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Eastern Star Award Launched

To address difficulties that many Eastern European laboratories face to find resources for consumables needed to conduct high-impact experimental research, the EFIS Board has created the EFIS Eastern Star Award. Details follow here.

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ACTERIA Prizes awarded by EFIS

The FONDATION ACTERIA and EFIS are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes awarded by EFIS!

On the recommendation of the ACTERIA Prizes Selection Jury, the 2020 ACTERIA Doctoral Thesis Prizes are awarded to

  • for immunology: Ai Ing LIM, France, nominated by the French Society for Immunology (SFI) for her dissertation on "Cytokine Control of Human Innate Lymphoid Cells Development and Function"
  • for allergology: Martijn SCHUIJS, Belgium, nominated by the Belgian Immunological Society (BIS) for his thesis on "The Pathogenesis of House Dust Mite-driven Asthma: From Barn to Bedside"


Congratulations to both 2020 Laureates! Read more about the ACTERIA Prizes awarded by EFIS here.

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yEFIS Task Force Launched!

Building on the efforts of junior researchers from several EFIS Member Societies, EFIS has launched the yEFIS Task Force with the intent to create a network dedicated to young immunologists throughout Europe. Read more here.
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Save the Date: 6th European Congress of Immunology


Remember to save the date for the next European Congress of Immunology, September 1-4, 2021, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia.


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NEWS FROM OUR OFFICIAL JOURNALS

European Journal of Immunology

The thioredoxin‐1 inhibitor Txnip restrains effector T‐cell and germinal center B‐cell expansion


Tumor‐derived microparticles in tumor immunology and immunotherapy


Uterine CD56+ cell density and euploid miscarriage in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage: a clinical descriptive study


Slow cytomegalovirus‐specific CD4+ and CD8+ T‐cell differentiation: 10‐year follow‐up of primary infection in a small number of immunocompetent hosts


TNF‐α and IL‐1β sensitize human MSC for IFN‐γ signaling and enhance neutrophil recruitment


CD73 contributes to anti‐inflammatory properties of afferent lymphatic endothelial cells in humans and mice


Convalescent plasma treatment for COVID‐19: Tempering expectations with the influenza experience


White matter lesions in multiple sclerosis are enriched for CD20dim CD8+ tissue‐resident memory T cells


Attenuated immune control of Epstein Barr virus in humanized mice is associated with the multiple sclerosis risk factor HLA‐DR15


De novo polyamine synthesis supports metabolic and functional responses in activated murine Natural Killer cells


Immunology Letters

Immune cell-mediated opioid analgesia


Plasticity and regulatory mechanisms of human ILC2 functions


An assessment of toll-like receptor 7 and 8 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to HIV-1 infection, AIDS development and response to antiretroviral therapy


Long-term omalizumab efficacy in allergic rhinitis


Immunoglobulin deficiency associated with a MAP2K1-related mutation causing cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome


Plasticity of monocyte development and monocyte fates


The neuro-immune axis in cancer: Relevance of the peripheral nervous system to the disease


Abnormal membrane-bound and soluble programmed death ligand 2 (PD-L2) expression in systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with disease activity


LncRNA GAS5 suppresses CD4+ T cell activation by upregulating E4BP4 via inhibiting miR-92a-3p in systemic lupus erythematosus


Low levels of pro-resolving lipid mediators lipoxin-A4, resolvin-D1 and resolvin-E1 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis