On Wednesday, 27.09.2023 the 3rd NATON Quarterly Meeting 2023 took place. It started with a presentation by Dr. Stephanie Stanelle-Bertram (Leibniz Institute of Virology) on “Elucidation of the pathomechanisms of COVID-19 by autopsy samples”. Other agenda items included the current status of the NAREG ethics submission, the submitted manuscript on postmortem cases after vaccination, case fees in NATON, and the evaluation report planned by the Network University Medicine along with the NUM Convention scheduled for January 2024.