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Friday December 11, 2020
Senga Whittingham
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A poet. I grossly over-estimated my talents.
How many hours of sleep do you get?
Varies.
How many coffees/ teas do you drink per day?
During lockdown a cup of coffee at the end of a walk proved therapeutic, and the number of teas are those required to maintain fluid balance.
Which immune cell is your favourite?
The B lymphocyte. The B lymphocyte was yet unnamed in 1960 when overnight I underwent my conversion ...
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Wednesday December 09, 2020
Many congratulations to the following people for receiving our prestigious ASI Awards and Special Honours.
ASI AWARDS AND SPECIAL HONOURS
Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Lectureship Award
Michelle Boyle, QIMR-Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jared Purton - ASI Awards
1st Prize: Camille Guillerey, Mater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland
2nd Prize: Junyun Lai, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
International Travel Award - Jacques Miller
Barbara Fazekas de St Groth, University of Sydney
Career Advancement Awards - Gordon Ada
Fernando Guimaraes, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
Sumaira Hasnain, Mater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland
Farzaneh Kordbacheh, Australian ...
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Wednesday December 09, 2020
ASMR wishes to pass on the following message to ASI members.
Dear Affiliate Members,
“#advanceaustraliacare” campaign
Funding of NHMRC grants is at an unprecedented low, and the health and medical research sector is unstable and on the brink of collapse. The ongoing lack of investment into the NHMRC grant schemes has highlighted that Australia is missing out on the benefits of a lot of great research. Help us show Australians and our government what we could achieve if the NHMRC had greater investment.
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Monday December 07, 2020
ASI Expert Panel Series: The Best of ICB -
recording now available
An event like no other
On the 26th Nov 2020, we shone a spotlight on 3 Immunology superstars whose papers were selected as part of our ICB Virtual Issue "The Best of ICB".
Congratulations to:
Prof. David Tarlinton, Monash University
"BAFF, IL‐4 and IL‐21 separably program germinal center‐like phenotype acquisition, BCL6 expression, proliferation and survival of CD40L‐activated B cells in vitro"
A/Prof. Meredith O'Keeffe, Monash University
"Daptomycin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates are poorly sensed by dendritic cells"
Prof. Weisan Chen, La Trobe University
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Friday December 04, 2020
ASI Annual Conferences webpage
This week we would have been at our 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting which regretfully could not go ahead.
If you're missing our meetings as much as we are, feel free to visit our ASI webpage showing the locations of the next few conferences.
Take a trip down memory lane
View our photo gallery page!
You'll see we've started publishing quality photos of our conferences on our website! Our Local Organising Committees put in a lot of time and effort in bringing ...
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Wednesday December 02, 2020
Message from our ASI FIMSA Representative
As your FIMSA representative, I would like to inform you of the upcoming meeting for the Japanese Society of Immunology (JSI).
There is a fantastic line up of speakers for their virtual conference "COVID-19 and Immunity" on the 8th December 2020, so don't miss this!
JSI has very generously extended the discounted pricing usually reserved for JSI members, to ASI members as affiliates of FIMSA.
Click here to view the registration fees.
Simply enter the special code '9999' at ...
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Friday November 20, 2020
Creating our 'Immunology Concepts' page
Science communication has never been more important. Here at ASI we've seen a dramatic surge of interest from the public in popular immunology topics, as the broader community are seeking easy-to-understand information from reliable organisations such as ASI.
In the public section of our website, we are growing our resources for the non-scientific community who are interested in learning more about Immunology basics.
ASI Council recently approved the use of 'Special Initiative' funds to build our video resources ...
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Friday November 13, 2020
The UQ Vaccine: Insights and challenges -
recording now available
A major highlight!
On the 10th Nov 2020, we were very fortunate to hear Prof. Trent Munro, Project Director of the UQ Vaccine speak with A/Prof. Severine Navarro, ASI QLD Branch Councillor.
After a brief overview of the latest insights into the UQ Vaccine development by the person who knows best, there was an opportunity for a live Q&A session from all registered attendees.
Recording now available
If you missed it, the recording is now available below ...
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Thursday November 05, 2020
2020 ASI AGM
Dear ASI member,
Notice is hereby given that the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Inc. will be held as follows:
Date:
Wednesday December 2nd 2020
Time:
12.00pm (AEDT) / 2pm (NZDT)
Location:
Online via Zoom
All current 2020 members are invited to attend and will need to register for the online AGM. Please click the green button below to register so we can ensure our Zoom plan can accommodate the attendee numbers.
Key documents
See below for key information and please note ...
