Conference registration is now open through April 15!
Dormitory lodging is available to reserve through April 15!
This page last updated March 17, 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.
Abstract submissions are now closed.
Applicants will be notified of their status by early April 2025.
Applications for registration fee waivers and travel scholarships are now closed.
Scholarship applicants will be notified of their status by late March 2025.
February 24, 2025: Registration is open for BatID 2025!
Register for a conference ticket here by April 15, 2025.
Registration fees are as follows:
Dormitory lodging is available for all interested attendees. You can reserve either a single occupancy or double occupancy dormitory here by April 15, 2025.
For those not desiring to lodge in the dorms, registrants can book other options independently.
There are three hotels available in the Hyde Park, Chicago area, which can be accessed esily 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.
The conference will open with a welcome reception the evening of Wednesday, July 9, 2025, followed by two full day sessions, including scientific talks, a poster session, and a brainstorming session to delineate future research priorities in the field.
Scientific talks will be organized into five main scientific themes, after the following basic outline:
Session Chair: Dr. Cara Brook, University of Chicago
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Liliana Davalos, Stony Brook University
Session Chair: Dr. Stephanie Seifert, Washington State University
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Simon Anthony, University of California-Davis
Session Chair: Dr. Arinjay Banerjee, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Organization, University of Saskatechwan
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Benhur Lee, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Session Chair: Dr. Daniel Becker, University of Oklahoma
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Daniel Streicker, University of Glasgow
Session Chair: Dr. Hannah Frank, Tulane University
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Tigga Kingston, Texas Tech University
Thanks to the support of our Advisory Committee:
Stay tuned for more updates in the months ahead!