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 committee is currently accepting nominations for conference themes. The devil vaccine research team will hold half day workshop on the morning of Friday, 20 March 2026 as part of an ongoing grant ARC Linkage Project grant. The grant will provide travel funding for several international and domestic speakers.

When

The workshop will take place in Hobart, Tasmania on 18-19 March, 2026.

Venue

The Old Woolstore HotelMerino Room

Registration portal: coming soon

View of Crater Lake from the summit of Crater Peak in Cradle Mountain National Park. Photo taken in April 2025 when the native nothofagus leaves were changing colour and falling to the ground (i.e. apoptosis).

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