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Tuesday April 16, 2024

Congratulations to Lelinh Duong 2023 ASI Career Advancement Awardee - Postgraduate Category   We warmly congratulate Lelinh Duong Recipient of a 2023 ASI Career Advancement Award - Postgraduate Category   I am a final year PhD candidate in the Immunoageing Lab at Curtin University, Western Australia, under the supervision of Dr Connie Jackaman. Our team investigates changes to innate immune responses during ageing and the impact on age-related disease, including cancer, muscle repair and dementia. My research is focused on investigating the underlying mechanisms of macrophage dysfunction in the ...
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Tuesday April 09, 2024

Congratulations to Timothy McCulloch 2022 ASI Career Advancement Awardee - Postgraduate Category   We warmly congratulate Timothy McCulloch Recipient of a 2022 ASI Career Advancement Award - Postgraduate Category   My name is Timothy McCulloch, and I am honoured to have been awarded a postgraduate ASI Career Advancement Award in 2022. I completed my PhD in 2023 under the supervision of Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes at the Frazer Institute, University of Queensland. During this time my research focused on how the immune response is dysregulated during bacterial infection, leading ...
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Tuesday April 02, 2024

Congratulations to Zoe Magill 2023 ASI Career Advancement Awardee - Postgraduate Category   We warmly congratulate Zoe Magill Recipient of a 2023 ASI Career Advancement Award - Postgraduate Category   I am a PhD student at the Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University. In 2019, I completed my undergraduate double degree studying a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts at Monash University, where I majored in Immunology and International Relations, respectively. My study of immunology at Monash University ignited my curiosity and passion to understand how dendritic cells ...
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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 March 07, 2024

Congratulations to Di Yu, 2021 ASI Career Advancement Awardee - Ada category   We warmly congratulate Di Yu recipient of the 2021 ASI Career Advancement Award - Gordon Ada category -- Advancing the careers of ASI Members   I'm deeply appreciative of the support from the ASI Gordon Ada Career Advancement Award, which facilitated my attendance at the Seventh CRI-ENCI-AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference (CICON23, 20-23 September, Milan, Italy) and the Keystone symposium “T and B Cell Collaboration in Germinal Centres and Beyond” (1-4 October, Whistler, Canada). This support ...
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Friday March 01, 2024

ASI Awards Judging Panel  Submit your EOI before March 25th 2024 Application Round: Mar 4th - 25th 2024 As ASI continues to grow, we give back more to our members by providing numerous awards and funding opportunities throughout the year. Back in 2019, we introduced a new ASI initiative - the ASI Awards Judging Panel.  We established a group of members who were keen to give back a little and willing to act as assessors for scoring ASI award applications. We now invite ASI members to ...
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Friday March 01, 2024

Congratulations to Larisa Labzin 2022 ASI Public Engagement Awardee   We warmly congratulate Larisa Labzin winner of the 2022 ASI Public Engagement Award -- Recognising members who have made significant contributions toward increasing public awareness of Immunology I was delighted to receive the 2022 ASI Public Engagement Award at the 2022 ASI meeting in Melbourne, from the then President Steven Turner.  I enjoyed both the 2022 meeting in Melbourne and the 2023 meeting in Auckland and loved the chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones at two ...
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Friday February 23, 2024

Congratulations to Dominic De Nardo 2023 ASI Breakthrough Immunology Awardee   We warmly congratulate Dominic De Nardo winner of the 2023 ASI Breakthrough Immunology Award. -- Our most prestigious ASI award yet, the ASI Breakthrough Immunology Award supports two outstanding emerging immunologists by providing funding toward their preliminary data for major grant funding applications.   I currently lead the Innate Immune Signalling Group in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology within the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute. I am a passionate mid-career researcher with extensive experience in the field of innate ...
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Friday February 09, 2024

Keen to join our 2024 Day of Immunology Event Committee? Do you want to be more involved in the community, inspire the public and build your network?    Then perhaps you'd like to get involved with the Day of Immunology in 2024!    On and around the Day of Immunology – April 29th – ASI hosts many public events that celebrate our brilliant researchers, their work, and our incredible immune systems.    These events are organised and run by teams of volunteers from all career stages and all levels ...
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Saturday February 03, 2024

Congratulations to Jessica Borger 2019 ASI Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Lectureship Awardee   We warmly congratulate Jessica Borger winner of the 2019 ASI Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Lectureship Award -- Established in 2019 in memory of Margaret Baird I am a passionate science communicator, immunologist, educator and national leader in Diversity and Inclusion in STEMM. Following 14 years in the UK as an academic researcher, including undertaking my PhD at the National Institute of Medical Research and a postdoc at the University of Edinburgh, in late 2019 ...
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Monday January 29, 2024

ICB Cover Competition for 2024 Could your scientific image be our next cover?  ICB is looking for exciting and eye-catching images to use for its 2024 covers. We are offering the opportunity for your image to be the one selected for 2024. The winning entry will receive an AUD 500 prize.* Please note you must be a current ASI member to enter, so please click here to renew your membership if you haven't already. To submit your winning image, please follow the instructions below. The closing ...
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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

Download your copy of the December 2023 ASI Newsletter now! Click here
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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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Wednesday May 03, 2023

Dear ASI Members, IUIS abstract submissions have been extended to May 16th 2023 - click here to read more. The Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania (FIMSA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to advance the science of immunology in the Asia-Pacific region, with ASI as a founding member. FIMSA is excited to announce the FIMSA Travel Awards to attend IUIS 2023 in Cape Town on Nov 27th - Dec 2nd 2023. Based on this current award round, ASI will be recommending 3-5 applications to ...
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