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The American Association of Immunologists is an association of scientists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunology. @J_Immunol & @ImmunoHorizons

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We are thrilled to announce our dynamic and vibrant new logo! The logo, introduced by AAI President @VirusesImmunity at IMMUNOLOGY2024™, reflects AAI’s forward-leaning approach and symbolizes progress and unity within the immunology community. Learn more
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Has anyone else noticed that the sofas in B Hall look suspiciously like an antibody??? #AAI2022 #immunology #immunologyhumor #ThisIsPortland
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AAI is pleased to announce Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI '00), as its 2023–2024 president. Dr. Iwasaki, a distinguished immunologist and esteemed member of the AAI Council, will assume her role as president on July 1, 2023. #AAI #immunology #womeninstem
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Attendees enjoy the IMMUNOLOGY2023 Gala! #AAI2023
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After reviewing Arizona’s abortion law, which went into effect after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs, AAI has moved IMMUNOLOGY2024™ from Phoenix to Chicago. AAI issued a statement articulating its deep concern about the decision’s deleterious impact.
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Congratulations to Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), who was appointed Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at the Yale School of Medicine. @VirusesImmunity
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Congratulations to AAI President Akiko Iwasaki for being named one of Time's most influential people of 2024! @VirusesImmunity @TIME @YaleCII
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Dr. Anthony Fauci (AAI '73) has been recognized as Federal Employee of the Year!
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Congratulations to AAI Vice President Akiko Iwasaki, who was named on the 2023 STATUS List for her leadership in public health. @VirusesImmunity
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The immune system remains a mystery for many people. That’s why AAI has created #ImmunologyExplained to help people understand the basics of the immune system, how it protects us from infection & disease, & how to support it throughout your life. Visit .
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AAI believes that scientific and public health experts, including the trusted Dr. Anthony Fauci, are vital to combating COVID-19 and safely reopening the US. It’s important for all Americans to stand strongly behind them and take their advice. #FollowTheScience #IStandWithFauci
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IMMUNOLOGY2023 is upon us! Can’t wait to see you tomorrow.
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Congratulations to Diane Mathis, Ph.D. (AAI ’99), who was named the inaugural winner of the Menarini Prize for Outstanding Woman Immunologist: #womeninscience #womeninstem #immunology
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BREAKING NEWS: The House just passed a bill that increases @NIH funding by $2.6 billion! Thanks to all who contacted their Reps…now contact your Senators! #NIHfunding #AAI #immunology
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Congratulations to AAI member Dr. Yasmine Belkaid, a 2021 co-recipient of the Robert Koch Award, which recognizes scientific researchers for outstanding & internationally recognized achievements. #immunology #womeninscience
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Dr. Jenny Ting is the 2020-2021 AAI President--and our first woman of color elected to serve in this position! Read her President's Message to the membership here:
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AAI strongly opposes Pres. Trump’s proposed ~12% (~$5b) cut to the NIH budget. This would devastate U.S. biomedical research, in part by funding 2,824 fewer Research Project Grants. Congress, please continue your strong bipartisan support for NIH and increase its budget instead!
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Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., DFAAI (AAI ’73), Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), was honored with the AAI Exceptional Leadership in Science Award on May 10. Read the full announcement:
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August is National Immunization Awareness Month. While many serious diseases are no longer common in the United States thanks to vaccines, these diseases still exist and can spread when people aren’t vaccinated. #ivax2protect #AAI #immunology #vaccines
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AAI proudly celebrates President Akiko Iwasaki's inclusion in TIME's 2024 list of 100 most influential people. Her groundbreaking research on viral infections, including COVID-19, and advocacy for public health make her a true inspiration. #immunology
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Today, AAI issued a statement opposing two actions recently taken by President Trump: withdrawing the U.S. from the @WHO and issuing a Proclamation that disallows visas for certain Chinese students and researchers. Read the full statement here:
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It's #AAPIHM & AAI is proud to spotlight Dr. Jenny Ting, the first woman of color & Asian American woman to lead as president. Read Dr. Ting's recent statement condemning violence & discrimination against the #AAPI community: #AAPIHM #StopAAPIHate
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AAI is pleased to welcome attendees to IMMUNOLOGY2022™! We look forward to seeing everyone who has traveled to Portland for our first in-person annual meeting since 2019, and to the exciting sessions and events planned for you! #AAI2022
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The U.S. Senate just passed the House bill that increases @NIH funding by $2.6 billion! If the President signs the bill (as expected), NIH will see this robust increase for FY 2020. #FundNIH #RallyMedResearch
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Congratulations to Russel E. Vance (AAI ’10), who is 2020 co-recipient of the William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic & Tumor Immunology. He is recognized for contributions to the discovery & characterization of the cGAS-STING pathway.
