November 2019

In our final article about the proceedings of the Immuno-Jaipur course, we shall highlight talks given by faculty about their research on PIDS. Children with PIDs are often misdiagnosed for cancers due to have.

This article highlights talks about viral immunity. Prof Gray presented his research on the impact of HIV on placental and fetal immunity, while Dr Groom presented on the importance of microscopic imaging in understanding viral immunity.

The theme of the 5th and last day of Immuno-Jaipur was Clinical Immunology, which included talks from researchers that conduct translational research. In this article we shall highlight talks by Dr Narinder Mehra and Rajalingum Raja, who presented talks on Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system immunology.

Day 4 of Immuno-Jaipur included talks by Oliver Boyer and Hannes Stockinger. Prof. Olivier Boyer lecture highlighted the origin and perspectives of CAR-T cells for treatment of cancer patients. He briefed the design of chimeric antigen receptor construct which consist of the extracellular...

Day 4 of the Immuno-Jaipur included talks from renowned Professors Shubhada Chiplunka, Sunil Arora, Hannes Stockinger, Abul Abbas and Oliver Boyer. In think article we shall highlights information relayed by Profs Chuplunka, Arora and Abbas. Prof. Shubhada Chiplunkar, ACTREC-Tata Memorial Centre, addressed the audience on the...

In addition to talks by Prof Abbas, Day 3 of Immuno-Jaipur included talks on autoimmunity and chronic inflammation. Prof. Bernhard Fleisher gave a talk on autoimmunity in the central nervous system where he discussed various autoimmune diseases such as Myasthenia Gravis, Encephalitis, Multiple sclerosis. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease...

In this article we shall focus on talks given by Prof. Abul Abbas, which focused on regulatory cells, role of T cells in autoimmunity and inflammation, as well as therapeutic strategies against autoimmune diseases.

“Young immunologists should remember that at least half of written in immunological textbooks is probably wrong; we just do not know which half”..The 2nd day of the IUIS-IIS-FIMSA Immuno-Jaipur workshop was predominantly focused on T and B cell immunology.

IUIS-IIS-FIMSA-Immuno-Jaipur Basic and Advanced Translation Immunology Course brought together experts in the field of immunology from across the globe to interact and discuss with the young researchers and clinicians.The opening session was addressed by Dr. Narinder Mehra...

Last month, the official International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) conference that took place in Beijing, China. ICI 2019 was opened by 3 wonderful talks by Nobel Laureates Peter Doherty, Jules Hoffman and Tasuku Honjo. Peter Doherty gave a brilliant history of Immunology...