Young Belgian Immunological Society

🚀 Hey young immunologists! Registrations are open for the yBIS 3rd Annual Meeting 🗓 Register by April 8, 2026 ✍️ Abstracts by March 25, 2026 🎤 Speakers: Jan Remsik (BEL), Alba Sánchez Montalvo (ES), Alicia López Bruzos (DE) Don’t miss networking, learning & inspiring talks! youngbis.be/2026-2/

🚀 The wait is over — #ECI2027 is officially underway! The road to Europe’s major immunology meeting has begun! 🔬 📣 Abstract submission opens 15 October 2026! Start preparing your latest research and get ready to share it with the immunology community in Florence. 🇮🇹🧬 #Immunology #Research

📣 T Cell Connect Europe – Online Immunology Lecture Series kicking off after summer break TODAY! 📅 Oct 6th at 17:00 🎙️ Presenters: Taras Kreslavskiy from Karolinska Institute and Dietmar Herndler-Brandstetter from Medical University of Vienna. 🔗 For more information and zoom link: www.t-cells.eu

🎀 October is #BreastCancerAwareness Month. 🔬 #Immunology research is opening new avenues in #breastcancerresearch and treatment. ✨ Better understanding. New possibilities. Continued progress. 💡This month, #EFIS highlights the vital role of immunology research in the fight against cancer 💙 💪

🧬 Join the next DGfI-YI & Junge DGI Joint Seminar! 📅 Aug 10, 2026 | 17:00 CET 💻 Online (Zoom) Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Dr. Dr. Nathalie Schmidt (University Hospital Cologne) "You are what you eat – Immunometabolism in health and disease"

👉 Career Conversations at Cytokines 2026 Whether you're considering a career beyond academia or looking to strengthen academia–industry collaborations, don't miss this! 👇 📍Glasgow, UK | 18–21 October 2026 For the full programme and registration, visit 2026.cytokinesociety.org

📢 Final Call for Abstract Submissions! We're excited to share the final call for abstracts for the CRC 1160 Conference, "Impaired Immunity: From Immunopathology to Immune Reconstitution". 📍 University of Freiburg, Germany 📅 October 8–10, 2026

📣 Open positions in Oslo, Norway Two exciting opportunities focused on coeliac disease. The projects combine mucosal immunology, ex vivo biopsy cultures, and tissue proteomics. 🔎 Find more: 👇 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🚨 PhD Opportunity in Cancer Immunology - Precision Oncology Ireland (POI), Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) 🔗 Full job description: drive.google.com/file/d/17PkE... ✍️ Application: forms.gle/YPAiUEX7cqSL... ⏱️ Deadline: 28 May, 5pm

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Immunology & Malaria Research at GIMM Lisbon 📄 Full job description and application details: gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc... 🗓️ Application deadline: 5 June 2026

🚨🧬 The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants 2026 are now open! 🏆 Early-career researchers can receive $150,000 to support innovative research in human immunology, vaccines & immunotherapy 🌍🔬 📅 Deadline: June 22, 2026 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.michelsonmedicalresearch.org/michelson-pr...

Excited to share the #program for the yBIS – Young Belgian Immunological Society Meeting on 22 April 2026 at Campus UZ Gent. Join us for #lectures, #posters, and a #career panel with fellow #immunology researchers. Check it out & join us! #yBIS #ScientificMeeting #YoungResearchers

Adriatic School on Immunometabolism – ASI 2026 📍 Hotel Punta, Veli Lošinj, Croatia | 📅 Oct 18–22, 2026 Join ~100 early-career researchers and 14 top speakers to discuss immunometabolism, present your work, and connect in a beautiful seaside setting. 👉 More info: immunometabolism.hr

Good news! The abstract submission deadline has been extended 🎉 You now have more time to submit your work and join us at the 3rd yEFIS Symposium in Prague. 🗓️ New deadline: 31st March 🔗 Submit here: yefis.org/symposium

Registration deadline extended to 31 March 2026 ⏰ Join the 14th EFIS–EJI Tatra Immunology Conference (13–17 June 2026, Mikulov, Czech Republic) – a great meeting for early-career immunologists to present research, share ideas, and network with leading scientists. 🧪 🔗 tatra.img.cas.cz

⏳Less than 2 months to #DayofImmunology 2026! #DoI2026 webinar, social media campaigns & DoI Awards - something for everyone🧬 💡Share your plans - Let’s celebrate immunology together on April 29! 🔗 loom.ly/yWRSIP0 #RegulatoryTCell @eurjimmunol.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

This year is the fourth edition of the LINE symposium hosted in the Francis Crick Institute and it’s free! 🗓️ Set the date in your agenda: 22nd of June 2026 from 9:00 to 17:00. 🔗More information at this link: londoninfection.wixsite.com/home/lipn

📢 12th EMBRN Conference – Vienna 2026 We are pleased to share that the 12th conference of the European Mast Cell and Basophil Research Network will take place June 10–12, 2026 at the Medical University of Vienna in Vienna. 🔗 More information: innere-med-1.meduniwien.ac.at/EMBRNconfere...

🔬🌍 Women Driving Innovation in Immunology Across the World Celebrating Women in Science! 🌟 yEFIS,IUISJC & ALACIJC host a seminar with 4 inspiring female immunologists from academia and industry. 🗓️ See details in the flyer 🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/yefis-iuisjc...