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Immunologist @VirusesImmunity studies how the immune system recognizes & interacts w/ viruses. She pioneered vaccine strategies to establish whole-body immunity to herpes simplex viruses & SARS-CoV2. #ThankYouImmunology Learn how vaccines are approved!
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Don't miss the special session, "Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Lessons from COVID-19" with Dr. Anthony Fauci today at 7 PM. Level 3, Ballroom AB.
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Register today for the White House summit on the future of COVID-19 vaccines via livestream on Tuesday, July 26th at 11 a.m., featuring AAI Council Vice President Akiko Iwasaki.
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AAI Councillor Akiko Iwasaki prepares for her visit with Senator Christopher Murphy. #AAIHillDay
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Don’t miss the special lecture featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Linda Saif, and Dr. Akiko Iwasaki at Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021™ May 10–15! Learn more at #AAI2021 #immunology
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AAI would like to recognize all those around the world who are dedicated to developing a vaccine and effective treatments or are providing patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We thank you for your tireless efforts, dedication, and sacrifice.
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AAI proudly celebrates the accomplishments of Black immunologists! In this 2-min video, Dr. Keke Fairfax talks about her research in type 2 immunity & her commitment to advancing equity, diversity & inclusion. #immunology #BlackinImmuno #BlackHistoryMonth
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Visit the AAI booth today (725) at 11:30 to meet AAI President Akiko Iwasaki, one of @TIME magazine's most influential people of 2024! #AAI2024 @VirusesImmunity
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Today #AAI sent a letter urging the President & Congressional Leaders to heed the advice of Dr. Fauci & other experts during the #COVID19 pandemic. Read the letter: @NIAIDNews @NBCNews @ABC @CBSNews @FoxNews @CNN @nytimes @washingtonpost @USATODAY @NIH
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The White House is holding a summit tomorrow on the future of COVID-19 vaccines from 11:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. ET. We're excited to see that AAI Vice President Akiko Iwasaki will be speaking!
@VirusesImmunity
Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
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Sincere thank you to many of you who reached out to @POTUS and @WHCOVIDResponse in support of our efforts on nasal booster vaccine 🙏🏼 I will be speaking at the White House Summit on Future of COVID-19 Vaccines on July 26. RSVP to join via livestream:
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Thanks to the DTaP vaccine, few Americans today know what a horrible disease diphtheria is. At the turn of the 20th century, it was known as “the strangling angel of children.” Read up on it during National Immunization Awareness Month. #ivax2protect #niam
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AAI Congratulates Distinguished Lecturer Carla V. Rothlin. Her lecture, "Principles of resolving and non-resolving inflammation," is today at 6:00 PM​, Level 3, Ballroom AB. #AAI2023
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AAI President Akiko Iwasaki begins her talk on learning immunology from viral infections at IMMUNOLOGY2024™ #AAI2024
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Don’t miss the President’s Program at IMMUNOLOGY2024™! AAI President Akiko Iwasaki will give her address on May 3, and the President’s Symposium will take place on May 6. Learn more about the sessions available for IMMUNOLOGY2024™. #immunology #AAI2024
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Hib meningitis killed over 1,000 children a day worldwide before John B. Robbins & Rachel Schneerson developed a vaccine for it—now US cases are literally one in a million. AAI supports National Immunization Awareness Month! #niam #ivax2protect #AAIHistory
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Congratulations to the new National Academy of Sciences members, including AAI Councilor Susan Kaech.
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Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021 ™ will be held May 10–15, 2021! See the 2021 Call for Abstracts here: #AAI2021 #immunology
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Congratulations to Dr. Fauci (AAI '73) on this well-deserved award! @NIAIDNews @FASEBorg
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Join us in congratulating Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as this year’s recipient of the FASEB Public Service Award! Learn more: @ImmunologyAAI @the_asci @AFMResearch @NIAIDNews #FASEBmembers
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Every year thousands of adults in the U.S. are hospitalized because of diseases that vaccines can help prevent. August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Learn more about life-saving vaccines today. #ivax2protect #AAI #immunology #vaccines .
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Excellent news for international students and their colleges and universities!
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#BREAKING : Trump administration rescinds policy to strip visas from foreign students whose courses move online amid pandemic
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At IMMUNOLOGY2023™: Celebrate this year’s AAI Lifetime Achievement Awardee Lewis L. Lanier at 5 PM, Level 3, Ballroom AB. This award recognizes a remarkable career of scientific achievement and contributions to AAI and the field of immunology. #AAI2023
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Happy International Day of Immunology! Please join us in saying thank you to all the immunologists around the world who are studying, developing, and working hard to find cures for diseases that still affect us today. #DayofImmunology Learn more today!
