Coming to the University of Chicago, from July 9-11, 2025!
This page last updated June 23, 2025.
Bats are the recognized reservoir host of several of the world’s most high profile emerging zoonotic diseases; yet they appear not to experience substantial disease from infections that cause high pathology in other mammals. This 4th Triennial BatID 2025 meeting brings together an interdisciplinary array of virologists, immunologists, geneticists, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists to interrogate the role of bats as pathogen hosts.
View the detailed conference schedule here.
All BatID speakers, please upload your final conference presentation here by 8 am CT on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
Location: Cloister Club, Ida Noyes Hall, The University of Chicago
Session Chair, part 1: Dr. Cara Brook, University of Chicago
Session Chair, part 2: Dr. Karen Sears, University of California-Los Angeles
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Liliana Davalos, Stony Brook University
Session Chair: Dr. Arinjay Banerjee, VIDO, University of Saskatechwan
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Benhur Lee, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Location: Cloister Club, Ida Noyes Hall, The University of Chicago
Session Chair: Dr. Daniel Becker, University of Oklahoma
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Daniel Streicker, University of Glasgow
Session Chair: Dr. Stephanie Seifert, Washington State University
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Simon Anthony, University of California-Davis
Session Chair: Dr. Hannah Frank, Tulane University
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Tigga Kingston, Texas Tech University
Conference attendees who have not already booked dormitory lodging should book alternative lodging options independently.
There are three hotels available in the Hyde Park, Chicago area, which can be accessed easily on foot from the University of Chicago: the Sophy, the Hyatt Place Chicago-South, and the Study.
A variety of other hotel options are available in the Chicago Loop, which can be accessed easily from the University of Chicago via a 20-minute ride on the Metric Electric lightrail (at the 55th-56th-57th Street stop).
Two international airports offer easy metro/lightrail access to the University of Chicago: O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Midway International Airport (MDW).
MDW is a little closer to UChicago and therefore our recommendation if you are able to find equivalent flight options to either airport.
Getting here: The University of Chicago is easily accessible from both O’Hare (ORD) and Midway International Airports (MDW). You can take the Blue line (ORD) or Orange line (MDW) “L” to the Loop, then transfer to the Metra Electric at Millenium Station. From there, you can take the Metra direct to Hyde Park, getting off at either the 51st/53rd St. Hyde Park stop or the 55th-56th-57th Street stop to walk to your lodging.
Some recommended local restaurants that are unlikely to require reservations include:
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