2022 Award Winners

2022 ICIS Senior & Mid-Career Awards

The ICIS-Pfizer Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research (formerly the Seymour & Vivian Milstein Award) The ICIS-Pfizer Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research (formerly the Seymour and Vivian MILSTEIN Award), represents the pinnacle of scientific achievement in cytokine & interferon research. This Award is bestowed upon [READ MORE]

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Prof. David Wallace Honorary Doctor in Science Degree, Trinity College Dublin

Long time ICIS member, David Wallace, was the last President of the International Cytokine Society (ISC) in 2011 before the merger with the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) which become the International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) in 2012. He was co-president of the newly merged ICIS, together with Charles Samuel in 2012. On Wednesday 8 December 2021 at 3pm honorary degrees of the University of Dublin were conferred on David Wallach, James Ivan McGuire and Deirdre McLoughlin at a Commencements Ceremony in the Public Theatre. [READ MORE]

Other Meetings

FOCIS 2022 Member Society Symposium
Human Cytokine Deficiencies and Cytokinopathies

FOCIS 2022 Member Society Symposium
Human Cytokine Deficiencies and Cytokinopathies
Presented by The International Cytokine & Interferon Society
Symposium Chairs: Dusan Bogunovic, – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Kate Jeffrey, Moderna/Harvard University
The International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) Member Society Symposium at FOCIS 2022 will feature the newest research devoted to human cytokine deficiencies and cytokanopathies alike, both of which impact human health, provide insight into fundamental biological principles, and offer targets for therapy of rare and common diseases. [READ MORE]

In Memoriam

Dr. Thomas Alexander Waldmann

The CCR community is profoundly saddened by the recent passing of Thomas A. Waldmann, M.D., Chief Emeritus of the Lymphoid Malignancies Branch and NIH Distinguished Investigator. Considered a giant in the field, Tom was a renowned immunologist whose more than 60-year career at the National Cancer Institute led to numerous [READ MORE]

In Memoriam

Christine A. Biron, Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’84)
d. 10/16/2021 (age 70)

AAI extends condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Christine A. Biron, Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’84), a devoted and active AAI member of 37 years who died unexpectedly on October 16. Dr. Biron was the Esther Elizabeth Brintzenhoff Professor of Medical Science at Brown University, where she had also [READ MORE]

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ICIS Standards Committee

Cytokine and growth factor standards and reference reagents available from the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control are on the Society’s Website: https://cytokinesociety.org/standards/ A wide range of WHO International Biological Standards and reference materials are available for the calibration of assays of therapeutic substances and immunoassays and bioassays used [READ MORE]

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