Registration is open and will close on 28 November 2025.

Founded in 1949, the Blood Transfusion Service, Swiss Red Cross, Zurich began supplying blood to Zurich hospitals from a small facility on Gassnerallee. In the early 1950s the Federal Council charged the Swiss Red Cross with organizing a cost-covering national blood donation service based on voluntary, unpaid donations, a mandate the Foundation has upheld ever since and continuously developed.

Today the Blood Transfusion Service, Swiss Red Cross, Zurich employs about 220 people at sites in Zurich, Schlieren, Winterthur, and Uster and processes around 50,000 donations annually, with strong focus on donor health and patient safety. The organisation is now a high‑tech transfusion‑medicine provider, research leader and specialist in rare blood types, and — together with partners in Graubünden, Eastern and Central Switzerland — supplies roughly 40% of the Swiss population.

Program of the day 9:30 - 14:00

- Welcome, Fani Kalaitsidis, ZHBSD & Dr. Markus Rimann, Competence Center TEDD

- Buy Platelet Lysate now (hPL), Prof. Dimitrios Tsakiris, Head of Medical Department

- Serum Eye Drops - a new aspect in hemotherapy, Prof. Birgit Gathof, Head of Research & Development

- Insights into blood group diagnostis, Dr. Stefan Meyer, Head of Genetics Departement

- Site-Tour: Blood Collection Center Limmattal, Screening & Immunohematology-Labs, Production, Blood bank, By individual department heads

- Networking lunch


Location
Blutspende SRK Zürich
Dienstleistungszentrum
Rütistrasse 19
8952 Schlieren

On 3 November 2025 members of the TEDD community visited University Children’s Hospital Zurich (KISPI) to explore its pioneering work in pediatric oncology and regenerative medicine. Presentations highlighted the hospital’s integration of cutting-edge research with compassionate care, with a special focus on diffuse midline glioma (DMG/DIPG) — one of the most complex childhood brain tumors. A laboratory tour showcased state-of-the-art imaging and organoid platforms linking research to clinical practice. The visit concluded with networking and discussions on future collaboration, reflecting a shared commitment to advancing pediatric cancer care through interdisciplinary science and human-centered innovation.

Information: This is the last time we are using the circular TEDD Logo. In the future, we will only use the ZHAW Logo.

All meetings are in-person unless stated "online".

4 December 2025
TEDD Visit Blutspende ZHBSD, Switzerland

24-26 March 2026
THE 3R LÄND Conference, Tübingen, Germany

Yearly TEDD Partnership fee 2025 is CHF 500.

TEDD Partnership conditions:

• Two people from TEDD Partner organization can attend TEDD events free of charge. Subsequent people from this organization will receive a 50% discount for that event.
• TEDD Partnership period is from January to December of the given year.
• TEDD Partnership extends for the following year unless cancelled.
• TEDD Partner can cancel partnership latest on 30 November of the current year effective next year by sending us an email on info.tedd@zhaw.ch.