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The first African American professor at Harvard, William A. Hinton, was an immunologist who developed a new flocculation test of syphilis in 1927, and established a laboratory technician training school for women. #BlackHistoryMonth #immunology #TBT
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Join us as we congratulate the 2023 Excellence in Mentoring Awardee Yasmine Belkaid at the awards presentation today at 12:30 pm, Level 3, Ballroom AB #AAI2023
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By the 1950s, polio disabled an average of 35,000 Americans a year. Thanks to vaccines developed by immunologists Jonas Salk & Albert Sabin, polio has been eradicated in all but two countries. #ThankYouImmunology Learn how vaccines are approved today!
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Don’t miss President Akiko Iwasaki's address at IMMUNOLOGY2024™, 5pm in W375AB, where she will make an exciting announcement. Plus, help us celebrate Gary Koretzy's Lifetime Achievement Award. #AAI2024
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AAI Congratulates the Vanguard Award Lecture Recipient Robert J. Binder and invites you to his lecture today at 11:15 am. #AAI2023
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The AAI annual meeting will be in person on May 11–15, 2023! See the IMMUNOLOGY2023™ Scientific Program here: #AAI2023 #immunology #MyDCcool
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A little something to look forward to..... #AAI2021
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IMMUNOLOGY2021™ is going virtual! Read the full message here:
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Congratulations to Yasmine Belkaid, the AAI Excellence in Mentoring Awardee
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AAI is accepting applications for the 2020 Fellowship for Career Reentry thru Sept. 1, 2020, which provides salary support to postdocs who have taken a leave of absence for family-related issues, medical absences, or military obligations. #CareersAAI
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On this day 64 years ago, the 1st successful polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk (AAI ‘47) was announced to the world. The trials of the vaccine were overseen by Thomas Francis, Jr. (AAI ’30, president 1949–50). See original 1955 news reel: #AAIHistory
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It is International Day of Women & Girls in Science, and AAI is recognizing some female members! Juliet Morrison says, "I’m proud to be a scientist because it is a challenging and intellectually fulfilling career!” Visit for more quotes!
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IMMUNOLOGY2024™ is underway! Get ready for an exciting weekend of learning and networking! #AAI2024
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Coming in the January 15 2022 issue: @J_Immunol Celebrates Diversity in Immunology – a collection of #BriefReviews celebrating diverse authors and topics. #JI_celebratediversity #ReadTheJI @J_Immunol is published by @ImmunologyAAI #societypublisher
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Fantastic article on @statnews today about AAI Council Member Akiko Iwasaki (AAI '00): "At the top of her field, a Covid-19 researcher fights back against a different kind of virus: sexism and power imbalances in science" @VirusesImmunity
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The first African American professor at Harvard, William A. Hinton, was an immunologist who developed a new flocculation test of syphilis in 1927 & established a laboratory technician training school for women. #BlackHistoryMonth #immunology #BlackinImmuno
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Congratulations to AAI Council member Dr. Mark Davis, who is a co-recipient of the 2021 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research for discovery of the structure of the T-cell receptor.
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James Allison: “I think deep down most people in science do it because they’d like to be the first person on the planet who really knows something, you know. ‘I understand this for the first time.’”   For the full interview:
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AAI member John H. Wallace (AAI 1958), who was one of the only Black microbiologists in the U.S. at the time, helped open Morehouse College of Medicine and dedicated himself to recruiting African Americans into careers in science. #BlackHistoryMonth #immunology #BlackinImmuno
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Congratulations to #AAI member Kate A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (AAI ’06), who has been admitted to the Royal Irish Academy, the highest academic distinction in Ireland, as an honorary member.
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Congratulations to AAI members Max D. Cooper, @EmoryMedicine , and Jacques Miller, @WEHI_research . The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation has honored them with the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award! #immunology
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More than seventy peer-reviewed #COVID -19, #SARS , and #MERS @J_Immunol articles are #FreeToRead #immunology #ReadTheJI
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Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Schietinger, who received the AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship. #Immunology
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The first woman president of AAI was Rebecca Lancefield in 1961, after 44 men. It was 21 years before Marian Koshland was the second. Since 2000, however, fully half of the AAI presidents have been women. #InternationalWomensDay #AAIHistory
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Congratulations to Carrie L. Lucas, Ph.D. (AAI ’16), who has been named 2020 recipient of the Christina Fleischmann Award for Young Women Investigators!
