We congratulate Bergithe Eikeland Oftedal from the University of Bergen with the SSI Young Investigator Award 2022!
The award is given to an outstanding early career researcher from each of the five national societies every year. The awardees have made significant scientific contributions in the field and in promoting immunology in Scandinavia.
The award was handed out at the 48th Annual Meeting and Summer School of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology, 12-15 June 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The 48th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Immunology and Summer School 2022
This year Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Immunology will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, June 12-15, 2022.
The programme is available on the website and registration is now open: http://www.SSI2022.is
Hope to meet you there!
2021 NSI Research Prizes to Jiang Xiaojun and Rachel Frick & Lene S. Høydahl
This year we had the pleasure of announcing two Research Prize winners. Congratulations to both teams for their excellent work!
Jiang Xiaojun et al. is one of the winners with their work entitled:
“A heterozygous germline CD100 mutation in a family with primary sclerosing cholangitis.”
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/scitranslmed.abb0036
Rahel Frick, Lene S. Høydahl et al. were awarded the prize for their work entitled:
“A high-affinity human TCR-like antibody detects celiac disease gluten peptide–MHC complexes and inhibits T cell activation.”
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciimmunol.abg4925
New NSI logo
A new NSI logo created by Kushi Kushekhar (NSI Committee member) and Yi Zheng (Yi Zheng Illustrations) was approved at the 2020 NSI General Assembly. The logo is inspired by traditional Norwegian knitting patterns (‘strikkeoppskrifter’).
Congratulations Kushi and Yi on the fantastic collaboration.
2020 NSI Immunology Prize – Malin C. Bern
Malin C. Bern et al. is the winner of the 2020 NSI Immunology Prize. Congratulations to her and the entire team for their excellent work entitled:
A video summary can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6qzrMzsI_Q
Per Brandtzæg’s travel grant for mucosal immunology research
The Per Brandtzæg travel grant of NOK 100,000 will support training in mucosal immunology research.
The application must contain the following documents:
- Project plan (maximum 10 pages)
- CV (maximum 2 pages)
- List of publications
- Budget containing information about travel and accommodation as well as any support from other sources
- Letter of recommendation from a relevant Norwegian institution and an invitation letter from the head of the department at the foreign institution where the applicant will stay
Click this link for more information.
The application can be written in English or Norwegian. The application documents must be collected in one pdf document and sent no later than 20th November 2020 to Professor Emeritus Frode Vartdal (e-mail: frode.vartdal@medisin.uio.no).
New SSI logo – congratulations Kushi!
Huge round of applause to our very own Kushi Kushekhar (NSI Committee member) for designing the new Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI) logo!
We are extremely proud of your well-deserved recognition Kushi!
38th NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly
Registration for the 38th NSI Annual Meeting and General Assembly is now open.
Date: Friday, November 27, 2020
Time: 9.00 to 10.00 CEST
Location: Zoom (link to be sent closer to the meeting date)
Registration deadline: November 26, 2020
Please register here: https://nettskjema.no/a/163486
Programme Highlights:
Given the circumstances with covid-19, NSI has opted for a virtual Annual Meeting on Zoom shortened to the essential programme items: (1) the General Assembly and (2) a presentation by the recipient of the NSI research prize.
09.00–09.30 General Assembly
09.30–10.00 presentation by recipient of NSI research prize
We are seeking nominations for the NSI Research Prize, which recognizes an outstanding article published within the last year (Nov 2019–present).
Please send nominations to Victor Greiff (victor.greiff@medisin.uio.no) before November 01.
Eligibility information is here: https://norwegianimmunology.org/immunology-prize/
The 19th Biennial Meeting of The European Society of immunodeficiencies (ESID 2020) will now take place October 14-17, 2020 as a virtual meeting.
3rd International NTNU Symposium on Clinical Biomarkers of Cancer: Early detection and cancer therapy prediction; are we there?
**Meeting has been rescheduled to June 14 – 18, 2021 due to COVID-19**
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Read more about the Symposium here.
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Register for the Symposium here.
- NSI will award five 2000 kr travel awards – register today!
NSI and CEPI seminar – Technology platforms for rapid response against ‘Disease X’
NSI and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) will host a seminar on technology platforms for responding to future outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and unknown pathogens, known as “Disease X”. Disease X was added to the list of Blueprint priority diseases as a “known unknown” by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018.
Date: Wednesday, Feb 5th, 2020
Time: 14.00-16.00
Location: Auditorium Blå/Blue, Rishospitalet, Oslo
Chair: Gunnveig Grødeland (University of Oslo)
14.00: Stig Tollefsen, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
CEPI; the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and the call for immunoprophylactic technology platforms to rapidly respond to Disease X
37th NSI Annual Meeting & General Assembly
Date: Friday, November 29, 2019
Time: 9.30 to 22.00
Location: Runde Auditorium, Domus Medica, Oslo
View the final programme here.
2019 Immunology Day at Litteraturhuset
Theme for 2019: current and future use of antibiotics
Thank you all of the attendees and participants!
We encourage you to visit here for a summary of the discussion.
Guest Lectures – UiO FOCIS Center of Excellence
UiO FOCIS is pleased to announce the following activities:
(1) Symposium at Rikshospitalet
September 17th, 12:00 – 14:00 – Auditorium 1, Blått
Title: Comparative Immunology
Program/Speakers:
12:00 Shuo-Wang Qiao, University of Oslo
12:30 Victor Greiff, University of Oslo
13:00 Peter Parham, Stanford University School of Medicine
(2) Symposium at Radiumhospitalet
September 20th, 14:30 – 15:30 – Seminar room, 4th floor, Research building
Title: Modulation of NK cells through receptor interactions
Program/Speakers:
14:30 Peter Parham, Stanford University School of Medicine
15:00 Erik Dissen, University of Oslo
See link to the events and add to you calendars: https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/networks/uio-focis-coe/events/visiting-professors/
Travel support and FOCIS courses:
New travel supports and courses from FOCIS . Read more at http://www.focisnet.org/index.php
NSI summer symposium + BBQ
Immunological specificity in adaptive immunity, cancer and autoimmunity
Join us for the annual NSI summer symposium and BBQ!
We have an outstanding scientific programme – click here for details.
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Location: Auditorium Grønt; Rikshospitalet; Cafe Eric; Domus Medica (BBQ)
Time: Scientific programme: 16.15-18.30; BBQ: 19.00 onwards
UiO FOCIS Centers of Excellent Symposium Interaction of Immunology and Microbiota
18-22 April, 2019
Thank you Professor Andrew Macpherson for an inspiring keynote presentation and very productive week of science and networking.
2019 Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI) Annual Meeting
NSI hosted the SSI annual meeting at Geilo, Norway 2-6 April 2019.
Visit the SSI 2019 website for photos and archived information.
