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Tuesday March 04, 2025

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee Update     An update from Sumaira Hasnain ASI Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Coordinator and Chair, EDI Committee    It is with great pleasure that I write my first column in my capacity as the new Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Chair at the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology. Having served as the Deputy Chair for the past year, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the outgoing EDI Chair, Prof. Diana Hansen, and her predecessor, Dr Kylin ...
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Friday February 21, 2025

Win an AUD200 cash prize for an ASI News Blog contribution! We are offering current ASI members the opportunity to win AUD200 for selected editorial-style contributions to the ASI newsletter blog*.  This opportunity is for members only, so please click here to renew your membership if you haven't already.  Email our ASI Digital News Coordinator with a brief (2-3 sentence) description of your proposed editorial contribution to find out if your idea is a good fit, before you write. Contributions need to relate to immunology or ...
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Friday January 17, 2025

Inviting 2025 Membership Renewals now  We warmly welcome our new ASI Members and many thanks to all of our members who have already renewed for this year. Please consider renewing your ASI membership now by clicking the green button below. March 31st is the deadline for awards eligibility Don't forget that eligibility for most ASI awards require renewal by March 31st, so please renew now.  Renew now in under 2 min
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Thursday December 19, 2024

Many congratulations to the following people for receiving our prestigious ASI Awards and Special Honours. 🏆 ASI SPECIAL HONOURS Honorary Life Membership Lynn Corcoran Anthony Cunningham Ken Shortman Jonathan Sprent Rowley Medallist David Tarlinton Foundation Lecturer Antony Basten Burnet Oration Carola Vinuesa Doherty Medallists Susan Christo Carolien van de Sandt 🏆 ASI AWARDS Breakthrough Immunology Awards Etienne Masle-Farquhar ​Zhoujie Ding Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Award Charis Teh ASI Women's Initiative Travel Awards Kunyu Li  Zhoujie Ding Kavita Bisht Khalida Perveen Travel Award - Jacques Miller category Roslyn Kemp Travel Award - Gordon Ada category C. Mee Ling Munier Lucille Rankin ​Catarina F dos Santos Sa e Almeida Asolina Braun Kerrie Sandgren Kok Fei (Jimmy) ...
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Wednesday December 18, 2024

🚩 Discontinuation of Autorenewal Payment Option Dear ASI Members, We recently wrote to those members currently using the autorenewal payment option for their membership fees (Dec 18th 2024) Regretfully, after 2 years of close monitoring and consideration, we will be cancelling autorenewal as an option to pay your ASI membership.  This means that from January 1st, all membership payments will be done via the standard ‘renewal’ link. What you need to do There is no action needed from you to cancel your auto renewal. Please see ...
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Friday November 08, 2024

Make sure you're eligible for 2025 awards by renewing now This is a friendly reminder to please check that you hold a 2024 membership, if you are interested in applying for ASI awards in 2025. It might seem a little odd to be renewing now considering our memberships run for the calendar year (Jan 1st to Dec 31st) but we don't want you to be disappointed next year when applying for an award, if you don't hold a 2024 membership.  Many of our ...
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Thursday October 10, 2024

Notification of ASI 2024 Abstract Outcomes Thank you to those who submitted an abstract in July-August for consideration at ASI 2024 Sydney. All outcomes from the July-August round were communicated to oral presenters and poster presenters on September 20th so if you have not yet received this please log in to your ASI member profile and check the status of your submitted abstract under the tab called ‘Applications’. Please register to attend the meeting if you haven’t already; your registration will confirm your acceptance to present. ...
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Friday September 06, 2024

We invite nominations for ASI Council 2025 We are pleased to now invite nominations to ASI Council, for appointment after the Annual General Meeting on Nov 27th 2024. It's a great time to get involved with ASI. Membership numbers and engagement are at a record high for the society, as we continue to offer wonderful opportunities and create new initiatives for our members. Positions will commence immediately after the 2024 Annual General Meeting on November 27th 2024. Why nominate for ASI Council? ✔️ Make a ...
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Monday March 25, 2024

Offers from our Sustaining Members Don't miss out on these great offers from our Sustaining Members! Miltenyi Biotec Learn more about the integrated solutions from basic research to clinical application Abacus dx Your invitation to the Multiplex User Group Event Australia BioResources Check out all the ABR services on offer Ozgene Offering Full Spectrun pre-clinical services Stemcell Technologies Streamline your T Cell therapy development Lonza Enhancing T-cell culture to accelerate therapy development United BioResearch Check out the FlexAble Antibody Labelling Kits BD Discover how to minimise spillover, maximise breakthroughs Cayman Chemical Discover modulators of cGAS activity
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Thursday January 18, 2024

Inviting 2024 Membership Renewals now  We warmly welcome our new ASI Members and many thanks to all of our members who have already renewed for this year. Please consider renewing your ASI membership now by clicking the green button below. Make sure you're eligible for 2024 awards by renewing now Don't forget that eligibility for most ASI awards require renewal by March 31st, so please renew now.  Renew now in under 2 min
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Monday December 18, 2023

Many congratulations to the following people for receiving our prestigious ASI Awards and Special Honours. 🏆 ASI SPECIAL HONOURS Burnet Oration David Tarlinton, Monash University Foundation Lecturer Judith Greer, University of Queensland 🏆 ASI AWARDS Breakthrough Immunology Awards Dominic De Nardo, Monash University Debbie Watson, University of Wollongong Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Award Alexandra Spencer, University of Newcastle Jared Purton - ASI Awards Jointly awarded to: Oanh Nguyen, University of Melbourne Anouk von Borstel, Monash University ASI Women's Initiative Travel Awards Kirsten Ward Hartstonge, University of Otago Career Advancement Award - Jacques Miller Gunasegaran Karupiah, Tasmanian School of Medicine, University of Tasmania Career Advancement Award ...
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Monday December 11, 2023

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Thursday October 05, 2023

The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) supports the formal recognition of the First peoples of Australia in the constitution and the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, recognising the importance of this pivotal step in our nation's journey towards reconciliation and equity. In our capacity as immunologists, we are guided by the principles of evidence-based knowledge, working to understand the intricate workings of the immune system in safeguarding us from diseases. We recognise ...
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Friday September 22, 2023

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Friday June 16, 2023

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Friday March 17, 2023

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