Wild and Comparative Immunology Consortium

2023-10-052023-10-07Uncategorized

Join us at the Wild and Comparative Immunology workshop 1-2 Feb 2024 in Hobart, Tasmania

WACI 2024 Following the success of our in person 2019 WACI workshop in Hobart that resulted in the Rewilding Immunology paper in Science, we will be hosting another workshop in Hobart. This workshop will be supported by our Wild Immunology group at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, so day 1 will focus on the Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease immunology and vaccine approaches. Our collaborators from Vienna, Austria will be joining us at the workshop. Day 2 will be open for other WACI topics. Registration and abstract submissions are open. A tentative program is also available…

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2020-10-132020-10-13Comparative Immunology

Rewilding Immunology comic

It was a great surprise to find our Rewilding Immunology article turned into a comic! https://www.scienceinpictures.com/comics/rewilding-immunology

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2020-07-042020-07-01Publication Roadmap Wild Immunology

Our new Wild and Comparative Immunology Perspective article titled “Rewilding immunology” has been published in Science!

Watch a quick video to learn more about the value of studying immunology in new species and in real-world environments. Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb8664

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2021-04-202021-04-20Uncategorized

WACI 2021

The Australia and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) annual meeting is being held on the 8-9 Dec, 2021 and the WACI Special Interest Group (SIG) session will be on 9 Dec, 2021. This is open only to registered participants in the ASI meeting. The WACI workshop on 10 Dec, 2021 is open to all. About the WACI workshop The virtual workshop will take place from: 10 December 2021 (Australian Eastern Time = UTC +11) 9 December 2021 (Greenwich Mean Time = UTC ) Click here for a useful time zone converter (TimeAndDate.com)

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2020-12-042020-12-04Uncategorized

WACI will be supported as an ASI Special Interest Group in 2021

ASI website not updated yet, but this is where you can find the info next year. https://www.immunology.org.au/asi-programs-and-opportunities/special-interest-groups/

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2020-11-302020-11-30Uncategorized

WACI 2020 abstract book updated

Find the latest abstract book at: https://www.wacimmuno.com/program/

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2020-11-202021-07-13Uncategorized

Postponed – International Veterinary Immunology Symposium in 2022

13th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium (IVIS) to be held in the Kruger National Park, South Africa has been postponed due to the ongoing logistical issues associated with COVID-19. IVIS2022.org

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2020-10-292020-10-29Uncategorized

Abstract submissions date extended to 7-Nov-2020

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2020-06-222020-10-13Contact

Subscribe to updates about the Wild and Comparative Immunology consortium and WACI 2020

Email info@wacimmuno.com with “subscribe to WACI” in the subject line

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2020-05-282020-10-13Uncategorized

WACI 2020 virtual workshop will be held on Tuesday-Friday, 8-11 December, 2020 (AEST)

The workshop will consist of 4 sessions running 3-4 hour each. the sessions will be either morning or late afternoon to accommodate the variable time zones of participants (i.e. morning for the Americas; afternoon for Africa and Europe).

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