Category: NSI annual meeting

43rd NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2025 awards

Thanks to all the attendees for making our 43rd Annual Meeting such a great event! Also, thanks to our sponsors for joining with great and entertaining booths (AH Diagnostics, ChemoMetec, Stemcell, ThermoFisher, Immudex, BD, BioNordika, Nordic Biosite, ParseBiosciences)! We hope all of you had a good time and enjoyed both the scientific talks and the dinner afterwards!

Congratulations to all the winners of the competitions and thank you all for participating! Unfortunately, this year we have not awarded Per Brandzæg’s Travel Grant, as there were no applicants. Remember to apply next year!

Best poster award:
Klara Krpina (poster title: Ovarian Cancer )

Best talk award:
Kristin Lunder Klausen (talk title: Impaired Germinal Center Dynamics in mice following Influenza Vaccination during Diet-Induced Obesity. )

Per Brandzæg’s Travel Grant:
No applicants in 2025

NSI research award:
Rasmus Iversen and Julie Elisabeth Heggelund (article title: Enzyme-activating B-cell receptors boost antigen presentation to pathogenic T cells in gluten-sensitive autoimmunity)

See all of you next 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.

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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)

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 attached.

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43rd NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2025 registration is now open!

Registration and abstract submissions are now open – https://nettskjema.no/a/541803!

Date: Friday, November 28, 2025
Time: 9.00 to 22.00
Location: Store Auditorium (NB! change in the usual location), Domus Medica
Registration:https://nettskjema.no/a/541803

Deadlines
Poster abstract to be considered for short talk deadline: October 17 (submission after deadline will only be posters)
Poster abstract deadline: November 7, 2025
Dinner fee deadline (200 NOK): November 23, 2025 
Registration deadline: November 24, 2025

Dinner information etc. can be found in the Nettskjema link above.
A finalized program will be sent once the short talk speakers have been determined.

We are looking for NSI members to replace two board members. Please contact current board for more information, or to nominate candidates.

NEW: This year we will try to organize one or more workshops on relevant topics in the afternoon of Nov 27. If you are traveling from outside of Oslo, we therefore encourage you to plan your travels so that you can attend the workshops starting about 15.00 on Nov 27.

Travel grants
Four travel grants (NOK 3000 each) will be awarded to non-Oslo attendees. A successful candidate must have an abstract as first author for the NSI annual meeting. Please email your application (including abstract) to: Cecilia Fahlquist-Hagert – Cecilia.fahlquist-hagert@ncmbm.uio.no.
Deadline: Nov 10, 2025

Prizes and awards:
We are seeking nominations for several prizes: 

NSI Publication Award: Given to the 1st author(s) of an outstanding original scientific paper in the field of immunology. Please send nominations to Gunnveig Grødeland (gunnveig.grodeland@medisin.uio.no). Read more here.
Deadline: October 13, 2025

Per Brandtzæg’s Travel Grant: Travel grant to support international travel for postdoc in the field of immunology (mucosal immunology will be prioritized). Please send your application to Silke Appel (silke.appel@uib.no). Read more here.
Deadline: October 13, 2025

We look forward to a great meeting and dinner!

42nd NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2024 awards

Thanks to all the attendees for making our 42nd Annual Meeting such a great event! Also, thanks to our sponsors for joining with great and entertaining booths (Stemcell, ThermoFisher, JPT, BD, BioNordika, Cytiva, Sarstedt, ParseBiosciences)! We hope all of you had a good time and enjoyed both the scientific talks and the dinner afterwards!

Congratulations to all the winners of the competitions and thank you all for participating! Unfortunately, this year we have neither awarded NSI – Bogen Young Investigator Award nor Per Brandzæg’s Travel Grant, as there were no applicants. Remember to apply next year!

