research and Education, University Hospital Zurich

Session I: The Path to Personalised Medicine
Dayer, Pierre, Medical Director, University Hospitals Geneva (HUG)
Meyer, Urs A., Biozentrum, University of Basel
Frueh, Felix W., Medco Research Institute, USA

Session II: Personalised Medicine in Academia
Meier-Abt, Peter J., Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, Basel
Krek, Wilhelm, Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETHZ, Zurich (présentation ne pas disponible)
Moch, Holger, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich (présentation ne pas disponible)
Jüni, Peter, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern

Session III: Personalised Medicine in Industry
Pralong, François, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne
Mooser, Vincent, Department of Laboratories, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne
Peck, Richard, Global Head Clinical Pharmacology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. 

Session IV: Personalised Medicine and Society
Driessen, Christoph, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Hurst, Samia, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Geneva
Vayena, Effy, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich

Roundtable: Pros and Cons in the Era of Personalised Medicine
Zünd, Gregor B., Director Research and Education, University Hospital Zurich
Cavalli, Franco, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona
Hafen, Ernst, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETHZ, Zurich
Papassotiropoulos, Andreas, Division of Molecular Psychology, Biozentrum, University of Basel

Poster Session Award Winners

1. Cerciello Ferdinando, Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, and Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Clinic of Oncology, University Hospital Zurich
2. Gotta Verena, Division de Pharmacologie et Toxicologie cliniques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne
3. Bonvini John, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich