Other Meetings

Understanding and Modulating Cytokine Activity through Structural Knowledge – ICIS Guest Symposium at AAI 2023

Chairs: Juan L. Mendoza, University of Chicago, USA Ignacio Moraga, University of Dundee, United Kingdom Speakers: Matthew C. Franklin, Regeneron, Structural insights into the assembly of gp130 family cytokine signaling complexes Juan L. Mendoza, University of Chicago, The native JAK-JAK geometry in the type III IFN signaling complex limits the functional potency [READ MORE]

Welcome New Members

Welcome New Members From April 15, 2022 – May 7, 2023

Members by Member Type as of May 7, 2023 Academic/Government Life Membership 99 Academic/Government Member 348 Emeritus Member 15 Honorary Member 49 Industry Member 16 Student PostDoc Three Year Membership 588 Total 1115 Welcome to the following new members of the International Cytokine & Interferon Society!

2023 Award Winners

Brendan Jenkins has been selected as the recipient of the ICIS 2023 Distinguished Service Award

Brendan Jenkins has been selected as the recipient of the ICIS 2023 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his reputation in the community as both an outstanding cytokine scientist and a remarkably dedicated member of the ICIS. [READ MORE]

New Member Mini-Bios

Gabrielle Belz

Professor Gabrielle Belz, Chair of Immunology, Frazer Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Professor Gabrielle Belz trained in veterinary medicine and surgery. She has made major contributions to the field of immunology (>220 papers) for which she was awarded a Doctor of Veterinary Science and has received the Gottschalk Medal [READ MORE]

New Member Mini-Bios

Miriam Merad

Miriam Merad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States Miriam Merad, MD PhD, has made many discoveries that have transformed our understanding of how the myeloid compartment of the immune system contributes to health and disease. These insights cover the gamut of myeloid biology, from revealing [READ MORE]

New Member Mini-Bios

Fotis Karagiannis

Fotis Karagiannis, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, University Hospital Bonn, Germany Fotis Karagiannis, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher University Hospital Bonn, Germany I am a Postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Christoph Wilhelm at the University Hospital of Bonn, Germany. I received my PhD from the University of Patras in Greece, where I [READ MORE]

New Member Mini-Bios

Steve Lacroix

Steve Lacroix, Ph.D., Professeur titulaire au Département de médecine moléculaire, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Directeur de l’axe Neurosciences du Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – Université Laval, Québec, Canada Site web: http://stevelacroix.crchuq.ulaval.ca Steve Lacroix is Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of [READ MORE]

New Member Mini-Bios

Arnaud Huard

Arnaud Huard, University of Geneva, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Geneva, Switzerland I am Arnaud Huard, a French postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. I finished and successfully defended my PhD at the beginning of 2021 in Prof. Andreas Weigert’s Lab in Frankfurt, Germany, working on interleukin (IL)-38. [READ MORE]