More leading voices for #DayofImmunology 2026🧬 Makoto Miyara (Sorbonne University / Pitié-Salpêtrière) will join our #DOI2026 webinar, bringing clinical insight on #RegulatoryTcells in transplantation and autoimmunity. 📅 April 29 at 15:00 Registration 🔗👇 @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

💥Exciting news! Delighted to share that Shimon Sakaguchi, Nobel Prize 2025 laureate, will speak at the #DayofImmunology 2026! 🔬His discovery of #RegulatoryTcells transformed our understanding of immune tolerance, which marks this year's #DOI2026 theme. Register👇 #NobelPrize #ImmunologyWithoutBorders

🏆Nominations are OPEN for the 2026 EJI-EFIS Prize for the ECR Article of the Year! Best paper published in EJI (2025) by an early-career researcher wins €5,000 + travel grant to ECI 2027 (Florence)✈️ 🔗 Details & eligibility: bit.ly/41GeiMi 🫵 Self-nominations encouraged!

🌟14th EFIS-EJI TATRA Immunology Conference 💡Proudly supported by #EFIS and @eurjimmunol.bsky.social 🤝organized by the 🇦🇹,🇨🇿+🇸🇰 Immunological Societies 📚unites Europe’s rising #immunology stars since 1994 👉 tatra.img.cas.cz Be part of this community shaping the future of immunology & spread the word!

📢#EFIS Education Task Force webinar series in 2026! 💡Join us for an inspiring webinar exploring landmark discoveries that have shaped modern immunology. 🗓️27 Jan ⏰ 5:00 pm (CET) Registration is free, but places are limited—secure your spot via 👉 www.efisedu.de/webinar 🌍Share with your colleagues!

🎤 Second Keynote Announcement Meet our next keynote speaker: ✨ Ondřej Štěpánek (@imgprague) 🧬 “Signaling pathways instruct fate choices in T cells” 📍 Prague | 29 June – 1 July 2026 🔗 Registration opens soon! #yEFIS2026 #Keynote #Immunology

Mark your calendars for April 29th as this year's #DayofImmunology webinar highlights the #RegulatoryTCell; the guardians within our immune system! Learn more👇 #DOI2026 #Tregs #ImmuneBalance @yefis-immunology.bsky.social @iuis-online.bsky.social

📣Calling out to immunology leaders! 🌟 #EFIS Eastern Star Award - supporting immunology research in #EasternEurope with up to €10,000 for project consumables. 🌍Up to 3 awards annually for PIs from EFIS-affiliated societies. 🗓 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026 🔗 www.efis.org/efis/awards/... #Immunology

👉 Save the date! SIICA announces the Virtual School of Immunology 2026, an online event open to anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how the immune system works. 🎙️Expert talks 💼 A dedicated career-development workshop session ✍️ More details coming soon!

📣 Save the Date! We are excited to share that the 3rd yEFIS Symposium will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from 🗓️ 29th June to 1st July 2026! 🔗 Stay tuned for registration details and the full program!

✨ Save the date! 📅 19 November • 2 PM CET 🧬 Join the EACR–yEHA–yEFIS webinar on CAR T cells 🔗 Registration: www.eacr.org/meeting/free...

📢 Don’t miss today’s episode! 👇

yEFIS Career Fridays Episode 5️⃣: Bridging science and medicine 🧪💊 🗓️ November 14th 13:00 CET 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/yefiscareer2...

📢 #Postdoc opportunity in Warsaw! The Laboratory of Cellular Genomics (IIMCB, Poland) is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow to study novel lung dendritic cell subsets in asthma.💡 📄Learn more: skk.erecruiter.pl//Offer.aspx?... 🌐 olab.com.pl

💡 Wiley EJI Publishing Workshop in Berlin! 📚 Learn practical tips on publishing directly from Wiley Editors and the European Journal of Immunology team! Learn more 👇 web.cvent.com/event/167fee... #Wiley #EJI #PublishingWorkshop #Immunology #ScientificPublishing #yEFIS #ResearchCareers

🎉 The wait is over! 🎉 We’re excited to announce that the next yEFIS Symposium will take place in ✨ Prague! ✨ Get ready for inspiring talks, networking opportunities, and unforgettable moments 🥳 🗓️ Stay tuned for program updates and registration details! See you in Prague! 🇨🇿

📣 Vienna ImmunoLectures – Nov 13th, 2025 🧬 Join the next Vienna ImmunoLectures at MedUni Vienna (or online!) Speakers: 🔹 Sabine Taschner-Mandl – Pediatric cancer immunity 🔹 Dietmar Herndler-Brandstetter – Tumor microenvironment 📍 Jugendstilhörsaal, 4:30–6:30 pm

Join Kristina, Vinay, and Lyn Lim this Friday to hear how they transitioned from doing to supporting science, the challenges and opportunities of working with researchers across Europe, and tips for PhD grads entering this career path 👣

Pre-print alert! And this one really is a must read for anyone that does spectral #flowcytometry. It is a complete, fully-automated spectral unmixing pipeline that reduces error up to 9000-fold. Want to get a tough sample, like lung, looking like this? Read more! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in my group at the Botnar Institute for Immune Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. The project is aimed at developing novel mucosal adjuvants for application in oral vaccines. Deadline to apply 16.11.25! Please re-post 🔬🧬 join.com/companies/im...

yEFIS Career Fridays Ep. 3️⃣: Where Science Meets Law 👩‍⚖️ Join Ine Vanderleyden (Autolus Ltd) and Stu Warner (IPTector) as they share their journeys from science to patent law and insights for aspiring patent attorneys ✨ 🗓️ Oct 31, 13:00 CET 👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/yefiscareer2...

One of our members, @helligator.bsky.social is putting her research into the spotlight and appreciates a boost from our community 🇧🇪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