🚨‼️ The Trainee Engagement Committee (TEC) is recruiting new members. If you are interested, please send your applications to trainee.tec.csi@gmail.com by September 30th, 2026. We look forward to hearing for you!!

And that’s a wrap! ​A massive congratulations to all of our incredible award winners—your hard work and dedication to research are truly inspiring. Thank you to everyone who made this event such a success. ​Now that the science is done for the day, it's time to celebrate. Let’s hit the dance floor!💃

Building the public trust in science has never been more critical for our community. In the afternoon, we have insightful talks from Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, Dr. Craig Jenne, and Dr. Yanet Valdez about the history, mistrusts in vaccines and how to establish trust.

We have another round of trainee workshops! Join us to hear about their latest exciting discoveries in immune-mediated diseases, host-pathogen interactions, and vaccines and immunotherapeutics.

Happy International Day for Immunology! As luck would have it, I'm spending today at the @cdnimmunol.bsky.social 2026 meeting where we're discussing emerging pathogens.

Two concurrent lunch sessions are underway at #CSI2026: a Science Communication Workshop led by Dr. Jean-Eric Ghia and a discussion on the CIHR peer review process. These sessions offer valuable insight for researchers at all stages from effective communication to strategic grant writing📚

Wrapping up Symposium 2 with great talks tying together all of the essential puzzle pieces and the importance of interdisciplinary research for combating emerging infectious diseases. Thank you Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Dr. Shultz-Cherry, and Dr. Weiskopf for the valuable insights! #CSI2026

#CSI2026 day 4 is underway! We had a couple of amazing talks during the first morning session from Dr. Kanta Subbarao and Dr. Ali Ellebedy. 🦠🔬🌎 Thank you to Eileen Gonzalez for the information from this sessions sponsor, BioLegend.

Happy International Day of Immunology! We’re so delighted to celebrate with immunologists from across Canada and beyond here at #CSI2026.

​Our recent trainee workshops featured amazing talks highlighting the latest in tumor immunology, host immunity at mucosal sites, and immune cell development, activation, and signaling. We want to thank the judges for their expertise and to all the participants who contributed to these sessions.

Poster Session 3 is underway! Come check out some great research and be sure to chat with the exhibitors!

Earlier today, we had an inspiring CIHR-III & Early Investigator Session: Highlighting Excellence in Early Career Research. Talks from Dr. Amy Gillgrass, Dr. Joshua Koenig, and Dr. Giorgia Sulis, moderated by Dr. Charu Kaushic, highlighted impactful research and valuable career insights.

We conclude the symposium with talks from Dr. Wan-Lin Lo, Dr. Janilyn Arsenio, and Dr. Grégoire Altan-Bonnet 🔬 From TCR signaling and tolerance to T-cell responses in disease and immune decision-making, an incredible end to the session! Thank you to everyone for attending!

Thank you to this morning’s symposium sponsor Sony Biotechnology: Innovating Discovery 🔬 #CSI2026 Riccardo Ricciardi gave a great presentation, go visit them at #booth5!

Kicking off Day 3 of #CSI2026 with the Antigen Receptor Signaling Strength: A Driving Force for Immune Cell Fate symposium 🔬 Started with remarks from Dr. Cedric Tremblay, followed by great talks from co-chairs Dr. Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker and Dr. Heather Melichar. More after the coffee break! ☕️

Last session today we heard from Dr. Timothy Caulfield, Dr. Ève Dubé, Dr. Scott Halperin, and Dr. Jane Rylett.

In the afternoon we learned so much from Dr. Kai Wu and Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan. Followed by that we heard from Dr. Idrissa Boego, Dr. Christine Chambers, Dr. Laurie Proulx, and Dr. Jaris Swidrovich about Community-based Discussion!

Awesome event! Our TEC Career Development just kicked off! Big thanks to all CSI faculty/industry members providing insights about their research and personal experience, and all trainees who attended the event!

Kicking off CSI day 2 strong with the vaccine symposium. Great opening session by Dr. Charu Kaushic and keynote speaker Dr. Natasha Crowcroft. We also heard amazing talks from Dr. Devon Greyson, Dr. Matthew Miller, Dr. Manish Sadarangani, and Dr. Rae Yeung for Session 2.

Yesterday was Day 1 of CSI2026! We're so excited to see you and talk Immunology with you all in Winnipeg. We kicked off the 38th annual conference with the TEC trainee mixer, an excellent keynote from Dr. Carla Rothin (🐅) along with an afternoon poster session! #CSI2026

🚨 Don’t miss your chance to submit your abstract (deadline Feb 19th) and take advantage of early bird registration (deadline Feb 26th) for the upcoming CSI 2026 Conference. Also, don't forget to send us your sticker submissions (deadline Feb 27th)!!

Excited to share our first poster detailing the CIHR III-CSI Joint symposium on Vaccines being held at CSI 2026 in Winnipeg! Don’t forget to register for the early bird discount to attend this exciting symposium (deadline Feb 26). More details on the scientific program to come soon!

Calling all creative immunologists 🧬🎨 We’re looking for sticker designs for CSI 2026!

A great way to start the year 🎉 Huge congratulations to our 2026 travel award winners. Excited to see you all in Winnipeg!

Registration for CSI 2026 in Winnipeg is open!

We’re proud to present the latest additions to our TEC team!

Travel Award Applications Now Open!! ✈️ Up to 30 travel awards for students/ postdocs + 3 new investigators awards are available for our upcoming CSI meeting. We can’t wait to see you in Winnipeg from April 26-29th. Check our website for more information: www.csi-sci.ca/CSI_awards.h...

Are you passionate about the trainee experience within CSI? Interested in organizing trainee-led events at CSI annual meetings and improving scientific communication through CSI social media? Join the TEC team today!

Hello @bsky.app! We’re excited to have made the transition over to BlueSky 🦋 and are already excited to be part of the fantastic #immunology community!