Norwegian Society for Immunology (NSI) – NSI is a scientific association that arranges national and international meetings, organizes education seminars, workshops and public outreach programmes, as well as hosting social functions for its members. We are part of Scandinavian Society for Immunology.

SSI2026 extended Early Bird announcement!

On behalf of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI) it is our pleasure to announce that the Early Bird Registration deadline has been extended to 1st of June – do not miss this chance to register at a reduced rate and get a chance to listen to our esteemed Speakers!

The 51st Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology, Bergen, 7-10 September
Register now: https://lnkd.in/em4qMKck

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS
During the 51st Annual Meeting of the SSI, Gerhard Krönke will give a lecture entitled “Resetting autoimmunity in immune-mediated inflammatory disease”.
Gerhard Krönke is the chair and director of the Medical Department of Rheumatology and Clinical immunology at the Charité University Hospital Berlin. His research work focuses on the molecular mechanisms contributing to the development of immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. A particular focus of his research lies on the identification of novel therapeutic targets and treatment approaches, which resulted in the identification of a novel molecular mode of action of glucocorticoids as well as the introduction of novel therapeutic strategies such as CAR T cells and T cell engagers as newly emerging therapeutic principles for IMIDs. He received multiple awards as well as an ERC Starting grant and an ERC consolidator grant.
More about Gerhard and his research: https://lnkd.in/egKtwi8C

Velkommen til Immunologiens dag!

«Når immunsystemet mister bremsene!».

Onsdag 29/4 kl.17:30-19:00
i Gamle Festsal, Domus Academica, Universitet i Oslo sentrum.

Høsten 2025 ble Nobelprisen i fysiologi og medisin tildelt oppdagelsen av celler som passer på at immunsystemet ikke går berserk i kroppen vår! I den anledning er temaet for denne populærvitenskapelige dagen autoimmune sykdommer, og hvordan balanse i immunsystemet og sykdom henger sammen!

Program:
Anette Susanne Bøe Wolff (Professor i Immunologi, Universitetet i Bergen):
«Venn, fiende eller forvirret? Immunforsvarets balanse i helse og sykdom»
Guro Goll (Seniorforsker og overlege i revmatologi, Diakonhjemmet sykehus):
«Jeg har autoimmun sykdom – kan jeg ta vaksine?»
Karsten Midtvedt (overlege, spesialist i nyresykdommer, Oslo Univ.sykehus):
«Organtransplantert og immunsupprimert; full fart… med bremsene på!»

Velkommen!
Hilsen Norsk Selskap for Immunologi (NSI)

51st Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology, Bergen Sep 2026

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the 51st Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology, to be held in Bergen, Norway, from September 7th to 10th, 2026.

The meeting promises an exciting scientific program featuring keynote and plenary lectures from leading immunologists, alongside a summer school program for early-career researchers. Travel grants are available to support attendance for those early in their careers.

Registration and abstract submission are now open. The early bird registration deadline is May 18th.

For the full program, registration details, and abstract submission guidelines, please visit our website: https://www.ssi2026.no/

We look forward to welcoming you to Bergen later this year!

43rd NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2025 Program is Finally Here!

Dear NSI members,
I hope you have all now registered for the 43rd NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly! Please find the program attached.

program_nsi_annual_meeting_2025.docx (2)Download

Date: Friday, November 28, 2025
Time: 9.00 to 22.00
Location: Store Auditorium, Domus Medica
In you have not yet registered, or paid for dinner (200kr), please do so before Nov 24: https://nettskjema.no/a/541803

This year, we will in addition to the NSI Annual Meeting on Nov 28, organize workshops the day before on Nov 27. These workshops are centered on technical training and education, and we think the topics covered will be of broad general interest to immunologists.

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025
Time: 14.30-17.30 (followed by pizza and drinks)

Program at a glance:
Workshop 1: Tips and tricks for conventional and spectral flow cytometry: How to optimize workflows to maximize biological resolution (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Workshop 2: Navigating Single-Cell Technology Choices and High-Dimensional Flow Cytometry (BD)
Workshop 3: CARving the way – Solutions for CAR Engineered Cell Characterization (Bionordica)

Please see more details of the program and topics to be covered here.

Travel grants:
Please note the availability of four (4) travel grants (NOK 3000 each) available for persons from outside of Oslo*. A successful candidate must have submitted an abstract for the NSI Annual meeting. Please email your application (including submitted abstract) to: Cecilia Fahlquist-Hagert (Cecilia.fahlquist-hagert@ncmbm.uio.no).
*Please note that the travel grants will cover travels within Norway only.

Welcome!

43rd NSI Annual Meeting Pre-event: Methods in Immunology Workshop

Dear all,
Please save time for the Pre-event of the NSI Annual Meeting. In brief, we will host workshops on Nov 27 that are centered on technical training and education, and we think the topics covered will be of broad general interest to immunologists.

