The 4th edition of the ECI took place in Vienna, September 6-9, 2015. The conference focused on four main tracks: adaptive immunity, diseases of the immune system, innate immunity and disease intervention.
IUIS actively participated throughout the four days of Congress holding several business and scientific meetings. See:
IUIS Program @ ECI 2015
The ECI was also a chance for IUIS committees to meet and exchange successes, as well as challenges and opportunities with the IUIS Executive Committee.
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On occassion of the 14th ALAI Congress Immunocolombia in Medellín next month, the IUIS will hold its annual Council Meeting along with other IUIS events.
EDU and CIC committees have partnered with ICARE and the University of Cape Town to launch a pilot course
“Immune regulation in health and disease”, which will take place before the congress in Medellín.
VIC will support the post
Veterinary Immunology Post-Congress Workshop.
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Committee Features
Each quarterly newsletter we feature the work of one or two IUIS committees.
Quality Assessment and Standardization Committee (QAS)
For the last day of the ECI, the Quality Assessment and Standardization Committee (QAS) gave an educational course pointing out the importance of standardization for the immunology. The current developments in complement analysis and international quality assessment, the challenges in monoclonal antibody standardization, the international standardization in autoantibody testing and different approaches for detection and quantification of multipleallergens in allergen extracts were the main topics that our scientists raised.
Vaccine Committee (VAC)
NEW: The Vaccine Committee is the newest Committee to join the IUIS. Its inaugural meeting was held during the ECI in Vienna to set initial goals and objectives. If you are interested in supporting the development of the IUIS platform for vaccines, please contact Sumiko Tanaka at the
IUIS Central Office.
