International Union of Immunological Societies

International Union
of Immunological Societies
Abbreviation IUIS
Formation 1969
Type NGO
Headquarters Kurfürstendamm 71
Location
Region served
 Worldwide
Official language
 English, French
President
 Jorge Kalil  Brazil
Parent organization
 International Council for Science (ICSU)
Website IUIS Official website

The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), a member of the International Council for Science,[1] is an organization which serves as an umbrella organization for many national and regionally grouped immunological societies. The organization was founded in 1969.[1] The ten founding member societies were the American Association of Immunologists, British Society for Immunology, Canadian Society for Immunology, Dutch Society for Immunology, Gesellschaft fur Immunologie, Israel Immunological Society, Polish Society of Immunology, Scandinavian Society for Immunology, Societe Francaise d’immunologie, and Yugoslav Immunological Society. IUIS had 69 member societies in 2014.

The 2013-2016 executive committee of the IUIS is Jorge Kalil, President; Alberto Mantovani, Vice-President; Seppo Meri, Secretary General; Nick King, Treasurer; Stefan Kaufmann, Past President.

Every three years the IUIS organizes an international congress, called the International Congress of Immunology (ICI), with one of its national society members. The 2013 ICI was held in Milan, Italy. The next ICI will take place in Melbourne, Australia in 2016. Beijing, China will host the ICI in 2019.

Frontiers in Immunology is the IUIS' official journal.

The standing committees of the IUIS are Clinical Immunology, Education, Primary Immunodeficiencies, Nomenclature, Quality Assessment and Standardization, Veterinary and Gender Equality and Career Development.

Among their activities is classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases.[2]

International Congresses & Presidents [3]
Nr. Year ICI Location Term President From
17. 2019 Beijing  China
16. 2016 Melbourne  Australia
15. 2013 Milan  Italy 2013-2016 Jorge Kalil  Brazil
14. 2010 Kobe  Japan 2010-2013 Stefan H. E. Kaufmann  Germany
13. 2007 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 2007-2010 Peter C. Doherty  Australia
12. 2004 Montreal  Canada 2004-2007 Rolf Zinkernagel   Switzerland
11. 2001 Stockholm  Sweden 2001-2004 Philippa Marrack  United Kingdom
10. 1998 New Delhi  India 1998-2001 Fritz Melchers   Switzerland
9. 1995 San Francisco  United States 1995-1998 Tomio Tada  Japan
8. 1992 Budapest  Hungary 1992-1995 Henry Metzger
7. 1988 Berlin  Germany 1989-1992 Jacob B. Natvig  Denmark
6. 1986 Toronto  Canada 1986-1989 Gustav J.V.Nossal  Australia
5. 1983 Kyoto  Japan 1983-1986 Alain L. de Weck   Switzerland
4. 1980 Paris  France 1980-1983 Baruj Benacerraf  United States
3. 1977 Sydney  Australia 1977-1980 Michael Sela  Poland
2. 1974 Brighton  England 1974-1977 John Humphrey  United Kingdom
1. 1971 Washington, D.C.  United States 1971-1974 Bernard Cinader  Canada
Fd. 1969 Brugge  Belgium

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "IUIS - International union of immunological societies".
  2. ↑ Geha RS, Notarangelo LD, Casanova JL, et al. (October 2007). "Primary immunodeficiency diseases: an update from the International Union of Immunological Societies Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Classification Committee". J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 120 (4): 776–94. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.053. PMC 2601718. PMID 17952897.
  3. ↑ History of the IUIS Retrieved 05/11/2015.

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