Upcoming Events

August, 2007:

The 8th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium (8IVIS) will be held August 16-19, 2007 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. The web site is: www.8ivis.org. Abstract submission deadline: April 16, 2007. Student travel awards infromation can be obtained here or on the site.

 

The 13th International Congress of Immunology (ICI 2007) will be held on August 21-25, 2007, at the Riccentro Convention Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The web site is: immunorio2007.org.br.

 

October, 2007:

The 40th annual meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology: Inflammation, Innate Immunity and Cancer will be held October 11-13, 2007 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The web site is: www.leukocytebiology.org/am.html

 

The 1st International Symposium on Animal Genetics for Animal Health (AGAH) will be held October 23-25, 2007 at OIE Headquarters, World Organization for Animal Health, in Paris, France. For more information please contact Cyril Gay (Cyril.gay@ars.usda.gov) or Marie-Hélèn Pinard (pinard@dga2.jouy.inra.fr)

December, 2007:

The 88th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) will be held December 2-4, 2007 at the Marriott Chicago (Downtown Magnificent Mile). The CRWAD meeting web site is: www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/microbiology/crwad/index.htm and the CRWAD Newsletter web site is: www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/microbiology/crwad/newlet07.htm

 

The 2007 AAVI/ACVM Symposium to be held at CRWAD is entitled Nutritional Immunology. The speakers will include

Joe Urban, ARS Beltsville, (nutritional effects, including probiotics, on GI immunity, especially to parasites);

Kirk Klasing, UC Davis, (impact of nutrition on immune response, Th1 vs Th2 in chickens)

Simin Meydani, Tufts, (nutrition induced changes in immune related diseases and role of vitamin E)

Margherita Cantorna, Penn State, (vitamin D regulation of the immune system).

 

AAVI members are encouraged to attend this terrific Symposium!