Events & Meetings
The 56th Annual Meeting of SSN will be held in Basel 5-6 December 2024.
Please submit your abstract online at the SSN website till Sunday, 22 September 2024 and compete for the "Young Swiss Nephrology Award".
The YSN Picture Challenge Session will be held on Friday 6 December. See the details below.
The deadline for submission deadline is 6 October 2024.
Information Picture Challenge
Present an original or interesting picture (maximum 3 pictures) from the clinic.
Everyone has 5 minutes to present the case.
Prepare a 3-page PowerPoint presentation according to this Template (download here).
Please keep the text to a minimum. Let the picture speak for itself.
Slide 1: Main picture and a short introduction of the case (1-2 min).
Slide 2: Question to the audience (A-E); virtual voting (1 min).
Slide 3: Solution - Take Home Message/Teaching Point (1-2 min).
Further information:
List all authors with their affiliations (plus an email address of main author).
Images and the case description must be completely anonymized, and the images must be adapted accordingly. Neither the PowerPoint presentations nor the abstracts will be published (neither online nor in printed form).
Deadlines and more:
The corresponding author sends the submission at young@swissnephrology.ch, subject: YSN Picture Challenge.
Deadline for submission is Sunday 6 October 2024.
The presenting author must be registered at the SSN Annual Meeting.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Swiss Kidney Foundation - Call for research projects
Submit your project to apply for financial support from The Swiss Kidney Foundation ONLINE.
Deadline 18 August 2024
The funding decision will be communicated by middle of October 2024.
For more information contact: sekretariat@nierenstiftung.ch.
Participate in the Translational Nephrology CAS/DAS offered in collaboration by the University of Zurich and the University of Bern and get a solid foundation of renal physiology and pathophysiology. The whole programme is made up of six 4-month modules: every module starts with a kick-off session, continues with e-learning activities (supported by excellent online resources) and finishes with a return session. By completing the whole program, you are entitled to receive the Certificate/Diploma of Advance Studies.
Module 2: Acid-Base Homeostasis runs from
28 June to 22 November 2024
28 June to 22 November 2024
The registration perios is closed.
The Module Tutors are: Carsten A. Wagner, Pedro Imenez Silva, Alexander Ritter.
You can expect to gain knowledge and understanding of:
Tubular mechanism of renal handling of acids and bases.
Control of acid-base homeostasis and the respective role of the kidney, the lung, and other organs.
Mechanism of renal tubular acidosis and other kidney-related disturbances in acid-base balance.