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Swiss Young Immunologists Society

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Community for young #immunologists with a link to Switzerland🇨🇭 #ecr #networking 🔬 Sign up here: syis-ecr.org/become-a-member

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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎨 Calling all creative minds in immunology! Want to win a FREE registration to the next SYIS Symposium? Here's your chance! 👇🏻
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We‘re looking forward to seeing many of you at tomorrow‘s seminar!
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💡 Got a research idea but wondering what you could actually do with it outside the lab? 🚀 Check out our upcoming Career Webinar with Dr. Marcin Krzykawski, CEO of Real Research, on October 22!
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Join us next week in Davos or online for an exciting seminar🔬
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🏆 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🧵👇)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🏆 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/...
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🏆 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/...
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🏆 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/...
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🏆 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....
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🏆 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.
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🏆 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...
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🏆 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...
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🏆 The SYIS Best Publication Award highlights outstanding work from young investigators across a range of categories — from primary research to reviews and clinical papers.
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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...
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Swiss Myeloid League (SMyLe) @smyle-ch.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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!
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🔬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)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🧬 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)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🔥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)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
👨‍🔬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)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
⌛ 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)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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)
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📣 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
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
⏰ 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
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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!
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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...
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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.
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
👉 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!
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Join the 3rd @yefis-immunology.bsky.social symposium organised by and for early-career immunologists👇
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Register now! 👇🏻
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DGFI Young Immunologists @dgfi-yi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
✨ 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
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
✨ 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...
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Daniela Latorre @lablatorre.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🔬 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
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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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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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!
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
📣 We’re searching for the top immunology publication of 2025! 🧬 Nominate your favourite work for the 2025 SYIS Publication Award below. ⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025 Submit your nomination here 👉🏻 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
🧬 Biopôle Discovery Day 2026 | 31 March, Lausanne Meet life sciences companies, hear career journeys, and network with industry experts. 📅 Register from 29 Jan 2026 📍 Aquatis Lausanne
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
🧬 Biopôle Discovery Day 2026 | 31 March, Lausanne Meet life sciences companies, hear career journeys, and network with industry experts. 📅 Register from 29 Jan 2026 📍 Aquatis Lausanne
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
📣 We’re searching for the top immunology publication of 2025! 🧬 Nominate your favourite work for the 2025 SYIS Publication Award below. ⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025 Submit your nomination here 👉🏻 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🚨Register by tonight to secure the Early Bird registration rate for WIRM 2026! Register and sumit your abstract here: www.wirm.ch/registration...
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Registration & Abstracts - WIRM
Register for WIRM or submit your abstract – easy participation and scientific contribution made simple.
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
If you’re passionate about shaping the future of the ECR community, join the yEFIS Task Force and get involved! 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Join the yEFIS task force 2025-2026
Are you interested in joining the yEFIS adventure? You want to join existing working groups or have a new idea you'd like to implement? or even create a young immunology society in your own country? ...
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🧵 New members wanted — Join the SYIS Board! 🇨🇭 Are you a young scientist passionate about immunology and community building? We’re looking for new board members to start in March 2026. Three exciting roles are open 👇
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Ever wondered how your immune system would change if you grew up herding livestock on the Mongolian steppe instead of commuting in Zurich? Turns out — your surroundings shape your immunity as much as your genes. 🌍 Read the full story: syis-ecr.org/2025/10/24/h...
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How Lifestyle and Microbes Shape Immunity: Lessons from Mongolia
Traditional gers in rural Mongolia. Photo taken by author. By Deeksha Raju INTRODUCTION Your immune system isn’t just built from DNA – it’s shaped by where you live, what you eat, and e…
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Annika Hausmann @hausmannannika.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Exciting possibility for ECRs to join the collaborative efforts of @yefis-immunology.bsky.social and @eurjimmunol.bsky.social 👇🏼 @syis-ecr.bsky.social
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Mark your calendars 🗓️ June 29th - July 1st 2026 The 3rd #yEFIS Symposium is on the horizon! Stay tuned, exciting details coming your way 🔥
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
📣 yEFIS Career Fridays start next week! Your PhD opens more doors than you think — join our 5-week series and hear from immunology & life science PhDs who built amazing careers outside academia. ✨ Learn what they do, what got them there & ask your questions live!
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
📅🍁 Join yEFIS Five Career Fridays this fall! Thinking about a career beyond academia? 🤔 For immunology PhDs, the options are endless – but the market is tough 🤯. Join us this October & November as we talk to professionals who turned their PhDs into 5 very different career paths 👩‍🔬➡️💼
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Annika Hausmann @hausmannannika.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
📢Master thesis project opportunity ‼️We are looking for a motivated Master student to join the lab working on semi-automated analysis pipelines for organoid microscopy images. Please spread the word and check out our website for more information: www.annikahausmannlab.com
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
🧬 From bone marrow-on-a-chip to thymus-in-a-dish, immune organoids are changing how we study immunity - one dish at a time. Check out Johanna’s blog post here 👉 syis-ecr.org/2025/09/02/i... @yefis-immunology.bsky.social
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Immune system in a dish – One dish at a time
By Johanna Lueckel. What if we could grow a lymph node it in the lab, and watch T and B cells go about their business? No mice, no scalpel, no drama? That’s exactly the promise of so called immune …
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Swiss Young Immunologists Society @syis-ecr.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We had a fantastic day in Lausanne! 🎉 The 4th SYIS Annual Symposium was full of amazing science, useful workshops, and inspiring talks. Big thanks to our sponsors BD, @standardbiotools.bsky.social, @immudex.bsky.social , BioLegend, Roche, and to UNIL for hosting! 🙌 Next stop: 26.08.26 in Bellinzona🚀
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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
👉Choosing Your Panel Wisely Both grantees applied in very specific #ERC panels — not always the obvious ones. Though their projects involved immunology, one framed it as tissue physiology, another as stem cell biology. 🧫🧬 Why? Because it fit better and gave their ideas the right audience.💬
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