Shehneela Baseer Hannover Medical School, Germany Shehneela is doing her Ph.D. at Hannover Medical School, Germany. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the developing a deep understanding of the immune response in hepatitis B vaccinated non-responsive individuals using a knowledge-driven approach. She did my Master’s in Bioinformatics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, [READ MORE]
Erwin Le Scolan CytomX Therapeutics, South San Francisco, USA Dr. Le Scolan has over 15 years of research experience in immuno-oncology. He joined CytomX in 2017 as a Scientist in Cancer Immunology. Dr. Le Scolan initiated and is currently leading CytomX’s conditionally active cytokine therapeutics program. Prior to CytomX, Dr. [READ MORE]
Venkat Giri Magupalli Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA Venkat Giri Magupalli is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Pediatrics. His research focuses on innate immune recognition of pathogenic and sterile signals, with a special emphasis on the mechanistic basis of signal recognition [READ MORE]
Olivia Luise Gern Veterinary University of Hannover, Germany Olivia Luise Gern obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Life Science in Lille, France, where she focused on cell biology and physiology. Since she was always primarily interested in infectious diseases, she continued with a bi-national Master of Science in Infection Biology between [READ MORE]
Damian Bertheloot, Ph.D. Institute of Innate Immunity, Bonn, Germany Dr. Damien Bertheloot is passionate about the signature dying cells leave behind and the impact these molecular patterns have on the immune system. His first taste for the world of innate immunity came from an internship in the laboratory of Prof. [READ MORE]
The ECR Committee will organize and run young investigator sessions and events to create opportunities for young investigators to build relationships within academia, the corporate world and publishing. Opportunities may include, panels, networking and other activities at the annual meeting, regional meetings and other times throughout the year. The ECR Committee is open to all ICIS student/postdoc members as well as Early Career members who have received a Ph.D or M.D. within the previous 10 -15 years. [READ MORE]
It’s an unfortunate but well-documented fact that bias against women is rampant in the professional world (not just academia). Although I have been more fortunate than many of my female peers in this regard, I have certainly experienced this, mostly in little ways, though occasionally in jaw-droppingly big ones. Two examples will suffice. As a grad student in the early 1990s, a PI of a neighboring lab told me, “Women shouldn’t try to do science because to be successful, you need a wife.” Sadly, this type of thinking is not ancient history. A few years ago, I was slated to give a major talk at a prestigious conference alongside two men. Upon seeing the program, a senior individual at my institution said, “I see that you are the X-chromosome invitation.” Importantly, men are not the only perpetrators of such bias; women are just as likely to negatively judge other women and unconsciously reward or favor men. [READ MORE]
WWW Contribution
from Supreet Agarwal [READ MORE]
As we prepare for our annual scientific meeting in Hawaii (www.hawaii.cytokinesociety.org) it is important to recognize the efforts of the organizing committee, chaired by James Turkson (Cedars Sinai Medical Center), to assemble a diverse scientific program with cutting edge research. For many of us, this will be our first in-person scientific meeting since the start of the COVID pandemic and will be an opportunity to reunite with international colleagues. The ability to hold this meeting in parallel with ILC4 and the Interferon lambda community workshop highlights the continued interest in cytokine biology. This is reflected in the overwhelming levels of sponsorship support that have been provided by our partners from biotech, pharma, scientific vendors, and foundations. This sponsorship has allowed the ICIS to provide 100 travel awards for trainees – an unprecedented recognition of the number and quality of abstracts submitted. .. [READ MORE]
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]
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