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Member Highlight: Meet Ruth Franklin

My main research interest now is the convergence between immunology and regenerative biology, and thus, the Franklin Lab is focused on understanding the way immune cells contribute to tissue remodeling and repair. The ICIS community has been so warm and welcoming! Being a member of ICIS has given me a [READ MORE]

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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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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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Member Highlight: Chao Yang

ICIS is my favorite Society I am involved in, and I am very honored to have received the Amanda Proudfoot Tribute Award for Advances in Chemokine Biology during Cytokines 2023 Conference. This award provides valuable support for my job hunting and encourages me to continue working on cytokines in the [READ MORE]

Professor Emeritus Alberto Mantovani
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Member Highlight: Professor Emeritus Alberto Mantovani

Long time ICIS member, Alberto Mantovani, was recently elected into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his distinguished achievements in original research. See the May 3 issue of the Signals+ Newsletter for more on that honor. This issue, we’re pleased to feature Prof. Emeritus Mantovani in the [READ MORE]

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Member Highlight – Iolanda Miceli

Signals+ Editorial Board member, Maialen Sebastian, recently caught up with a 2023 ICIS-Pfizer Junior Investigator Award recipient, Iolanda Miceli for this interview. “I am concurrently completing my medical degree and scientific training at Monash University Melbourne. I never anticipated that my medical degree would morph into a PhD program as [READ MORE]

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Four ICIS Members Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to the following Lifetime ICIS members have been elected into the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Kaech, Susan M.; professor and director, NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif.

O’Garra, Anne; professor and principal group leader, Immunoregulation and Infection Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom)

Trinchieri, Giorgio; chief, Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, distinguished investigator, and head, Cancer Immunology Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

As well as long time ICIS member Mantovani, Alberto; emeritus professor of general pathology and vice rector for research, Humanitas University (Italy) [READ MORE]

Old Pals (l to r): Phil Hansbro, Paul Hertzog, Luke O'Neill
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Member Highlight: Paul Hertzog, B.Sc (Honours), Ph.D., The University of Melbourne

There have been many great (Cytokines) meetings for different reasons. But the standout for me was Hawaii 2022. It was the first face-to-face meeting post COVID lockdown era and Melbourne had one of the longest at 265 days!!! So this was the first time we had seen our international family in over 3 years! The excitement was palpable. It brought home all the values of our Science and this Society. [READ MORE]

Ruby Dawson in Athens, Greece
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Member Highlight: Ruby Dawson, Postdoctoral Researcher, South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI)

My research investigates the function of innate immune receptors in gastric cancer and gastric inflammation.

Being on the ICIS council as a junior member for the past few years has been invaluable for my career. It’s provided insight into how international societies work, how conferences are organised and given me experience in activities outside of pure research.

After COVID travel restrictions, it’s been great to meet collaborators face to face, some for the first time. The 2023 meeting in Athens was great. There were great talks, good food and fun networking sessions! The music from Luke O’Neill’s band was a highlight. [READ MORE]

Dr. Simon Jones and post-docs having fun.
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Member Highlight: Prof. Simon Jones, BSc (Hons), PhD

Please tell us your name, degree, where you currently work, position. Simon Jones, BSc (Hons), PhD in Biochemistry As Professor of Inflammation Biology in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University, I am co-director of the Systems Immunity Research Institute, where I lead multimorbidity research as a co-director of the [READ MORE]