STS - 24th Annual Meeting January 21-22, 2027 at the Seepark Hotel in Thun
Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends,
The 2026 STS Annual Meeting was a great success and has just taken place on January 22 and 23.Please already save the date for the 24th edition in 2027, which will be held on January 21 and 22 at the Congress Hotel Seepark in Thun.
All relevant information will follow in due course.
We look forward to welcoming you in Thun on this occasion.
Prof. Jean Villard
President STS
STS Annual Meetings & courses in the future
| NEXT MEETINGS | DATE | VENUE |
| Transplant Fellow Course | Fri 08.05.2026 | Children's Hospital, CHUV, Lausanne |
| 24th | 21 - 22.01.2027 | Seepark Hotel, Thun |
| 25th | 20 - 21.01.2028 | Seepark Hotel, Thun |
| 26th | 25 - 26.01.2029 | Seepark Hotel, Thun |
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HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ANNUAL CONGRESS JANUARY 23-24, 2025
STS Awards 2025 (PAPERS)
Kindly supported by Astellas, OM Pharma, MSD and SwissTransplant
1. Integrating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor high-resolution genotyping for predicting transplant outcomes in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - Antonia Schafer, Geneva
1. Determining safe washout period for immune checkpoint inhibitors prior to liver transplantation: An international retrospective cohort study - Beat Möckli, Geneva
2. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination in Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients - Jonas Lötscher, Basel
2. Temmporal evolution of living donor liver transplantation survival—A United Network for Organ Sharing registry study - Christian Magyar, Bern
3. Surgical Site Infections, Risk Factors, and Outcomes After Liver Transplant - Peter Schreiber, Zurich
3. Transbronchial cryobiopsy alone versus combined with traditional forceps biopsy for acute cellular rejection in lung transplant recipients. A diagnostic randomized trial - Carolin Steinack, Zurich (presented by Thomas Gaisl)
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STS Best Oral & Best Poster Presentations (SUBMISSIONS)
The Scientific Committee is pleased to award the best oral and the best poster presentations, recognising outstanding work conducted in 2025 by young fellows. Kindly supported by Astellas.
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD
Cardiovascular outcomes in solid-organ transplant recipients of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study
Julien Vionnet, Lausanne
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Microvascular inflammation is influenced by the KIR peripheral repertoire and CMV infection in kidney transplanted patients
Valérie OLIVIER; Geneva
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STS Innovation Awards 2025
Kindly supported by Astellas.
We are pleased to announce the laureate of the STS Innovation Award 2025
Matthias DIEBOLD and Team
In recognition of their outstanding scientific/clinical achievements in the field of Solid Organ Transplantation, particularly based on:
Diebold M, Gauthier PT, Mayer KA, Mackova M, Hinze C, Chang J, Patel UD, Schütz E, Jilma B, Schrezenmeier E, Budde K, Böhmig GA, Halloran PF. EIect of felzartamab anti-CD38 treatment on the molecular phenotype of antibody mediated rejection in kidney transplant biopsies. Nat Med 2025; 31(5): 1668–1676. Impact factor 2024: 50
Diebold M, Vietzen H, Schatzl M, Mayer KA, Haindl S, Heinzel A, et al. Functional Natural Killer-cell Genetics and Microvascular Inflammation After Kidney Transplantation: An Observational Cohort Study. Transplantation 2025; 1;109(5):860–70. Impact factor 2024: 5.0
Diebold M, Vietzen H, Heinzel A, Haindl S, Herz CT, Mayer K, et al. Natural killer cell functional genetics and donor-specific antibody-triggered microvascular inflammation. Am J Transplant 2024;24(5):743–54. Impact factor 2024: 8.2
