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Awards

The Cytokine Society Announces its 2026 Award Recipients

The Cytokine Society is proud to announce this year’s most prestigious honors. Christopher Hunter, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) receives the 2026 ICIS–Pfizer Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research – the Society’s highest honor – recognizing 35 years of landmark discoveries in IL-27 biology, host–parasite immunity, and cytokine-mediated immune [READ MORE]

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Awards

Young Investigator Award Nominations Extended to April 30!

Know someone doing exceptional work? The Cytokine Society Young Investigator Awards, including the Regeneron New Investigator Awards, Christina Fleischmann Award for Excellence, Amanda Proudfoot Award, Pfizer Trainee Awards, and the Sidney and Joan Pestka Graduate and Post-Graduate Awards celebrate emerging researchers who show exceptional promise. Winners gain opportunities to present [READ MORE]

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Annual Meeting

Recognizing Excellence: Nominate a Colleague for a Prestigious ICIS Award

Celebrating Achievements Across Career Stages The Cytokine Society is proud to honor outstanding contributions to the field of cytokine and interferon research through its comprehensive awards program. Designed to recognize excellence at every stage of a scientist’s career, the ICIS awards underscore the Society’s commitment to fostering innovation, mentorship, and [READ MORE]

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Annual Meeting

Outstanding Scientists Selected for Memorial Lectures at Cytokines 2025

We are delighted to announce two exceptional researchers who will deliver the prestigious memorial lectures at Cytokines 2025 – the 13th Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine & Interferon Society. Dr. Susan Kaech from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies will present the Philip I. Marcus Memorial Lecture, while Dr. [READ MORE]

Headshots of 2025 ICIS Regeneron Award Winners
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Congratulations 2025 ICIS Regeneron New Investigators!

The ICIS-Regeneron New Investigator Awards recognize ICIS members who will attend the upcoming annual conference and who have received a Ph.D. within the previous 10 years or their MD degree (plus residency training) within the last 14 years. Up to four awards are granted to individuals who have made notable [READ MORE]

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Amanda Proudfoot Tribute Award

Congratulations 2025 ICIS Young Investigators!

The International Cytokine & Interferon Society proudly announces these 2025 Young Investigator Award winners. The Sidney & Joan Pestka Graduate and Post-Graduate Awards, sponsored by PBL Assay Services Post-graduate awardee, Alexander Lercher, PhD, The Rockefeller University is currently an HFSP long-term fellow and Harvey L. Karp postdoctoral fellow in the [READ MORE]

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Awards

Congratulations 2025 ICIS Senior Career Award Winners!

The International Cytokine & Interferon Society proudly announces the winners of the 2025 Senior Career Awards. ICIS-Pfizer Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research The Society’s most prestigious honor was jointly awarded to Burkhard Becher, PhD and Francisco J. Quintana, PhD. Prof. Dr. Becher’s nominator summarized his contributions thusly: [READ MORE]

Photo of the 2024 award winners in Seoul, Korea
Annual Meeting

Recognizing Excellence

ICIS Awards Celebrate Achievements Across Career Stages The International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) is proud to honor outstanding contributions to the field of cytokine and interferon research through its comprehensive awards program. Designed to recognize excellence at every stage of a scientist’s career, the ICIS awards underscore the Society’s [READ MORE]

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Annual Meeting

2024 Travel Award Winners Recount Highlights of Cytokines 2024 & KAI 2024

Former travel grant recipient Dr. Maialen Sebastian de la Cruz of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Spain is an editor of the Signals+ newsletter. She interviewed the 2024 winners to capture their impressions while still fresh. The 12th Annual Meeting of the International Cytokines and Interferon Society [READ MORE]

Photo of the 2024 award winners in Seoul, Korea
Awards

Recognizing Excellence: ICIS Celebrates the 2024 Award Winners

The International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) is proud to honor outstanding contributions to the field of cytokine and interferon research through its comprehensive awards program. Designed to recognize excellence at every stage of a scientist’s career, the ICIS awards underscore the Society’s commitment to fostering innovation, mentorship, and impactful [READ MORE]