The American Association of Immunologists

Current Issue:
February 15, 2012
vol. 188 no. 04

Current Issue:
December 2011

November 15, 2011 ...... Abstract Submissions Open
December 1, 2011 ......... Registration Opens
December 1, 2011 ......... Housing Reservations Open
January 9, 2012 ........... Abstract Submissions Close @ 11:59 PM ET
January 9, 2012 ........... Travel Award and Grant Applications Due
January 18, 2012 .......... Late-Breaking Abstract Submissions Open
February 8, 2012 .......... Late-Breaking Abstract Submissions Close
March 16, 2012 ............. Early Registration Deadline
April 12, 2012 ................ Special Hotel Rate Deadline

AAI Invites Applications for the 2012-2013 Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP) - Deadline: February 17, 2012

The dates for the 2012 AAI Immunology Courses have been announced! Plan to attend the Introductory Course in Immunology from July 14-19 in Philadelphia or the Advanced Course in Immunology from July 29-August 3 in Boston.

AAI establishes the Lustgarten-eBioscience Memorial Award to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Joseph Lustgarten. The award is intended to advance the career of a mid-career scientist who attends the AAI Annual Meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of immune regulation.

AAI Joins in mourning the loss of Ralph Steinman, M.D.; See Rockefeller University announcement

Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D., is the 95th AAI President
Dr. Berg's Message to Members on goals and expectations for her term in office, July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012.

Colleagues and Protegés Remember
Baruj Benacerraf, M.D. (AAI '57)
Nobel Laureate (1980), AAI President (1973)

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Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI '00) is named 2012 Lilly Research Award Recipient.
Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D. (AAI '92) is elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Work of Dan H. Barouch, Ph.D., M.D. (AAI '06) on an AIDS vaccine is featured in the Washington Post Health and Science Section.
Research by Michael Oldstone, M.D. (AAI ’70) on how cytokine storms contribute to flu virus potency is featured in the Washington Post Health and Science Section.
Owen N. Witte, M.D. (AAI '83) named to President's Cancer Panel.
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to the late Ralph Steinman, M.D. (AAI '75) and to Bruce Beutler, M.D. (AAI '06).
Rebecca H. Buckley, M.D. (AAI '70), Ira S. Mellman (AAI '97), Carl F. Nathan, M.D. (AAI '76), and Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '91) were elected to National Academy of Sciences.
Jeffrey W. Pollard, Ph.D., (AAI '99) received the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor in Basic Science.
Charlotte Cunningham- Rundles, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '80), was awarded the 2011 Abbott Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology.
Former AAI president Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D. (AAI '80), was elected earlier this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.