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Member Highlights

Member Highlight Interview – Meet Robert Saxton

I’m very grateful to be part of the ICIS community, and in particular winning the Regeneron-ICIS New Investigator award last year was a huge boost for me just as I was starting my new lab. I am broadly interested in ligand-receptor systems that regulate tissue inflammation and repair (especially cytokines!). [READ MORE]

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Society News

Leadership and Governance Elections

Voting for ICIS Leadership and a change to the Bylaws is open from July 1 – 31, 2024. All ICIS Members in good standing are eligible and encouraged to vote and exercise your right to determine the future of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society. Council and Nominations Committee Election [READ MORE]

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Members in the News

Celebrating the Inaugural IL-9 World Tour

On June 18, ICIS hosted the first-ever IL-9-focused symposium at the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) annual meeting. Devotees of all things IL-9 gathered in San Francisco to hear about “IL-9: from birth to breath.” The symposium was organized by IL-9 guru Mark Kaplan and newcomer (and Signals+ Co-Editor [READ MORE]

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Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials of interest to cytokine & interferon researchers Non-Eosinophilic Biological Effects of IL-5 ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT06026202 Sponsor Imperial College London Information provided by Imperial College London (Responsible Party) Last Update Posted 2023-10-30 A Study of 19-28z/IL-18 in People With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT06287528 Sponsor Memorial Sloan [READ MORE]

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YI Award Winners - Where are they now?

Where Are They Now? Past YI Award Winners Share Their Experiences

With the 2024 ICIS Young Investigator Awards recently announced, Signals+ Editorial Board Member, Maialen Sebastian-delaCruz, took the opportunity to catch up with some of the YI Award Winners of past years and asked them to share their experiences and describe the impact this award had in their careers. For some [READ MORE]

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Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials

Assessment of FOXP3 Gene Polymorphisms and Serum Interleukin 10 in Patients With ITP (FoxP3ITP) ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05410249 Sponsor Sohag University Information provided by Noha Saber Shafik, Sohag University (Responsible Party) Last Update Posted 2023-04-12 Targeting IL-17A for Treatment-Resistant Depression ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT04979910 Sponsor Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai [READ MORE]

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Member Highlights

Member Highlight Interview – Meet Jihyun Yu

Currently, I am still undergoing training in Professor You-Me Kim’s laboratory at KAIST, where I am investigating to reveal the novel function of eosinophils and how they are regulated. Cytokines 2023 in Athens marked my second international conference experience. Initially, conversing with foreigners felt incredibly awkward and daunting, but the [READ MORE]

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Society News

Invite a colleague to join the ICIS Family!

Each year, the International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) is thrilled to welcome approximately 200 new members, each bringing unique experiences and perspectives that enrich our community. Did you know that you can meet many of these new members in our regular Signals+ feature, New Member Mini-Bios? Reach out, welcome [READ MORE]

Cytokines 2024
Annual Meeting

Rounding out the Top 10 “must visit” places in Seoul are …

When attending Cytokines / KAI 2024, the Local Organizing Committee wants to make sure you experience the best of Seoul. Here are the final two entries in our “Top 10 Must Visit” places in Seoul. Thanks to the Cytokines 2024 LOC member Jae Hun Shin, PhD, Yonsei University, Korea for [READ MORE]

Clinical Trials, contributed by Howard A. Young
Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials

Human Recombinant Interferon Gamma in the Treatment of Ventilator-acquired Pneumonia in ICU Patients (IGNORANT) ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05843786 Sponsor Hospices Civils de Lyon Information provided by Hospices Civils de Lyon (Responsible Party) Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation With Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a for Primary and Secondary Myelofibrosis (ATIOM) ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05535764 Sponsor University [READ MORE]