Thematic Module 5

Biosafety and biosecurity are disciplines that developed tools to prevent health hazards for humans, animals and plants. In TM5, the theoretical principles of biosecurity and biosafety are introduced, followed by a discussion on their application within a One Health approach, supported by concrete case studies. Participants will visit the Spiez Laboratory, which specialises in highly infectious diseases and engage in real-life, hands-on exercises. The module is taught in collaboration with the Swiss Biosecurity Network (SBNet).

Day 1: biosafety and biosecurity linked to One Health
Day 2: an excursion to the Spiez Laboratory (Canton of Bern); visit and simulation exercise in the case of an outbreak

Lecturers

Kathrin Summermatter, Dr. rer. nat., Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK), University of Bern, BIO

Dirk Hamburger, Dr., Cantonal Laboratory, Canton Basel-City, BIO

Horst Posthaus, Prof., PhD, Dipl. ECVP, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, BIO

Franziska Oeschger Lavrovsky, Institute for Infectious Diseases (IFIK), University of Bern, BIO

Elisabetta Peduzzi, Dr. phil. nat., Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (SECB), Federal Office for the Environment, BIO

Daniel Kümin, PhD, Agroscope, BIO

Linda Hüsser, Dr., Institute of Virology and Immunology, Universoty of Bern, BIO

Karin Darpel, Dr., Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of Bern, BIO

César Metzger, Dr., Biology Division, Spiez Laboratory, BIO