🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award 2025 — Winners Announced! We are delighted to share the results of this year's SYIS Best Publication Award. Congratulations to our three outstanding awardees! (1/6🧵👇)

🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission Nora Wetzel et al. show that the cloning of MOGAD patients’ B cells revealed a heterogeneous repertoire of anti-MOG autoantibodies with cytotoxic potential, supporting a pathogenic contribution in CNS autoimmunity 🔬🧫 . 👉 www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Patient-Derived Monoclonal Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Autoantibodies Mediate Cytotoxicity | Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Background and ObjectivesSerum myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies are a hallmark of the newly defined neuroinflammatory disease entity MOG antibody–associated disease (MOGAD). Yet, t...

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🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission Paolo D'Avino together with colleagues for the first time directly addressed a long-standing question in atopic dermatitis: How do IL-4, IL-13, and IL-22 individually affect the human skin barrier? 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Distinct Roles of IL‐4, IL‐13, and IL‐22 in Human Skin Barrier Dysfunction and Atopic Dermatitis

This study reports the distinct effects of IL-4, IL-13, and IL-22 on bio-stabilized human skin with intact barriers and immune cells. IL-4, IL-13, and IL-22 upregulate inflammatory mediators, disrupt...

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🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission In their recent study first author Jonas Schmid together with colleagues highlights extensive systemic immune changes characterizing MOGAD, offering new opportunities for mechanistic research and targeted intervention. 👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Immune signatures link myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody–associated disease to other autoantibody-mediated conditions

Single-cell immunoprofiling uncovered systemic immune cell signatures of neurological MOG antibody–associated disease.

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🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission What if cancer immunotherapies didn’t have to be redesigned for every tumor antigen–immune receptor pair? A new mix-and-match antibody platform by Marlena Surowka and colleagues enables that. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission Tommaso Vicanolo, Alaz Ozcan and Jackson LiangYao Li uncovered a novel facet of neutrophil biology 🧬: a specialized population builds extracellular matrix to reinforce barrier integrity and form protective “matrix rings” around wounds.

Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin - Nature

A population of neutrophils in the skin produces extracellular matrix, providing a defence strategy by reinforcing the barrier properties of the skin and helping to block the entry of pathogens.

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🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission Trapped at the brain borders: A new study by Javier Pareja et al. shows that without JAM-B, CD8 T cells can't enter the brain. 🧠 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lack of junctional adhesion molecule (JAM)-B traps CD8 T cells in CNS border zones and ameliorates autoimmune neuroinflammation - Acta Neuropathologica Communications

The endothelial blood-brain barrier (BBB) tightly controls T cell entry into the central nervous system (CNS). T cell extravasation across the BBB involves a multi-step cascade with a predominant role...

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🏆 SYIS Best Publication Award Submission 🧬 A new study by Verena Lentsch et al. shows how oral vaccines that induce high-affinity mucosal IgA can tip the balance in gut microbial competition. 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Vaccine-enhanced competition permits rational bacterial strain replacement in the gut

Colonization of the intestinal lumen precedes invasive infection for a wide range of enteropathogenic and opportunistic pathogenic bacteria. We show that combining oral vaccination with engineered or ...

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🏆 The SYIS Best Publication Award highlights outstanding work from young investigators across a range of categories — from primary research to reviews and clinical papers.

Registration is open for the 5th Swiss Young Immunologists Society Annual Symposium! @syis-ecr.bsky.social 🗓️ 26 Aug 2026 📍 Bellinzona, Switzerland ⏱️ Abstract deadline: June 1 🚫 Registration closes: July 15 Talks, workshops & networking, don’t miss it! 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our Day of Immunology event, co-organized with @syis-ecr.bsky.social, was a great success with the highest amount of attendance for our seminar series yet! Thank you for joining us and thanks to Miltenyi for sponsoring this event and providing awesome prizes for the quiz. Congrats to the winners!

🔬Happy Day of Immunology! We’ve spent the last five days nerding out over how Zurich, Bern, Lausanne and Basel basically wrote the textbook for our field. 🧵(1/7)

🧬 Did you know that V(D)J recombination was discovered in Basel? This groundbreaking finding earned Susumu Tonegawa the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1987. 🧵(1/8)

🔥Did you know that the inflammasome was discovered in Lausanne? This groundbreaking discovery in cell signaling was led by Jürg Tschopp’s group at the University of Lausanne (@unil.bsky.social). 🧵(1/9)

👨‍🔬Bern, 1950: Bern’s Eduard Glanzmann and Paul Riniker were the first to unmask the clinical reality of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID): a foundational discovery that launched the field of primary immunodeficiency research. 🧵(1/8)

