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January 27, 2019 medical

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (CVI) published articles that enhanced the understanding of the immune response in health and disease and after vaccination by showcasing discoveries in clinical, laboratory, and vaccine immunology.

As of January 2018, research in this area is published by ASM's multi-disciplinary, open access journal mSphere.

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Society for Mucosal Immunology

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SMIs aim is to bridge the gap between the high quality immunology presented at meetings such as AAI, and the high quality clinical specialty meetings (DDW, ATS, FOCIS) to provide a forum where people interested in immunology at mucosal surfaces can share ideas.

The perks of a SMI membership will allow you to collaborate and grow as an immunologist. SMI membership benefits include:

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Immunology | Duke Graduate School

January 16, 2019 medical

The Department of Immunology offers graduate training in various areas of molecular and cellular immunology. Research topics in the department include adaptive immunity, innate immunity, antigen receptor gene recombination and hypermutations, immune signaling pathways, lymphocyte development, leukocyte trafficking, autoimmunity, host defense against pathogens, lymphomagenesis, and cancer immunology. The program offers courses covering fundamental knowledge and advanced topics in immunology. Graduate training also includes active participation in seminars, journal clubs, group meetings, and student teaching. Annual committee meetings and progress reports are required for on time completion of thesis projects.

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UAB – School of Medicine – Program in Immunology – Home

January 14, 2019 medical

The multi-disciplinary Program in Immunology consists of over 100 UAB Faculty who identify themselves as basic or clinical immunologists and are members of multiple units at UAB. A desire for excellence on the part of the UAB faculty, coupled with the relative youth of the institution, has promoted a collective attitude of interdepartmental cooperation and collegiality.

UAB is the home of several internationally prominent research programs, e.g., Developmental Immunology, Mucosal Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center, Host Defense, Virology and Vaccine Biology. Newer programsin Cancer Immunology, Allergy, Immunogenetics, Inflammation and Tissue Injury, Transplantation Immunology, Neuroimmunology, and Basic Immunology of the T cell and innate systems are poised to become highly competitive.

For a brief history of the Program in Immunology at UAB, written by Dr. Claude Bennett, please click here.

The Program in Immunology was created to enhance the wide distribution of immunology-related research at UAB. This trans-departmental program seeks to enhance communication among faculty in order to identify and stimulate additional synergies across campus. The main goals of the program are to:

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Immunology Graduate Program – University of Colorado Denver

January 9, 2019 medical

Welcome to the Immunology Graduate Program at the University of Colorado. Our graduate program couples both formal coursework with informal instruction and vigorous bench training in diverse areas of immunology within an extremely collaborative setting that culminates with a Ph.D. in Immunology. We carry out our research in beautiful Colorado just eastof the accessible Rocky Mountains.

The Immunology Graduate Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus was founded in 1989, and integrates faculty from the University of Colorado, the world-renown National Jewish Health and the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. The program draws from the academic strengths of all three institutions that have contributed significant resources to make our program one of the most prominent basic immunology research programs in the country. Our diverse faculty, with over 40 training faculty, investigates all aspects of immunology including cell development and activation, signaling, inflammation, innate immunity, structural biology, genomics and disease states such as autoimmunity, transplantation, infectious disease, pulmonary immunity and cancer. The majority of our faculty hold appointments in the Department of Immunology & Microbiology at the University of Colorado and the Department of Biomedical Research at National Jewish Health as well as the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, the Department of Medicine (Divisions of Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, and Gastroenterology). Our program students upon graduating also have the opportunity to earn a certificate from the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (CCTSI) that emphasizes training in translational settings.

Applicants with proven scientific ability, indicated through performance in a college level science program and/or performance in a research laboratory, are welcome and encouraged to apply. Our program seeks to invest in students with the ability to thrive in a stimulating, research-oriented graduate program leading to careers in Immunology in the academic, governmental or private sectors. We encourage applications from qualified underrepresented minorities where we have a strong history of successful training. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required for admittance.

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52 current faculty trainers:

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Academic postdocs include University of Washington, Washington University, INSERM (Paris), Harvard/Broad Institute, Mount Sinai New York, UCSF and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.

Biotech include AbbVie, Seattle Genetics, Fate Therapeutics, R&D Systems

Medical non-research include Epidemic Intelligence Service at the CDC, Staff at the Journal of Immunology, Regulatory Coordinator Duke University

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Allergist / Immunologist: Specialized Skills | AAAAI

January 7, 2019 medical

An allergist / immunologist (commonly referred to as an allergist) is a physician specially trained to diagnose, treat and manage allergies, asthma and immunologic disorders including primary immunodeficiency disorders. These conditions range from the very common to the very rare, spanning all ages and encompassing various organ systems.

In the United States, becoming an allergist / immunologist requires at least an additional nine years of training beyond a bachelors degree.

