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Sunday April 29, 2018

2018 has been our biggest and best year yet for Day of Immunology in Australia and New Zealand. This year has been a huge success due to the contributions from many. With much gratitude we thank: Dr Gabriela Khoury, ASI Day of Immunology Coordinator Our Sponsors and Participating Institutes Jie Zhou, creative mastermind behind our new DoI logo Members of ASI DoI Committees around Australia and New Zealand the many volunteers who organised and hosted our events the public who came along to our events For future Day of ...
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Saturday April 28, 2018

ASI are currently inviting Expressions of Interest from ASCIA Members who are interested in the honorary roles of Deputy Editor and several Editorial Board Member positions for our journal Clinical and Translational Immunology (CTI). We are looking for high-profile clinicians who are ready for an exciting new challenge or are interested in diversifying their skillset. This will be a rewarding way to make a major editorial contribution to Clinical Immunology in Australia and New Zealand. For more information, please contact Prof. Rajiv Khanna, ...
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Tuesday April 10, 2018

“You’re a what?” “An Immunologist.” Whether it is a family member, friend, date, other acquaintance, we’ve all been there before. Immunologists take all shapes and sizes. To help the public become more familiar with what an immunologist does, ASI will be running a social media promotional campaign to show case its members. “I’m an Immunologist” will profile ASI members on twitter, facebook and Instagram. This will be a fantastic opportunity to engage with the public and will look great on your CV. Who ...
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Monday March 26, 2018

Day of Immunology Logo Competition – winner announced!   With the International Day of Immunology approaching soon - 29th of April - it is with great pleasure that I announce the logo competition winner.   The new logo will be rolled out across Australia and New Zealand during our 2018 events. It will be used for Day of Immunology, flyers, merchandise and other resources. I’d like to congratulate Jie and thank the other members who submitted entries. I’m really excited by the final end product ...
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Monday March 19, 2018

ASI NSW are inviting students to submit a poster explaining some immunological concepts suitable to the general public with a special focus upon HSC student curriculum. Those selected as a finalist will be displayed at the public forum welcome reception, and judged for a people's choice award and best poster. Key Guidelines: Please relate this to your own studies, and aim to include images and schematics rather than data dense graphs etc. Remember to keep it informative, scientifically defensible and able to be understood ...
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Friday February 16, 2018

Keen to strengthen your Track Record and raise your profile? Looking to enhance your Editorial Responsibilities? Ready for an exciting new challenge and experience? Enjoy networking with other like-minded Immunologists? Whatever your motivation, Immunology & Cell Biology needs you! Help our flagship journal continue on its successful trajectory by becoming an ICB Special Feature Coordinator. As an ASI member, this is your opportunity to make an editorial contribution to one of the oldest specialty Immunology journals in existence. The Special Features in ICB have become a unique ...
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Monday January 22, 2018

  ASI is calling for Expressions of Interest for a speaker to attend the XLIII Congress of the Brazilian Society of Immunology (SBI) October 1 - 4, 2018 SBI will be hosting their XLIII Congress and has invited ASI to participate by providing 1 speaker. ASI Council has accepted and is now calling for Expressions of Interest from our members to fill this position. Attendance of 1 ASI member is jointly supported by SBI and ASI. The successful nominee will give a talk at the meeting ...
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Sunday January 14, 2018

ASI is calling for expressions of interest for speakers to attend the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Singaporean Society for Immunology (SgSI), 31 May - 1 June 2018 SgSI will be hosting their 10th year Anniversary Symposium from 31 May - 1 June 2018 and has invited ASI to participate by providing 5 speakers. ASI Council has accepted and is now calling for expressions of interest from our members to fill these positions. Attendance of 5 ASI members is jointly supported by SgSI/ASI. Successful nominees will ...
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Thursday December 14, 2017

With 628 delegates, the ASI2017 conference in Brisbane truly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Highlights included Graham Mitchell’s life journey of an immunologist in “parasite paradise”, Lynn Corcoran’s inspiring Burnet Oration, the outstanding international and national speakers, lively poster discussions and an unforgettable Lafferty Debate. We are grateful for the support of our sponsors, as well as the volunteer social media ambassadors and photographers, who helped us share ASI2017 with the world. Congratulations to our Co-Chairs Antje Blumenthal and Kristen Radford for a hugely ...
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Thursday December 14, 2017

