German Society for Immunology and Australasian Society for Immunology joint Workshop 3rd-4th December 2015 - Meeting report

Abstract

The German Society for Immunology (DGfI) and the Australasian Society for Immunology (ASI) hosted the first DGfI-ASI joint workshop from December 3-4, 2015 in Canberra, Australia. A delegation of 15 distinguished German immunologists discussed the workshop topic "immune regulation in infections and immune mediated diseases" with the aim to establish new German-Australasian collaborations, discuss new concepts in the field of immune regulation and build a scientific network to create more utilizable resources for excellent (trans-border) immunological research. The workshop was associated with the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ASI held from Nov 29-Dec 3, 2015, opening up even more opp..