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025
Time: 14.30-17.30 (followed by pizza and drinks)
Venue: Room A2.2068 , Dep. of Immunology, Rikshospitalet (will be signs from Store Aud, Domuc Medica)

Please see more details of the program and topics to be covered attached.

Program-PreEvent-Nov27 Download

NSI presents Norwegian group leaders: Anette Bøe Wolff

Dear NSI members,

It’s our pleasure to invite you to our next online seminar in the series “NSI presents Norwegian group leaders”. Professor Anette Bøe Wolff (Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital) will give a presentation on Autoimmunity in Focus: From genetic risk to disease mechanisms and monitoring through biobanks and OMICS.

Please save the time on Wednesday November 26 from 13:00-14:00.

Welcome!

Meeting details:
Speaker: Anette Bøe Wolff
Title: Autoimmunity in Focus: From genetic risk to disease mechanisms and monitoring through biobanks and OMICS
Time and date: Wednesday, November 26 at 13:00
Meeting link: https://uib.zoom.us/j/64494465342?pwd=ADfyGj9cBs31cwR8wx0jyaGdYaaFHP.1

NSI Rising Star Seminar: Annika Hausmann

In our next NSI Rising Star Seminar, we will be hosting Annika Hausmann (PhD, SNSF Ambizione Group Leader at ETH Zürich, Switzerland) with a talk on “Intestinal mucosal crosstalk in health and disease”. Look forward to seeing you there!

Meeting details:
Speaker: Annika Hausmann
Title: Intestinal mucosal crosstalk in health and disease
Time and date: Thursday, October 23 at 14.00
Meeting link: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/64750670957?pwd=hTwb6wMcWKqlHbbJetlhSSuT97WGWH.1

Talk abstract:
The intestinal mucosa forms an integral barrier between our bodies and the outside world. Being exposed to a huge variety of metabolites and microbes taken up with our food or stably colonizing the intestine, it is permeable for essential nutrients while serving as a protective barrier to prevent microbial translocation. A tight balance between the intestinal epithelium, immune cells in the underlying tissue and the intestinal microbiota present in the lumen maintains intestinal homeostasis. The impairment of this balance can trigger disease, such as infection, metabolic disorders, and chronic inflammation (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease). Our work focuses on understanding how these key players interact to maintain intestinal homeostasis, with a special interest in the intestinal epithelium. The intestinal epithelium is in direct contact with the microbiota colonizing the intestinal lumen (e.g. sensing via pattern recognition receptors, uptake of metabolites), yet we know little about the molecular basis of epithelium-microbiota crosstalk and the impact of commensal bacteria on epithelial barrier function. We make use of state-of-the-art in vivo and advanced organoid-based in vitro models, (single cell) omics techniques and bioengineering approaches, to map mucosal cellular crosstalk and dissect the underlying molecular mechanisms in mouse and human.

More information about Annika Hausmann:
Annika studied Molecular Medicine in Bonn and Freiburg (DE). She trained in Zurich (CH) and Copenhagen (DK) in mucosal immunology, host-microbe interactions and epithelial repair mechanisms in intestinal inflammation.
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_mySy_0AAAAJ&hl=eng

Key papers:
1. Intercrypt sentinel macrophages tune antibacterial NF-κB responses in gut epithelial cells via TNF
2. Sublethal systemic LPS in mice enables gut-luminal pathogens to bloom through oxygen species-mediated microbiota inhibition

Seminar on vaccination and humoral immunity

Dear all,
Norwegian Society for Immunology (NSI) together with Precision Immunotherapy Alliance (PRIMA) welcome you to a seminar on vaccination and humoral immunity, Monday October 27 from 13.00.
Place: Runde Auditorium (Domus Medica)
Light refreshments will be served.

13:15-14.00
Jenna Guthmiller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology & Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, USA. https://guthmillerlab.weebly.com
“Harnessing Humoral Immunity for Next Generation Influenza Vaccines”

14:00-14:30 Gunnveig Grødeland, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Pandemics and One-Health Research, University of Oslo, Norway.
“Vaccination for a diverse population”

14:30-15:00: Johanne Tracey Jacobsen, Associate Professor, Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
“Germinal Center guided development of therapeutic antibodies”

For more information:
https://www.prima.uio.no/english/news-and-events/events/2025/seminar-on-vaccination-and-humoral-immunity-.html

NSI is finally on Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/@norwegianimmunology!
Here you can find recordings from Immunologiens Dag (2022-25) (in Norwegian) and starting from this year, recordings from NSI Rising Star Seminars and NSI presents Norwegian group leaders (in english).
So, watch, like and share!

NSI er endelig på Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/@norwegianimmunology!
Her finner du opptak fra Immunologiens Dag (2022-25) (på norsk), og fra og med i år også opptak fra NSI Rising Star Seminars og NSI presenterer norske gruppeledere (på engelsk).
Så se, lik og del!