International Union of Immunological Societies

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 83 member societies in 2019.

International Union
of Immunological Societies
AbbreviationIUIS
Formation1969 (1969)
TypeNGO
HeadquartersKurfürstendamm 71
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
Faith Osier
Parent organization
International Council for Science (ICSU)
WebsiteIUIS Official website

The 2019-2022 executive committee of the IUIS is Faith Osier, President; Miriam Merad, Vice-President; Roslyn Kemp, Secretary General; Michael Ratcliffe, Treasurer; Alberto Mantovani, 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 2016 ICI was held in Melbourne, Australia. Last ICI (rebranded as IUIS2019) took place in Beijing, China in 2019. Cape Town, South Africa will host IUIS2022.[2]

Frontiers in Immunology is the IUIS' official journal. Immunopaedia.org is the official educational provider of online pre-course material for IUIS immunology courses in the developing world and in other countries.[3]

The standing committees of the IUIS are Clinical Immunology, Education, Gender Equality and Career Development, Immunotherapy, Inborn Errors of Immunity, Nomenclature, Publications, Quality Assessment and Standardization, Vaccines, and Veterinary.

Among their activities is classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases.[4]

International Congresses & Presidents[5]
Nr.YearICI LocationTermPresidentFrom
17.2019Beijing China 2019-2022Faith Osier  Kenya
16.2016Melbourne Australia 2016-2019Alberto Mantovani Italy
15.2013Milan Italy 2013-2016Jorge Kalil Brazil
14.2010Kobe Japan 2010-2013Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Germany
13.2007Rio de Janeiro Brazil2007-2010Peter C. Doherty Australia
12.2004Montreal Canada2004-2007Rolf Zinkernagel  Switzerland
11.2001Stockholm Sweden2001-2004Philippa Marrack United Kingdom
10.1998New Delhi India1998-2001Fritz Melchers  Switzerland
9.1995San Francisco United States1995-1998Tomio Tada Japan
8.1992Budapest Hungary 1992-1995Henry Metzger France
7.1988Berlin Germany1989-1992Jacob B. Natvig Denmark
6.1986Toronto Canada1986-1989Gustav J.V.Nossal Australia
5.1983Kyoto Japan1983-1986Alain L. de Weck  Switzerland
4.1980Paris France1980-1983Baruj Benacerraf United States
3.1977Sydney Australia1977-1980Michael Sela Poland/  Israel
2.1974Brighton England1974-1977John Humphrey United Kingdom
1.1971Washington, D.C. United States1971-1974Bernard Cinader Canada
Fd.1969Brugge Belgium

Online immunology education

Immunopaedia, a non-profit educational website based in South Africa, is the official provider of online pre-course material for IUIS immunology courses.[6]

See also

References
  1. "IUIS - International union of immunological societies". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09.
  2. "IUIS 2022". IUIS 2022. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  3. "News from Immunopaedia » IUIS". IUIS. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  4. 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.
  5. History of the IUIS Retrieved 05/11/2015.
  6. KIT. "Providing on-line immunology education". iuisonline.org. Retrieved 2017-09-26.


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