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Friday March 17, 2023

Download your copy of the March 2023 ASI Newsletter now! Click here
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Wednesday March 01, 2023

IUIS Special Travel Awards funded by ASI Application Round: March 1st - 31st, 2023 Dear ASI Members, IUIS registration and abstract submission are now open - click here to read more. ASI are excited to announce we are funding Special Travel Awards to attend IUIS 2023 on Nov 27th - Dec 2nd 2023, Cape Town. Applicants will need to submit their abstracts to the IUIS 2023 website by clicking here, prior to applying for the IUIS Special Travel Awards funded by ASI. Purpose: To support early - mid career members of ASI who wish to ...
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Tuesday February 07, 2023

Congratulations to Kate Schroder, 2022 ASI AbbVie New Horizons Research Awardee   In 2022 we continued our partnership with AbbVie in bringing you the ASI AbbVie New Horizons Research Award. We warmly congratulate Kate Schroder winner of the 2022 ASI AbbVie New Horizons Research Award. We extend much gratitude to AbbVie, who have generously sponsored this prestigious award.     AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative therapies for some of the world’s most complex conditions. In Australia, we employ more than 450 people with our therapies currently benefiting more ...
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Wednesday February 01, 2023

Inviting 2023 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 2023 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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Tuesday January 17, 2023

ASI Awards Judging Panel  Submit your EOI before February 13th 2023 Application Round: Jan 20th - Feb 13th 2023 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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Monday December 19, 2022

Many congratulations to the following people for receiving our prestigious ASI Awards and Special Honours. ASI SPECIAL HONOURS Burnet Oration Prudence Hart, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research ASI AWARDS ASI AbbVie New Horizons Research Award Kate Schroder, institution Breakthrough Immunology Awards Claire Jessup, Flinders University Sapna Devi, University of Melbourne Margaret Baird Women in Immunology Award Danika Hill, Monash University Jared Purton - ASI Awards 1st Prize: Kirsten Ward Hartstonge, University of Otago 2nd Prize: Jaclyn Pearson, Hudson Institute of Medical Research ASI Women's Initiative Travel Awards Sapna Devi, University of Melbourne Patricia Macchiaverni, University of Western Australia Archita ...
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Friday December 16, 2022

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Friday November 04, 2022

2022 ASI AGM  Dear ASI member, Notice is hereby given that the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Inc. will be held as follows:  Date: Wednesday, Nov 30th 2022 Time: 1:15 for 1:30pm (AEDT) Location:  ASI Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, MCEC Registration All current 2022 members are invited to attend. There is no deadline and no need to register in advance.  Please just turn up on the day if you hold a current ASI membership. Please check your membership details by logging into your member profile.  If your membership year ...
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Tuesday September 20, 2022

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Friday July 29, 2022

ICB Cover Competition for 2022 Could your scientific image be our special ICB anniversary cover?  2023 will be a special anniversary year for ICB and we are looking for stunning scientific images for our 2023 cover. We are offering ASI members the opportunity for their image to be the one selected for our 2023 anniversary year cover. The winning entry will also receive an AUD 500 prize.* Please note you must be a current ASI member to enter. To submit your winning image, please follow the ...
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Tuesday July 26, 2022

Where did you publish your first paper? Was it in ICB?  If so, you're invited to be featured in our ICB 100th anniversary celebrations Celebrating 100 years of innovative publishing You may recall a while ago we sought ideas from membership for engaging ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary year of Immunology & Cell Biology in 2023.  We also recently called for committee members to help us bring a couple of key projects to life, and now we are searching for people to be featured ...
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Friday June 17, 2022

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Tuesday April 12, 2022

WELCOME TO DAY OF IMMUNOLOGY WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 2022 To celebrate the International Day of Immunology 2022 in Western Australia, we have put together fun activities to help you learn about the immune system. Starting on the 18th of April 2022, we have daily activities to do, leading up to the final day, the 29th of April – the International Day of Immunology. We have 3 activity categories with prizes: Activity Prize Daily activities related to an immune cell or concept 🛍️ 10x prize packs total A crossword with daily ...
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Tuesday March 22, 2022

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Friday March 18, 2022

The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) strongly condemns the violent acts of war imposed by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, resulting in the senseless death of its citizens, destruction of critical infrastructure, healthcare and academic institutions in Ukraine.  ASI abhors the thousands of lives already lost, the numerous injuries caused by Russia’s aggression, the persecution of innocent lives and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Ukraine. This includes disruption of Ukrainian scientists and clinicians, who are unable to advance knowledge, ...
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Monday February 21, 2022

ASI Education SIG Mentoring Program Submit your EOI before March 4th 2022 Are you looking to improve or streamline your teaching activities? The ASI Education Special Interest Group are pleased to offer an Immunology Teaching Program that will link mentees with experienced teaching academics to help you get the best out of your teaching practices. The focus of 2022 is in the following areas: Designing & delivering teaching content  Online teaching strategies Pedagogical practices for undergraduate teaching Open to all current ASI members from ‘new to teaching’ to seasoned ...
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Wednesday February 09, 2022

Are you looking for a speaker to celebrate International Women's Day, March 8th? Find Your Next Speaker on the ASI Women Speakers Database Our ASI Women Speakers Database is a great resource provided by our Women’s Initiative to promote equal representation of women within the immunological research community. This searchable database of women within the immunological community in Australia and New Zealand can assist in identifying individuals to invite as speakers at conferences, chairs of sessions, presenters of seminars, participants on review panels, ...
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Friday February 04, 2022

What is the Wiley-CAUL agreement? A new 3-year partnership between Wiley and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
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