Dear Biotechnet members, colleagues, and friends,

We hope you're having a great summer with restful time off with family and friends.

Biotechnet is pleased to welcome a new member from the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology: the laboratory for biological analysis and references. 

The fall is always a busy time, but we hope you'll carve out a spot for our upcoming events - a few of which are happening before the semester starts.

And finally, many national and international funding calls in biotechnology have deadlines coming up. We wish you luck as you polish and submit your applications.

News

Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS) joins Biotechnet as group member

Laboratory for Biological Analysis and References

Group leader: Tobias Heck

We use microbiological and metrologically traceable molecular biological detection methods for the quantification of nucleic acids, to support laboratory medicine and food safety.

Upcoming events

August 27, 2026

Kantonsspital Aarau

Digital Health Lab Symposium 2026

Sessions on systems medicine, radiooncology, AI in clinics, and AI in physiotherapy

September 8-9, 2026

HES-SO, Sion

Food Biotechnology Conference

Organised by the Plant, Agriculture and Food Division of the European Federation of Biotechnology

September 15, 2026

blue Cinema Abaton, Zürich

TechBio Day

From point-of-care to on-body intelligence

October 20, 2026

Kongresszentrum Kreuz, Bern

The validation journey of NAMs

Practical examples in toxicology

October 21-22 2026

Bodenseeforum, Konstanz

Diagnostics-4-Future

Sessions on precision medicine, antimicrobial resistance, cancer and point-of-care diagnostics

October 29-30, 2026

Osttor, Winterthur

Swiss Symposium in Point-of-Care Diagnostics

Insights from the clinic, industry, regulators and research

Funding

Bridge Proof-of-Concept

For young researchers who want to develop an application or service based on their research results

Deadline: September 7, 2026

Innosuisse Eureka Biotech Call

As part of the Eureka initiative, Swiss companies and research institutes are invited to undertake R&D projects focused on biotech at an international level.

Deadline: September 25, 2026

Horizon Europe calls related to biotechnology

• Advancing the European bio-based innovation enabled by biotechnology and biomanufacturing concepts – Deadline Sept 17, 2026

• Biotech routes for valorisation of residual biomass – Deadline Sept 26, 2026

• Boosting biorefinery competitiveness through biotech – Deadline Sept 26, 2026

• Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils – Deadline Sept 23, 2026

• Improving circularity of multilayer flexible plastic food contact packaging – Deadline Sept 17, 2026

• Advanced recovery of critical raw materials from waste from electrical and electronic equipment – Sept 17, 2026

• European Partnership on Rare Diseases – Deadline Sept 26, 2026

• Virtual Human Twin (VHT) Models for Cancer Research – Deadline Sept 15, 2026

• Microbiome for early cancer prediction before the onset of disease – Deadline Sept 15, 2026

• From lab to market: Strengthening the role of Technology Transfer Offices in bringing knowledge to the market – Deadline Sept 22, 2026

• Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing – Deadline Oct 28, 2026

Euresearch information events

Webinar: Horizon Europe Cluster 1 Funding Opportunities

• Health Cluster 1

• Cancer Mission

• Innovative Health Initiative (IHI)

• EDCTP3 (Global Health Initiative)

• EIT Health

September 1, 2026 13.00-14.00

Webinar: Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Funding Opportunities

• Food

• Bioeconomy

• Natural Resources

• Agriculture

• Environment

October 6, 2026 09.30-11.00

Job Postings

• Senior Biomedical Signal Processing Engineer (F/M/D) 100% CSEM

• Professor UAS in Food Chemistry (80-100%) HES-SO

• Postdoctoral Researcher in AI/ML-driven LC-MS for biopharmaceutical characterization (80%) HES-SO

• Project Manager for European Digital Innovation Hub (50%-60%) FHNW

• Professor*in Medizininformatik "Bildgestützte Prozesse in der Medizin" (80-100%) FHNW

• Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in in Biomedizinischer Labordiagnostik (100 %) ZHAW

• Postdoctoral researcher in Nanotechnology / Surface Science / Polymer Science 80 % - Uni Zürich Department of Chemistry

• Stellvertretende/r leitende/r biomedizinische/r Analytiker/in HF (Teamleitung in der Bakteriologie) 90 - 100 % - Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie Uni Zürich