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Thanks for a great IMMUNOLOGY2023™. Safe travel back home! #AAI02023
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We already have some exciting plans for IMMUNOLOGY2021! Who's planning to join us?? #AAI2021
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Today, AAI Committee on Public Affairs Chair Ross Kedl, Ph.D., issued a statement on behalf of AAI strongly opposing President Trump's proposed $3 billion budget cut to NIH for FY 2021. Read Dr. Kedl's full statement here:
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Dr. Anthony Fauci (AAI ’73) has generously given his time to meet with AAI Council & staff to discuss immunology & public health. The Council recently honored Dr. Fauci with a standing ovation for 50+ years of dedicated federal service & extraordinary scientific leadership.
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August is National Immunization Awareness Month! Raising awareness has always been a crucial element of getting shots in arms. AAI is proud to support National Immunization Awareness Month. #NIAM #ivax2protect
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We are pleased to announce the twelfth class of AAI Public Policy Fellows, who began their one-year fellowship on May 1. The AAI Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP) engages early career researchers in AAI advocacy activities and culminates in a Capitol Hill Day in D.C.
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Today, the AAI leadership issued a statement expressing deep concern about “reports of significant and increasing political interference by the Administration in efforts by . . . CDC and FDA . . . to keep the public safe” during the COVID-19 pandemic. See
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There WILL be an AAI Annual Meeting in 2021!! Are you ready for Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021™? Read the full message here: #AAI2021 #immunology #virtualimmunology
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Congratulations to Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D., Feng Shao, Ph.D., and Vishva Dixit, M.D. , who have received the William B. Coley Award from the Cancer Research Institute. #immunology #coleyaward @CancerResearch
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New: Free child care will be provided to IMMUNOLOGY2023™ attendees! Arrangements must be made in advance. For full details, visit .
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Immunologist Maurice Hilleman developed 40 vaccines, 8 of which are life-saving routine infant immunizations—including the MMR, chickenpox, and meningitis vaccines. Hilleman’s vaccines save nearly 8 million lives a year. #ThankYouImmunology Learn more:
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Watch as AAI Council Member Dr. Akiko Iwasaki reflects on why she loves the field of immunology—including her passion for developing a mucosal vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.
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Don’t miss the President’s Program at IMMUNOLOGY2024™! President Akiko Iwasaki will give her address entitled, “Learning Immunology from Viral Infections.” For information on speakers and topics, visit . #AAI2024 #immunology
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San Diego is an immunology research powerhouse in large part due to Ellen Browning Scripps. Her many donations helped establish both the Scripps Institution of Oceanography & Scripps Research. #womenshistorymonth #immunology #womeninscience
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Instructor Stephen Jameson answers questions during a breakout session at the AAI Advanced Course on Immunology. #AAICourses2022
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Global Immunotalks 2020 features #AAI members. Tune in every Wednesday!
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Together with my friend Carla Rothlin we are launching Global Immunotalks 2020 #globalimmuno To be held Wednesdays 9 am PST starting 4/22 ZOOM: Schedule at Hoping to benefit #immunology community globally Please pass the word!
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A little something to look forward to! #AAI2021
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AAI Intro Course to Immunology Instructor Shane Crotty speaks with attendees after his lecture on "B Cell Activation and Humoral Immunity." #AAICourses2022
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IMMUNOLOGY2022™ will be held May 6–10, 2022—and Registration is now open!!! Register by March 29, 2022, to receive the early registration discount! For more information, visit #AAI2022 #immunology #ThisIsPortland
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Do you have a suggestion about IMMUNOLOGY2024 sessions? Visit the AAI Booth and share your suggestions with the Program Committee.
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Free childcare for #IMMUNOLOGY2024 ™ attendees! AAI offers childcare services for kids aged 3 months to 12 years at no cost. Register by April 18. Limited spots available, first-come, first-served. Secure your spot now! #immunology #AAI2024
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Congratulations to AAI Lifetime Achievement Awardee Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D. of the Univ. of California, San Francisco #AAIawards #AAI #immunology @UCSF
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Coming soon! @J_Immunol Celebrates Diversity in Immunology | a collection of #BriefReviews celebrating diverse authors and topics. | Special Guest Editors @DHerbertLab and @DrSalinasLab @J_Immunol is published by @ImmunologyAAI #societypublisher
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AAI member James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI ’78) is featured in a documentary that is getting rave reviews! AAI gave the filmmakers permission to reprint images of titles of Allison articles that were published in @J_Immunol , so these appear in the film!
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Just a little celebrating going on today at the AAI executive office!
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Effective today, all applications submitted to NIH must include a data management and sharing plan. AAI has developed "Resources and Recommendations" and a detailed "Guide" to help immunologists comply with this new policy. See: and
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AAI is pleased to announce the appointment of Gail A. Bishop as the incoming editor-in-chief of The JI! Her 5-year term will commence Jan 1, 2024. #AAI #immunology #ReadtheJI
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