After completing medical school and graduating with a medical degree, physicians undergo three years of training in internal medicine or pediatrics and pass the exam of either the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) or the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP).

Internists and pediatricians interested in becoming an allergist / immunologist have at least an additional two years of study, called a fellowship, in an allergy / immunology training program.

Allergist / immunologists listed as ABAI-certified have successfully passed the certifying examination of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI). Many of these individuals have achieved the rank of Fellow within the AAAAI. When you see FAAAAI alongside the designation of MD you know that your allergist / immunologist has met many of the highest standards in the field.

Find out more about a rewarding career in allergy / immunology.

The AAAAIs Find an Allergist / Immunologist service is a trusted resource to help you find a specialist close to home.

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Euro Immunology- 2019| Immunology Conferences | USA | Europe …

January 7, 2019 medical

Session Tracks

Track 1: Clinical Immunology: Current & Future Research

Immunology is the study of the immune system. The immune system is how all animals, including humans, protect themselves against diseases. The study of diseases caused by disorders of the immune system is clinical immunology.

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Translational Systems Immunology Keystone Symposium Utah, 2801 Feb 2018 US; Emerging Cellular Therapies: T Cells and BeyondKeystone SymposiumKeystone, 1115 Feb 2018 Conference US; 9th Molecular Immunology & Immunogenetics CongressConference Series 0809 Mar2018 Congress London, UK; 22nd Edition of International Immunology and Infectious Diseases Conferences, May 10-11, 2018, Frankfurt, Germany; 10th International Clinical and Cellular Immunology Conferences, August 6-7, 2018 Madrid, Spain Keystone Symposium: Cancer Immunotherapy: CombinationsKeystone SymposiumMontreal, 2327 Mar 2018 Conference Canada; Keystone Suymposium: HIV and Co-infections: Pathogenesis, Inflammation and PersistenceKeystone Symposium 1519 Apr 2018 ConferenceWhistler, Canada; Annual Immunology & Immunotechnology Conferences, September 13-14, 2018 Zurich, Switzerland; Immunochemistry and Immunobiology Keystone Symposium 1015 June 2018 Conference West Dover, US; Mechanisms in Immunity and Autoimmunity Keystone Symposium 1721 June 2018 Conference Dresden, Germany; 12th International Allergy & Clinical Immunology Conferences, October 1-2, 2018 Moscow, Russia; Innate Immunity in Host-Pathogen Interactions EMBL 2427 June 2018 Conference Heidelberg, Germany; 3rd International Autoimmunity Conferences, November 26-27, 2018 Dublin, Ireland; 29th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, September 4-8, 2018, Canberra, Australia; Gordon Research Conference: Cell Death Gordon Research Newry, 0510 Aug 2018 Conference US; 15th International Immunology Conferences, July 05 - 07, 2018, Vienna, Austria; 5th European Congress of Immunology, September 2-5, 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Societies and Associations on Immunology:

German Society for Parasitology; Autoimmune Society Inc.; The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association; International union of Immunological society; Australian Society for Medical Research; The International Union of Immunological Societies; The Society for Mucosal Immunology; Federation of African Immunological Societies; Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies; Society of Mucosal Immunology; Australasian Society for Immunology; British Society for Immunology; World Health Federation; European Federation of Immunological Societies: EFIS

Track 2: Cancer and Tumor Immunobiology

Cancer immunology is an area of immunology that studies relations between the immune system and cancer cells. It is a field of research that objects to discover cancer immunotherapies to treat and retard progression of the disease. The immune system is the bodys first line of defense against most diseases and infectious invaders.

Tumor Immunobiology

The immune system can promote the elimination of tumours, but often immune responses are modulated or suppressed by the tumour microenvironment. The Tumour microenvironment is an important aspect of cancer biology that contributes to tumour initiation, tumour progression and responses to therapy.

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Track 3: Vaccines and Vaccinology

Vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to particular disease. It contains certain agent that not only resembles a disease causing microorganism but it also stimulates bodys immune system to recognise the foreign agents.

Vaccinology

Vaccinology describes vaccine development and how the immune system retorts to vaccines, but also includes ongoing evaluation of immunization programs, vaccine safety and effectiveness, as well as surveillance of the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Track 4: Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is treatment that uses certain parts of a persons immune system to fight diseases such as cancer. This can be done in a couple of ways:

Stimulating your own immune system to work harder or smarter to attack cancer cells

Giving you immune system components, such as man-made immune system proteins

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Track 5: Infectious Diseases and Immune System

Recent research in laboratories is primarily focused on infectious diseases in developing countries. Laboratory-based research may be supplemented by field-based studies of epidemiological and ecological aspects of infectious disease transmission and control.

