Our mission
We connect key players and bring together the competences needed to protect society from biological risks from communicable diseases. We take a comprehensive ‘One Health’ approach and are engaged in the areas of prevention, detection and management. We are your single point of contact to prepare together for biological risks.
News
Annual Symposium 2026
EventsSave the date for our annual symposium which will take place on Friday 20th November 2026 1-5pm, followed by an apéro, sitem-insel, Bern.
All are welcome! More information will follow.
Six new member institutions
NewsRecently, six institutions have joined the Swiss Biorisk Alliance as new members:
- University Hospital Basel
- eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
- Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zürich
- DeepVax GmbH, a spin-off of the University of Bern
- Kantonales Führungsorgan KFO Bern
- Jenal & Partners Biosafety Consulting GmbH
We are very happy to welcome the new members and to see the Swiss Biorisk Alliance expand its network and expertise.
Annual Report 2025
PublicationsOver the course of 2025, the Swiss Biorisk Alliance has grown into a Swiss-wide network with member and partner institutions in all language regions of Switzerland. We held a very informative strategy workshop, focusing on diagnostics & surveillance as well as on vaccines, and successfully organized our annual symposium on “One Health preparedness".
More information on our activities in 2025 are now published in the Annual Report 2025, available in English and German.
Meet the people behind the Swiss Biorisk Alliance
NewsGet to know some of the people behind the Swiss Biorisk Alliance, including our president Prof. Dr. med. Stephen Leib, in a series of short video statements.
Network
Our network connects institutions with key competencies from academia, the private sector, government and the non-profit sector. Following a comprehensive ‘One Health’ approach, we combine expertise from the human, veterinary and environmental sectors.