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Diethelm-Varela B, Reyes A, Rosenstein Y, Kalil J, Hill M, Docena G, Anegon I, González PA, Kalergis AM. Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies Goes South 2021: advanced course on molecular and cellular translational immunology. Immunotherapy 2022; 14:839-842. [PMID: 35757836 DOI: 10.2217/imt-2022-0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) regularly organizes scientific meetings to foster advances in immunology. A new event of this type is FOCIS Goes South, a course and workshop organized by FOCIS Centers of Excellence (FCEs) from across Latin America, which consists of a course on advanced immunology, a flow cytometry workshop and seminars on cutting-edge research in autoimmunity, tolerance, cancer, infectious diseases and vaccines. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second version of FOCIS Goes South, hosted by the Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy in Chile, took place virtually from 15 to 18 November 2021, with more than 950 registered participants. The present article summarizes the key findings and insights discussed at FOCIS Goes South 2021.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin Diethelm-Varela
- Millennium Institute on Immunology & Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology & Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - Yvonne Rosenstein
- Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - Jorge Kalil
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology & Allergy-LIM60/University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil; Institute for Investigation in Immunology-iii-INCT, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratory of Immunology, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Marcelo Hill
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation & Inflammation, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay; Immunobiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
| | - Guillermo Docena
- Instituto de Estudios Inmunológicos y Fisiopatológicos (IIFP), CONICET; Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
| | - Ignacio Anegon
- INSERM, UMR 1064- Center for Research in Transplantation & Immunology, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Pablo A González
- Millennium Institute on Immunology & Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - Alexis M Kalergis
- Millennium Institute on Immunology & Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Endocrinología, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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