Europe
Baltic Society for Immunology (BaIS)
The Baltic Society for Immunology (BaIS) has celebrated a "Day of Immunology 2007" in Tartu, Estonia, June 3-7, 2007 under the support of EFIS, German society for Immunology [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie (DGfI)], Scandinavian Society for Immunology, and Nordic Foundation for Immunology. This is also a step forward to advanced collaboration activities in immunology between three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Belgian Immunological Society (BIS)
BIS increases general awareness by organizing visits to Immunology labs around the country, which will not be held on a particular day, but according to requests from the public.
British Society for Immunology (BSI)
http://www.immunology.org/resources_gdoi.php
The BSI have compiled an online introduction to the immune system entitled "The Immune System: Nature's 'Self' Defence". This is supplemented with downloadable posters dealing with various immunological themes. We will be inviting students across the UK to view the pages and submit questions to us, which will be answered by volunteers from the BSI membership.
International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies
Croatian Immunological society
The Croatian Immunological Society has undertaken following actions regarding this year's Day of Immunology:
1. In collaboration with the publisher of the "GEO" magazine, we have distributed their latest (April) Croatian issue to all high schools in Croatia. The main topic of this issue is entitled „Immune system – friend or foe“. In addition to this popularly written article, Croatian high school students will be given a lecture on immunology in their biology class during the end of April and through May.
2. We have also initiated a series of introductory lectures covering major topics on immunology in faculties in Zagreb, Rijeka, Split and Osijek.
3. We are preparing a new webpage with a special article regarding this year's „Global Day of Immunology“. Topics regarding the „Global Day of Immunology“ will be introduced in the forum area and the general public will be invited to ask questions about immunology that experts from society will try to answer. The presentation of the new webpage will be presented in Zagreb at a meeting organized for all members of the Croatian Immunological Society.
Czech Immunological Society
Prof. Blanka Rihova gave an interview about her science and was given an opportunity to mention and explain what the Global Day of Immunology is. It was a regular program on radio station Classic FM and the interview was on the air three times: April 8, 9 and 10th.
On Monday 23rd, Prof. Rihova was invited to CT1 (first pogram of Czech TV) to talk about immunogenetics and other immunological topics, and at this occasion she also got an opportunity to talk about the "Global Day of Immunology".
The Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and 1st School of Medicine Charles University in Prague will organize on April 23rd a whole day colloquium on Immunology devoted to the Global Day of Immunology. Professor Lefkovits (University of Basel) was kind enough to agree to open it and act as a chair for the whole day. Speakers are only PhD students from representative research groups. The only lecture given by a professor is devoted to a New Vaccine against Cervical Cancer and will be presented by professor Vonka from the Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
All regular lectures on Basic and Clinical Immunology presented to undergraduate students (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Schools of Medicine) will be open with a short explanation what the Global Day of Immunology is.
Danish Society of Immunology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie
d s a i / Deutsche Selbsthilfe Angeborene Immundefekte e.V.
München - Veranstaltung zum Tag der Immunologie
Frankfurt - Veranstaltungen zum Weltweiten Tag der Immunologie
Hannover - 1. Weltweiter Tag der Immunologie, Medizinische Hochschule
Hellenic Society of Immunology
Hungarian Society for Immunology (HSI)
Hungarian Society for Immunology (HSI)
Irish Society for Immunology (ISI)
The ISI has organised a series of Schools Talks, in association with the Royal Dublin Society, as part of their contribution to the global “Day of Immunology.” These talks are aimed at second level students and hope to stimulate both an interest in and understanding of immunology in these students. Talks entitled: “Weapons of mass destruction – how the body seeks and destroys invaders” will be held on Friday, 11th May 2007, from 10.00am to 1.00pm in the Concert Hall, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Israel Immunological Society
The Israel Immunological Society observes a "Day of Immunology" annually with a general national meeting of immunologists. In 2007 the meeting took place on February 14.
Italian Federation of Immunological Societies
http://www.siica.it/1181197022.d2.asp
Ruggero Ceppellini Advanced School of Immunology
The Ruggero Ceppellini Advanced School of Immunology offers an Advanced Course on The recrudescence of an old infectious disease: tuberculosis
Lithuanian Society for Immunology
The Lithuanian Society for Immunology joined other societies and groups in celebrating the "Global Day of Immunology 2007". Two main events organized in Lithuania were the following:
1. The conference "Vaccination and its possibilities in Lithuania" was held in the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences on the 26th of April, 2007, where scientists, doctors, teachers, students took part. The reports were made by scientists from the Institute of Immunology , the Institute of Oncology, the Lithuanian Veterinary Academy and Lithuanian State Service for Public Health.
2. A press conference on "Vaccination and its possibilities in Lithuania" was organized. The articles in Lithuanian and Russian languages were published in daily newspapers.
Lithuanian Society for Immunology
Norwegian Society of Immunology
http://www.norwegianimmunology.org
Romanian Society for Immunology
The Romanian Society for Immunology had a Round Table discussion on their "Day of Immunology" (20. 04. 2007). The topic was:"Flu Immunity and Prevention Strategy". The location was the Centrul de Invatamant “ J.Monod”, INCDMI Cantacuzino.
A second Round Table was organized at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy « Iuliu Hateganu » , Cluj- Napoca. The topic was: “New trends in immunological research performed in Cluj-Napoca”
Scandinavian Society for Immunology
The Finnish as well as the Scandinavian Society of Immunology will celebrate a Day of Immunology by their meeting in Turku, Finland in June 6-9 http://congress.utu.fi/ssi/.
Slovak Immunological Society
Pravda, 28.04.2007:
Sunday 29 April will be the third International Day of Immunology, declared by the European Federation of Immunological Societies. In the current sense of the word, immunology is the science of the organism’s defence ability. The father of the science is Louis Pastor, who introduced the term vaccination. “Inoculation against infectious diseases is one of the greatest success stories of medicine” says Professor Miroslav Ferenčík from the Slovak Immunology Society. “Thanks to successful vaccination programmes, we no longer have polio, measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough or tetanus “scares” in Europe”. Immunologists help clarify the mechanism for the onset of cancer and thanks to a system of molecular symbols for cells, they determine tissue compatibility or incompatibility - a key requisite for successful transplanting. In the immunity system defects may develop that are the cause of its reduced or excessive activity. At the present time allergic diseases pose a serious medical problem.
Article published in Zdravotnicke noviny: Immunologists fighting for health and a better life - Imunológovia bojujú za zdravie a lepší život cloveka.pdf
Turkish Society of Immunology
The “Day of Immunology” was celebrated by organizing public meetings in five different cities. Schools were visited during the week days, interactive seminars were held and booklets explaining the main functions of the immune system were distributed. TSI also opened a booth in one of the largest shopping malls of Istanbul promoting immunology. “Day of Immunology” badges and T-shirts were distributed. The Day of Immunology has been an excellent way for the TSI to develop its primary aims. TSI looks forward to organising many more DOIs in the future.
http://www.turkimmunoloji.org.tr