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Friday October 30, 2020
Ways to get involved with ASI
Dear ASI members,
One of the major benefits of being an ASI member is being able to join a committee or a group email list to receive news that is of direct interest to you.
We've made a brand new webpage summarising all the ways to get involved with ASI - just click the green button below to check it out.
See how you can get involved!
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Friday October 23, 2020
We welcome our new ASI Sustaining Member: GenScript
Our ASI Sustaining Members recognise the importance of supporting ASI and Immunology researchers in Australia and New Zealand.
We are grateful and proud to introduce our newest ASI Sustaining Member: GenScript.
About GenScript
Genscript is the world’s leading biotech company providing life sciences services and products.
With gene synthesis, oligo, CRISPR, peptide, protein, antibody and preclinical drug development service capabilities, we are internationally recognized as a leading biotech company specializing in fundamental life sciences research and early-phase ...
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Thursday October 22, 2020
More COVID relief for members:
Free 2021 Student Memberships
Applicable to student renewals received between Jan 1st - April 1st 2021
Great news for students!
Given the challenging times we are in, we recently showed our support for members by announcing the new ASI Career Advancement Awards and the Carer Awards - COVID support.
Today we have more great news! We are pleased to inform our student members that their 2021 ASI membership will be reimbursed to them. This fantastic offer is applicable to both ...
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Monday October 19, 2020
Introducing the new ASI Public Engagement Awards
Application round: October 19th - November 9th 2020
2020 has been a challenging time for us all, but at the same time, a great opportunity for us to increase public awareness of immunology, and of the important work that Immunologists do.
Today, we are pleased to announce we are adding another brand new award to the list of ASI Awards you can apply for!
We are now accepting applications to the inaugural ASI Public Engagement Award, so be ...
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Friday September 18, 2020
Please click here to visit our Newsletter page and download your copy of the September 2020 ASI Newsletter.
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Tuesday September 08, 2020
Introducing the new ASI Career Advancement Awards
Application round: September 8th - October 5th 2020
for research undertaken in Jan - Dec 2021
Given the challenging times we are in and the limited opportunity for international travel, ASI will be repurposing funds originally committed to the second 2020 round of ITA's and the Gordon Ada Senior Travel Awards. These new career advancement awards will allow for a broader scope and flexibility to apply for support as needed, similar to the Jared Purton Award.
Application rounds for the following ...
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Tuesday September 08, 2020
Introducing the new ASI Carer Awards - COVID support
Application round: September 8th - October 5th 2020
to support caring costs in 2020 or 2021
ASI is acutely aware of the pressure that COVID-19 restrictions have placed on carers, limiting access to care support from both formal and informal mechanisms.
To support members of our community whose carer responsibilities have impacted or will impact on their career progression, we invite applications to the 2020 ASI Carer Awards- COVID support.
We have created these awards by repurposing ...
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Wednesday September 02, 2020
We welcome our new ASI Sustaining Member: Nanostring
Our ASI Sustaining Members recognise the importance of supporting ASI and Immunology researchers in Australia and New Zealand.
We are grateful and proud to introduce our newest ASI Sustaining Member: Nanostring.
About Nanostring
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a publicly held provider of life science tools for translational research. The company's technology enables a wide variety of basic research and translational medicine applications.
Nanostring's commitment to research
The Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) & NanoString, in collaboration with Illumina,
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Thursday August 06, 2020
Are you interested in receiving a shortlist of quality COVID papers?
Courtesy of Christian Hoffmann & Bernd S. Kamps & DGfI
Dear ASI members,
There is a great resource available called the COVID Reference Top 10 by DGfI member Christian Hoffmann & Bernd S. Kamps. Hoffman and Kamps have compiled a shortlist of quality COVID-19 papers from the available literature and made it available here (you may wish to bookmark this link).
Instead of visiting the link above, you may prefer to receive a regular email in your inbox. If ...
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Monday August 03, 2020
Like last year, we are celebrating National Science Week with our our "I Am An Immunologist" social media campaign!
I Am An Immunologist
We’ve made it through 6 months of the pandemic and we want to touch base with you all!
For those new to ASI, the ‘I Am An Immunologist’ social media campaign was conceptualised by Gabriela Khoury and launched in mid-2018. The aim of the series is to showcase our members and help the public become more familiar with what an ...
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Friday July 10, 2020
ICB Cover Competition for 2021
Could your scientific image be our next cover?
It's that time of year again! ICB is looking for exciting and eye-catching images to use for its 2021 cover. We are offering the opportunity for your image to be the one selected for 2021. The winning entry will also receive a $500 prize.*
To submit your winning image, please email your entry to [email protected] and include “ICB Cover” in the subject line. The closing date is 31st August 2020.
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