Nominations open for the 2026 EJI-EFIS Prize for the ECR Article of the Year!
The editors of the European Journal of Immunology (EJI)areseeking nominations for the new EJI-EFIS Prize, which recognizes the best paper published in EJI in the previous calendar year (2025) by early-career researchers (ECRs). The prize comes with an award of €5,000 and an additional travel grant to support attendance at the European Conference of Immunology (ECI 2027)in Florence. The winner of this annual prize will be selected by the EJI Editors together with yEFIS representatives.
Please send the link to the paper you are nominating, the name of the ECR nominee, and a brief supporting statement (maximum 250 words) directly to ejied@wiley.com by Wednesday 15, April 2026. The subject line should include “2026 EJI-EFIS Prize for the ECR Article of the Year”. Self-nominations are encouraged.
International Day of Immunology
Awareness Campaign and Awards
In the lead-up to the 2026 Day of Immunology (DoI), which will bring global attention to the theme “Regulatory T Cells: Guardians of Immune Balance” the #DayofImmunology social media campaign will be relaunched to raise public awareness of the immune system’s importance for overall well-being. We invite and encourage all our national societies to contribute. Furthermore, IUIS and EFIS will recognize the most creative and most impactful awareness campaigns our members organize to celebrate the International Day of Immunology! The DoI Awards are your chance to showcase creative and meaningful awareness campaigns. Find out more about the campaign and how to participate here. Save the date and register for the DoI webinar on April 29 at 3 pm CET.
14th EFIS-EJI Tatra Immunology Conference
Proudly supported by EFIS, this renowned biennial conference brings together the next generation of immunology scientists from across Europe. The program features top international speakers, selected abstracts, a young EFIS (yEFIS) session, and interactive posters. Afternoons offer scenic Mikulov excursions and sports, creating the perfect mix of science, networking, and inspiration. Space is limited and registration is possible until February 22, 2026.
EFIS Task Force News
EFIS Education Task Force Report
1st Symposium at the IUIS 2025 in Vienna
Overall Goal: Education Task Force aims to strengthen and connect immunology education across Europe by developing shared teaching resources, promoting innovative educational approaches, fostering exchange among educators at all career stages, and supporting early-career scientists.
What We Have Done? Since its launch, the task force has achieved several milestones. We created a webpage as a central hub, collected initial teaching resources, and organized our first symposium at the IUIS Congress in Vienna, which had strong attendance. We also launched our first webinar on key immunology discoveries, featuring Antonio Lanzavecchia, who summarized the discovery of B/T cell cooperation. You can sign up for upcoming webinars on the website .
Future Activities: We will develop tools, links and resources for educators and scientists on the EFIS Education webpage. The Task force will also host a guest EFIS symposium at the Annual Meeting of the German Society for Immunology in Munich in September 2026.
Join us! We invite educators and immunologists to join the EFIS Education Task Force. Members benefit from updates via our newsletter, access to immunology lecture slides, materials on the history of immunology, and a blog discussing teaching, history, and AI in immunology education.
yEFIS Task Force 3rd Symposium
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the yEFIS 3rd Symposium, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 29 June to 1 July 2026.
Organised by and for early-career immunologists, the yEFIS Symposium brings together PhD students, postdocs, and early-stage group leaders from across Europe for three days of cutting-edge science, skills workshops, and networking. Building on successful meetings in Berlin and Dublin, the 2026 symposium will welcome over 250 participants in collaboration with the Czech Immunological Society and Czech Young Immunologists.
We look forward to welcoming you to Prague for an exciting and collaborative yEFIS Symposium.
Congress of the German Society for Immunology - September 15-18, 2026, Munich
The Congress of the German Society for Immunology, taking place in September 2026 in Munich, Germany, brings together scientists and clinicians interested in better understanding the overarching principles that apply to immunity to infection, immuno-oncology, immunotherapy, autoimmunity, and transplantation and that determine organ-specific protective and pathological immune responses. With this specific focus, we aim to broaden our horizon by connecting basic immunological science and organ-specific pathology with translational activities and novel and emerging technologies. Registration and abstract submission is now open!
EFIS-IL Study Groups News
B Cell Network Meeting 2026
EBCnet Forum 2026 will be hosted by the University of Gothenburg and held at Säröhus Conference Hotel in Särö, approximately 20 minutes from Gothenburg. The meeting is designed as a highly interactive forum where most sessions are built around short talks on largely unpublished data and a dedicated poster session, to maximise scientific exchange and foster new collaborations.
2nd European Immunometabolism Conference - EIMN 2026, organized by the EFIS Study Group EuropeanImmunometabolism Network, will be held in Luxembourg on 10-12 June, 2026. Registration and abstract submission deadline is March 1st.
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