2022 ICIS Annual Business Meeting
At each Annual Scientific Meeting there shall be an Annual Business Meeting of the Membership of the Society, presided over by the President. Five percent of the Members shall constitute …
Announcing the 2022 Election Results
Two former ICIS Young Investigator Award Winners take on leadership roles at the International Cytokine & Interferon Society – Announcing the 2022 Election Results
2022 ICIS Leadership Election
Dear ICIS Member,
Voting is currently open for the 2022 International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) Secretary and Nominating Committee Members election.
Joost J. Oppenheim, M.D. (1934–2022)
The CCR community is profoundly saddened by the recent passing of Joost “Joe” Oppenheim, M.D., Senior Investigator and Head of the Cellular Immunology Section in the Cancer Innovation Laboratory. He died on May 14, 2022, at the age of 87.
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ICIS Membership hits 1,200 with Students & Postdocs making up for most of the growth!
Announcing this membership milestone! Students & Postdoc membership has grown the most in the last few years, currently making up 48% of total membership. The newly established ICIS Early-Career Researcher …
Kellie Ann Jurado has be named one of the 20 Packard Fellows for 2022!
ICIS Member and 2022 Christina Fleischmann Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research by a young woman investigator has been named one of the 20 Packard Fellows for 2022. She is one of a group of 20 innovative early-career scientists and engineers who are boldly pursuing new areas of research. Kellie Jurado, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Discipline: Biological Sciences. Early-life immune exposures can profoundly impact lifelong health. The Jurado lab leverages emerging viruses as biological probes to uncover fundamental immune mechanisms that underlie and regulate immune responses in utero through early life.
Each Packard Fellow will receive $875,000 in unrestricted funds that they can use over five years in any way they choose. This fellowship, which is heading into its 35th year next year, is one of the largest non-governmental fellowships for research and, for many Fellows, is a critical steppingstone in their career.
Brian Kim was awarded the Sol and Clara Kest Professor of Dermatology Endowed Professorship from Mount Sinai
ICIS Lifetime Member Brian S. Kim, MD, was awarded the Sol and Clara Kest Professor of Dermatology Endowed Professorship from Mount Sinai in a ceremony with Dr. Emma Guttman-Yassky, the …
ICIS Member Jonathan Kipnis elected into the National Academy of Medicine
On October 17th the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is …