OneBAT Training on Bat Sanitary Surveillance
About the Training
The OneBAT Consortium is pleased to announce the upcoming OneBAT Training on Bat Sanitary Surveillance, which will take place in Padova, Italy, on 20–21 May 2026.
This two-day event will offer an in-depth introduction to the OneBAT project. Representatives from the partner institutions will present the project’s scientific approach, the methodologies developed within the consortium, the results achieved so far, and the objectives set for the next stages.
Following the presentations, participants will take part in hands-on training sessions designed to simulate key activities carried out in the project. These sessions will give attendees the opportunity to engage directly with the OneBAT workflow and learn practical skills from the teams actively involved in the field.
This training marks the first of two planned within the project, with the second to be hosted later by ANSES in France.
In the preceding days (19–20 May 2026), the same venue in Padova will also host the NRLs for Rabies Workshop, organised by the European Union Reference Laboratories for Rabies. Although colocated, the two initiatives are separate events.
Training Agenda
20th May 2026 | Day 1
14:00 – 14:20 > OneBAT general presentation | Paola De Benedictis, OneBAT Project Coordinator (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie)
14:20 – 14:40 > Viruses and bats | Stefania Leopardi (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie)
14:40 – 15:00 > Lyssaviruses in Europe | Emmanuelle Robardet (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail)
15:00 – 15:30 > Regulations | Franco Mutinelli (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie)
15:30 – 16:00 > Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30 > Legal aspects | Julie Marmet (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle)
16:30 – 17:00 > Field preparation and field hygiene | Julie Shapiro (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail)
17:00 – 18:30 > Networking session
20:00 / 20:30 > Social dinner
21st May 2026 | Day 2
09:00 – 10:00 > Networking & clustering – Project presentations | Pandasia & Zoosursy presented by Tarja Sironen (University of Helsinki)
10:00 – 10:20 > Bats capture & sampling | Tamas Görföl (University of Pécs | International Centre)
10:20 – 10:50 > Recent advances and remaining challenges in pathogen and antibody detection in bats | Laurent Dacheux (Institut Pasteur)
10:50 – 11:10 > Coffee break
11:10 – 11:30 > Epidemiological modelling of bat pathogen transmission | Pierre Nouvellet (University of Sussex)
11:30 – 12:00 > Working groups | Explanation of the work to be done
12:00 – 13:00 > Lunch break (start the working session in groups)
13:00 – 15:00 > Working groups
15:00 – 16:00 > Presentation of the work
16:00 – 16:15 > Closing remarks
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Contacts
> Emmanuelle Robardet (ANSES): [email protected]
> Andrea Spotti (beWarrant – TInexta Innovation Hub): [email protected]
> Paola De Benedictis (IZSVe): [email protected]
> Stefania Leopardi (IZSVe): [email protected]