Best poster award:
Thea Sjøgren (poster title: Cytokine autoantibody screening as a tool to decipher genetic causes of endocrine autoimmune disease )

Best talk award:
Christine Skagen (talk title: Exploring the mechanism of autoantibody formation in Systemic Sclerosis )

NSI – Bogen Young Investigator Award:
No applicants in 2024

Per Brandzæg’s Travel Grant:
No applicants in 2024

NSI research award:
Stian Foss (article title: Human IgG Fc-engineering for enhanced plasma half-life, mucosal distribution and killing of cancer cells and bacteria)
Raquel Bartolomé-Casado (article title: Immune microniches shape intestinal Treg function)

See all of you next year!

Full program of 42nd NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2024

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Dear NSI members, 

We look forward to meeting all of you at the NSI Annual meeting 2024 tomorrow!  The talks will start at 09:15!

Poster setup will be possible from 0830 onward (the poster walls should be delivered between 0815 and 0830. Unfortunately there were some last minute delays.) There should be some empty walls if those of you want to bring a poster that was not submitted in time.

Also, just a reminder about our annual dinner, which we hope many of you will attend. There will be food, drinks, music and our Quizmaster Gunnveig will host an exciting round of challenging questions (so make sure your thinking-caps are on!). The presentation prizes and poster prizes selected during the day will be announced during the dinner, so make sure to stick around!

For those attending the dinner and have not yet paid, please do so as soon as possible. It’s 200 NOK pr. person.

The payment options are:

  • If you wish to receive an electronic invoice, please send an e-mail to hanna.chan@medisin.uio.no with number of persons and PO number (if applicable). Please indicate name of participant(s).
  • Payment by Vipps: #831742
  • Payment by bank account: 0540.08.38560

If you have already sent in your registration, but would like to change your sign-up to the dinner, just drop an e-mail to NSI Treasurer: hanna.chan@medisin.uio.no

Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow!

Reminder: Apply for Immunology Awards

Dear NSI-members,
this is the final reminder that you may apply for several prestigious NSI grants: 

NSI- Bogen Young Investigator Award: A prize of NOK 50 000 for a young excellent researcher within the field of immunology. Please send nominations to Silke Appel (silke.appel@uib.no) before Nov 1, 2024. https://norwegianimmunology.org/nsi-bogen-young-investigator-award/

NSI Publication Award: Given to the 1st author(s) of an outstanding original scientific paper in the field of immunology. Please send nominations to Gunnveig Grødeland (gunnveig.grodeland@medisin.uio.no) before Nov 1, 2024. https://norwegianimmunology.org/nsi-publication-award/

Per Brandtzæg’s Travel Grant: Travel grant to support international travel for postdoc in the field of immunology (mucosal immunology will be prioritized). Please send your application to Gunnveig Grødeland (gunnveig.grodeland@medisin.uio.no) before Nov 1, 2024. 
https://norwegianimmunology.org/per-brandtzaegs-travel-grant/

NSI Travel grant: Please remember that persons from outside of Oslo who are presenting a poster or talk to the NSI Annual meeting on Nov 29 may apply for a travel grant. Deadline: Nov 15

NSI Annual Meeting 2024 – Apply for Immunology Awards!

Dear NSI members,

hope you have all had a nice summer! 

The registration for the NSI annual meeting 2024, happening on November 29, is now open: https://nettskjema.no/a/440879. Also, please find below an overview of the NSI awards that you can apply for:

NSI – Bogen Young Investigator Award: A prize of NOK 50 000 for a young excellent researcher within the field of immunology. Please send nominations to Silke Appel (silke.appel@uib.no) before October 14, 2024.

NSI – Bogen Young Investigator Award

NSI Publication Award: Given to the 1st author(s) of an outstanding original scientific paper in the field of immunology. Please send nominations to Gunnveig Grødeland (gunnveig.grodeland@medisin.uio.no) before October 14, 2024.

NSI Publication Award

Per Brandtzæg’s Travel Grant: Travel grant to support international travel for postdoc in the field of immunology (mucosal immunology will be prioritized). Please send your application to Gunnveig Grødeland (gunnveig.grodeland@medisin.uio.no) before October 14, 2024.

Per Brandtzæg’s Travel Grant

NSI Travel grant: Please remember that persons from outside of Oslo who are presenting a poster or talk to the NSI Annual meeting on Nov 29 may apply for a travel grant.