Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 will be a our biggest event yet!

About the workshop The 5th Wild and Comparative Immunology Conference will be held in Hobart, Tasmania on 18-19 March. Registration will again be free and will include morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea for both days! This is possible through the generous support of the Tall Foundation, the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal, and the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. The website and conference registration system has been maintained using funds from the Ceva Wildlife Research Fund. Please contact andy.flies@utas.edu.au if you are interested in sponsoring the event. To diversify the conference topics, the organising…

Wild and Comparative Immunology (WACI) workshop in Tasmania (5-6 December 2019)

We are organising a two day Wild and Comparative Immunology (WACI) workshop in Tasmania (5-6 December 2019) just before the ­Annual Scientific Meeting of The Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology meeting. We aim to showcase complementary research and technology areas in the field of comparative immunology and biology (wild immunology, ecoimmunology, disease ecology). We have recently outlined some of our rationale for these topics in an eLetter to Science. The workshop intends to cover a number four primary themes: 1) Reagent, techniques, and applications 2) Real-world immunology 3) New model species development 4) Wild and Comparative Immunology in…