Current immune-mediated and infectious disease includes HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Pneumonia, Enteric Diseases, and Autoimmune diseases. In future, immunological studies concentrate on genetic regulation of the immune response, the reciprocity of innate immune system and intestinal microbial communities, the functioning and regulation of T-cell-derived cytokines and cytokines involved in the inflammation regulation.

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Track 6: Immunodeficiency

Immunodeficiency is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease is compromised or entirely absent. Immunodeficiency disorders prevent your body from adequately fighting infections and diseases.

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Track 7: Neuro Immunology

Neuroimmunology, the study of the interaction between our central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and our immune system. Neuroimmunology contributes to development of new pharmacological treatments for several neurological conditions.

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Track 8: Reproductive and Ocular immunology

Reproductive immunology

Refers to a field of medicine that studies interactions (or the absence of them) between the immune system and components related to the reproductive system, such as maternal immune tolerance towards the fetus, or immunological interactions across the blood-testis barrier.

Ocular immunology

Is the destructive inflammatory diseases of the eye mediated by abnormal immunoregulatory processes. These diseases can slightly reduce vision or lead to severe vision loss. Uveitis is inflammatory diseases that affect the uvea. In addition, uveitis is used to describe any inflammatory disease that produces swelling and destroys eye tissues, including within the retina.

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Track 9: Microbial and Fungal Immunology

These kinds of infections are sometimes asymptomatic. Clinically infected person will be a carrier of pathogen causing disease and infection.

Fungal Immunology

There are approximately 100, 000 species of fungi and these are ubiquitous in the environment. Some form spores which we inhale on a daily basis (e.g. Aspergillus spp), and others live as human commensal organisms (e.g. Candida spp).

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Track 10: Allergy and Therapies

Allergy involves an exaggerated response of the immune system, often to common substances such as foods or pollen. The immune system is a complex system that normally defends the body against foreign invaders, such as bacteria and viruses, while also surveying for conditions such as cancer and autoimmunity.

Allergies, also recognized as allergic diseases, are a numeral of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to classically harmless substances in the environment These diseases contain hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis.

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Track 11: Diagnostic and Technological novelty of Immunology

Diagnostics Immunology

Biological therapy so called immunotherapy is one type of treatment designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer. It uses materials either made by the body or manmade to improve, target and restore proper functioning of immune system.

Technological novelty of Immunology

Years ago, immunologists typically spent the bulk of their time at the laboratory bench. Their research involved peering into a microscope and probably characterizing the different cells from a blood sample.

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Track 12:Antigen Processing

Antigen processing is an immunological process that prepares antigens for presentation to special cells of the immune system called T lymphocytes. It is considered to be a stage of antigen presentation pathways.

MHC I antigen presentation typically (considering cross-presentation) involves the endogenous pathway of antigen processing, and MHC II antigen presentation involves the exogenous pathway of antigen processing.

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Track 13: Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Malignancies and Immune System Development

Haematopoietic and lymphoid malignancies are tumors that affect the blood, bone marrow, lymph, and lymphatic system.

Immune system

The immune system plays a dual role against cancer: it prevents tumor cell outgrowth and also sculpts the immunogenicity of the tumor cells.

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Allergy/Immunology articles: The New England Journal of Medicine

January 2, 2019 student

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Immunology | UChicago Biosciences

January 2, 2019 student

Donald F. Steiner: discovered proinsulin, advancing diabetestreatment

Biochemist Donald F. Steiner, SM56, MD56, discovered proinsulin, the first pro-hormone and precursor to insulin. The 1965 finding led to the synthetic production of human insulin, markedly improving therapy for diabetes sufferers, and laid the groundwork for improved understanding of how other proteins in the body are made.

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Allergy and Immunology – Montefiore Medical Center

January 2, 2019 student

The Division of Allergy and Immunology at Montefiore offers patients the expertise of our allergists available at one of our three sites. The Division specializes in allergic and immunologic conditions, including:

We provide our patients with expert diagnoses and aggressive treatment approaches. Rather than simply treating symptoms, we identify the causes of allergies and then develop treatment plans tailored to a patient's individual allergy problem. Our experts regularly appear on year-end lists of the best physicians in the New York metropolitan area, and patients in need of specialized care are often referred to us by their primary care physicians.

When patients are first referred to us, we diagnose their condition over the course of several visits. To gain a thorough medical overview, our highly trained nurses spend as long as two hours with patients during their initial visit. These examinations often include the following:

When necessary, we give additional allergy skin tests until we feel confident that we have found what is causing a patient's allergies. Once patients have been diagnosed, we offer thorough follow-up treatment and complete management of all aspects of their care.

Following diagnosis, we use three common treatment methods that are aimed at minimizing the patient's exposure to common triggers of allergies:

Even when multiple causes are responsible for a patient's allergies, we can devise a highly beneficial course of treatment.

We help our patients understand how to reduce their symptoms by avoiding exposure to their allergy triggers. Find helpful tips on:

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