Opening Remarks

Annette Oxenius is Vice President for Research at ETH Zurich and Full Professor of Immunology in the Department of Biology. Her work explores how T and B cells shape immune responses during viral infections, providing fundamental insights into both acute and persistent disease. She earned her doctorate at ETH Zurich and pursued postdoctoral research with Rodney Phillips at the University of Oxford before returning to ETH in 2002, where she became Full Professor in 2012.

Recognized with honors such as the Cloëtta Prize and election to EMBO, her research has made lasting contributions to infection immunology. As Vice President, she emphasizes that fundamental and applied research are both vital to innovation, and she is committed to strengthening ETH as a hub for cross-disciplinary discovery at the interface of technology, life sciences and medicine.