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Issue 57 - June 2026

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  • Academic Life

Laurent Kaiser: “With viruses, unpredictability is the rule”

Professor Laurent Kaiser is stepping down as head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the HUG and from the HUG-UNIGE Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, which he co-founded ten years ago. A pioneering virologist and team-builder, he has lived through four decades of pandemics — from AIDS to COVID-19, by way of SARS, H1N1 and Ebola — often against the prevailing current, yet always convinced of the need to support, develop and pass on.

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  • Research

The language the brain thinks in

Every 60 to 120 milliseconds, the brain's electrical activity shifts to a new configuration. These EEG microstates appear to be the elementary building blocks of thought, perception and conscious experience. Christoph Michel and Lucie Bréchet publish a review in Trends in Neurosciences that takes stock of forty years of research for advancing diagnostic tools in neuropsychiatric disorders.

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  • Education

Two years in, the primary care / family medicine specialisation track is building real momentum

Two years ago, the Faculty of Medicine made a wager: to immerse students in the realities of family medicine, directly in GP practices, starting from their second year. with the Primary Care – Family Medicine track. Feedback, from students and teaching practitioners alike, confirms that this momentum is here to stay.

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  • 2 Minutes With

Two minutes with... Hajar El Ahanidi

Stop time? Hajar El Ahanidi sometimes wishes she could.
From her native Morocco, she has carved a path through the world of research — first at Dartmouth College in the United States, then at the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine. A postdoctoral researcher in Camilla Jandus's laboratory, in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, she works on bladder cancer.

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  • Events

#GenevaLovesData: data science takes up summer residence

This summer, Geneva hosts #GenevaLovesData. A series of awareness events — a public forum, an open-air exhibition, and a live performance — will bring data science and its contribution to society, research, medicine and the economy into the spotlight. Initiated by the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, the programme reinforces Geneva's position as a global reference hub for reliable, high-quality data.

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  • Events

Geneva Digital Health Day: where digital health gets real

On 21 May, the Geneva Digital Health Hub brought together more than 300 specialists at Campus Biotech with more than 1,000 participants online for the third edition of the Geneva Digital Health Day. At the heart of the discussions: how to move from small digital health pilot projects to large-scale implementation — and how to avoid repeating the same mistakes in building programmes that last and benefit as many people as possible.

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  • Academic Life

Andrew Azman joins the Faculty to strengthen infectious disease research

Associate Professor at the Institute of Global Health, Andrew Azman combines field epidemiology with statistical and mathematical modelling. Closely affiliated with the HUG-UNIGE Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, and co-recipient of the 2026 Leenaards Scientific Prize, his appointment strengthens Geneva's growing infectious disease hub.

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  • Academic Life

Sustainability takes root in the Faculty of Medicine's core mission

The Faculty of Medicine has developped its first ecological transition strategy. Built on a structured assessment drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data, it lays the groundwork for the changes needed to drive a transition grounded in the Faculty's realities and aligned with the University of Geneva's institutional direction.

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Latest appointments

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Awards April to June 2026

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