Physiology is one of the pillars of biomedical research, as its own discipline but also as one of the basic disciplines in medical science. Physiology helps us understand the principles of how the body functions. Physiology extends our knowledge of the interaction of cells and organs to the level of the entire organism, with the complex interactions among all its components. In other words, physiology follows a holistic approach which is indispensable for understanding our body.

Understanding the physiological situation also means that we get a better understanding of dysfunction of cells, tissues, organs and of the entire metabolism. Eventually, this will enable us to identify novel therapeutic targets for prevention and treatment of diseases. 

The Swiss Physiological Society was founded in 1969 and merged with LS² in 2016 as a section.
This section has the following goals:

• to promote physiology in research and teaching
• to support promising young researchers 
• to strengthen physiology worldwide

Thomas Lutz: President
University of Zurich
tomlutz@vetphys.uzh.ch

David Hoogewijs: Vice-President
University of Fribourg
david.hoogewijs@unifr.ch 

Christine Peinelt: Past-President
University of Bern
christine.peinelt@ibmm.unibe.ch 

Zhihong Yang 
University of Fribourg
zhihong.yang@unifr.ch

Nicolas Demaurex
University of Geneva
nicolas.demaurex@unige.ch

Marc Chanson
University of Geneva
marc.chanson@unige.ch

Maud Frieden
University of Geneva
Maud.Frieden@unige.ch

Nina Ullrich
University of Bern
nina.ullrich@unibe.ch

We had a fantastic day at the Swiss Physiology Meeting 2025 yesterday! 

We were thrilled to welcome an inspiring community of scientists, sharing cutting-edge research and fresh insights in their fields. Thomas Nevian and Timo Müller delivered great plenary talks, 14 ECRs competed for YIA prizes and everyone got to attend a great industry exhibition. See meeting pictures HERE.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, and special appreciation to our amazing organizing team: Thomas, Nina, and David. Moreover, this event would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors. 

Congratulations to all Young Investigator Award winners: 

PhD students:

Masaba Sayor Baroi (UNIBE) - Best oral presentation
Océane Derivaz (UNIFR) - 2nd best oral presentation
Sophie Ebert (UNIBAS) - Best poster flash talk

Postdocs:

Carina Osterhof (UNIFR) - Best oral presentation 
Shannon Cox (UZH) - 2nd best oral presentation
Thomas Forro (UNIBE) - Best poster flash talk

We are especially grateful to the Stiftung für Physiologie and Ernst Niggli for making these awards possible. 

Congrats also to Oleg Mikhajlov for winning the Best Poster Award, sponsored by Nikon.

Looking forward to see you all next year!

Federation of European Physiological Societies

International Union of Physiological Sciences

Swiss Physiology Meetings websites and pictures 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024.

The previous Physiology meeting websites are accessible here:

LS² past event.

• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2016
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2017
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2018
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2019
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2020
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2021
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2022
• Swiss Physiology Meeting 2024

If you would like to learn about previous Physiology meeting programs, please refer to the pdf below.