Are you creative? Design savvy? ASI is looking for a creative individual to design a Day of Immunology logo. The International Day of Immunology occurs annually on the 29th of April. The primary goal of the day is to promote immunology to the public and encourage a better understanding of why our immune systems are important during health and disease. The logo will be used across all regions for the promotion of Day of Immunology events held each year. It will also be ...
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Monday December 19, 2016

ASI is pleased to congratulate the 2016 Award recipients. We are looking forward to reading all about your travels and conference adventures in the ASI Newsletter in 2017! The full list of Past ASI Awards winners can now be found on the ASI Past Award Winners page, under the Awards tab from theASI homepage. Postgrad Surname Given Names Email Leong Yew Ann [email protected] Baker Paul [email protected] Alcantara Marice B. [email protected] O’Sullivan Kim [email protected] Hilligan Kerry [email protected] Hartstonge Kirsten Ward [email protected] Postdoc Man Si Ming [email protected] McWilliam Hamish [email protected] Coll Rebecca [email protected] Eckle Sidonia [email protected] Guillerey Camille [email protected] Vasanthakumar Ajithkumar [email protected] Miller     Belz Gabrielle [email protected] Ada     Blumenthal Antje [email protected] Byrne Scott [email protected] Feature image: Luau at ThymUS 2016 - Nicole La Gruta (GORDON ADA SENIOR TRAVEL AWARD 2015) as featured in ASI Newsletter September 2016
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Friday November 11, 2016

CTI Special Feature on Inflammatory Diseases: A Translational Perspective Special Feature Coordinator: Dr Connie Wong, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Immune homeostasis relies on fine-tuned responses aimed at defending the host, protecting it from infection and promoting repair from injury. However, this process can go amiss, resulting in the development of inflammatory diseases. Despite very different aetiologies and clinical presentations, recent research findings in the physiopathology and ...
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Wednesday May 11, 2016

The ASI Awards Committee are pleased to announce the winners of the ASI ICI 2016 travel bursaries. ASI have awarded 210 bursaries, including 3 ASI-FIMSA Awards. This year, the success rate was 75% from an overwhelming 276 applicants! We would like to acknowledge the wonderful support we receive from our awards sponsors. We've been fortunate to have outstanding contributions from Monash University Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Garvan Institute, University of Newcastle, Pharmaxis, University ...
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Saturday April 23, 2016

DoI events near you! Be sure to check out the special Day of Immunology talks on RRR and ABC Melb Radio, recorded over the weekend by immediate Past President Dale Godfrey and Vice President Susanne Heinzel. Listen to Dale: at around 45min: Listen to Su: at around 1:19min Victoria Friday 29th April Vaccination Cafe - website Public Lecture -website Photography Exhibition- website School workshops - website Free discovery tours - Check the DoI website for more! Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Infection and Immunity Program Friday 29 April 2016: 1.45pm for 2pm ...
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Wednesday March 02, 2016

The Victorian Day of Immunology organizing committee is pleased to announce a call for entries to the inaugural “Snapshots of the immune system” photo exhibition 2016. This event is being held in April as part of international Day of Immunology. Researchers at all levels are invited to apply and submit images featuring the amazing immune system. These can be histology, confocal, laboratory scenes, public health related, and everything in between. The exhibition was conceived to not only display visually pleasing photos but ...
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Sunday February 28, 2016

Dear colleagues, This follows on from recent publicity regarding the vaccination and anti-vaccination debate, centered around the press release from the University of Wollongong senior academics. See it here. The assembled major biological and clinical societies concerned with research and policy in this area have produced a consensus statement in support of the value of vaccination, which can be viewed by clicking here: AustMedResSoc-pro-vaccination-press-release. For further information: Contact individual societies or Professor Christopher Goodnow, President, Australasian Society for Immunology Australasian Society for Immunology (via ...
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