⌛ The countdown to the Day of Immunology is on! Over the next days, SYIS will be featuring different Swiss cities to showcase the people and the breakthroughs which are defining immunology up to this day. First stop: Zurich 👇🧵(1/10)

Together with the SMyLE we celebrate the Day of Immunology with a special seminar: “Connecting Myeloid Science and Young Immunologists.” 🧬 Join us for this event featuring two outstanding speakers: Prof. Dr. Melanie Greter (UZH) and Dr. Pascale Zwicky (Weizmann Institute of Science). 🧵(1/2)

📣 Registration is now open! Don’t miss the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SSAI) Annual Congress & Swiss Autoimmune Liver Disease Meeting 🗓 27–28 August 2026 📍 Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano

⏰ Deadline Extended! Great news — you now have more time to submit your work for the 3rd @yefis-immunology.bsky.social Symposium in Prague! 🗓 New deadline: 31st March 👉 Submit your work here: yefis.org/symposium

We’re recruiting motivated SYIS members to co-organize our Mentoring Program! Connect SYIS with established SSAI members, Immunology Alumni & EFIS researchers — fostering exchange and career development. Want to strengthen our immunology community and support the next generation? Contact us!

We’re excited that SYIS will be at the World Immune Regulation Meeting (11–14 March 2026, Davos). 🏆 SYIS will be presenting our Best Presentation Award 🤝 Meet us at our booth! 🎓 SIYS proudly sponsors the Student–Expert Mixer & Quiz. Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

Join for the 3rd yEFIS Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic, from 29 June to 1 July 2026💫 Organised by and for early-career immunologists this symposium will bring together PhD students, Postdocs, and early-stage group leaders for cutting-edge science, skill-focused workshops, and networking.

yEFIS@yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 Registration OPEN! 🎉 The 3rd yEFIS Symposium is now open for registration! 📍 Prague | 📅 29 June – 1 July 2026 ✨ Keynotes • Talks • Posters • Workshops • Networking 📝 Abstract submission open 👉 Register via QR code or at yefis.org #yEFIS2026

👉 Join us at the 8th Edition of the International Retreat of PhD Students in Immunology, organized by SIICA. For more information regarding registration and the full program, please visit www.siica.it. We look forward to seeing you in Udine!

Join the 3rd @yefis-immunology.bsky.social symposium organised by and for early-career immunologists👇

yEFIS@yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 7mo ago

✈️ EFIS-EJI Travel Awards – apply with your abstract! Travel grants are available for the yEFIS 3rd Symposium to support young researchers with travel expenses. 👇👇👇

Register now! 👇🏻

EFIS_Immunology@efis-immunology.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🌟14th EFIS-EJI TATRA Immunology Conference 💡Proudly supported by #EFIS and @eurjimmunol.bsky.social 🤝organized by the 🇦🇹,🇨🇿+🇸🇰 Immunological Societies 📚unites Europe’s rising #immunology stars since 1994 👉 tatra.img.cas.cz Be part of this community shaping the future of immunology & spread the word!

We're excited to host Prof. Petra Bacher from the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein for our next YI seminar, who'll take us through the pathogenic CD4+ T cell responses against intestinal microbes in inflammatory bowel diseases. When? 25 Feb 2026, 17:00 CET Register at shorturl.at/jn45W

✨ SYIS Board 2026 ✨ We’re happy to introduce the new SYIS Board: @nanaborsa.bsky.social (DBM Basel) – President Maud Mayoux (UZH) – Vice President Urszula Radzikowska (SIAF) – Coordinator Events Verena Lentsch (University of Oxford) – Coordinator Finance Daniel Lindegger – Treasurer

✨ Biopôle Discovery Day is back! ✨ 🗓️ March 31st at Aquatis Hotel Lausanne - Meet 30+ Biopôle companies - Hear career insights from professionals - Network & connect with innovative teams 🌟 Limited StartLab & campus tours available (40 spots). 👉 Register now: www.eventbrite.fr/e/biopole-di...

🔬 We’re hiring again! Looking for 1 #PhD student to join the #MSCA-DN TRANSCEND network 🧬 Project on unconventional #Tcells in #MultipleSclerosis with research exchanges in 🇩🇰 Klaus Eyer’s lab, Aarhus 🇳🇴 Victor Greiff’s lab, Oslo ⏳ Deadline: Feb 28 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/403235

Open Call for 1 PhD Position at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in the frame of the MSCA Doctoral Network

Multiple sclerosis (MS), is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by demyelination and neuronal loss, along with immune cell brain infiltration and inflammation.

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We’re excited to announce the first SYIS seminar of 2026! 🎉 Join us on 19 February in Bern or via Zoom for talks on clinical immune diagnostics 🔬by Dr. Joseena Iype and on diagnostic and therapeutic options for allergic patients 🦠 by Prof. Alexander Eggel. We look forward to seeing you there!