Don't forget to aubmit your abstract and apply for the EFIS-EJI Travel Awards! ✈️

You still have time! 👇

⏰ Deadline 15 April

✍️ Submit here:
lnkd.in/dMvrY5_W

📝 Publishing in a Scientific Journal: How to Make Your Paper Stand Out

Join our EJI Publishing Workshop and learn how to write a strong manuscript, navigate peer review, and avoid common pitfalls.

👩‍🔬 Speakers:

🟠 Nadja Bakocevic
🟠 Jenny Mjösberg

Great news! 🎉

Due to high interest and the upcoming Easter holiday period, we’re granting one final extension for abstract submission - the new deadline is 15 April.

Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for the EFIS–EJI Travel Awards! ✈️

✍️ Submit here: www.yefis.org/symposium/re...

Adriatic School on Immunometabolism – ASI 2026

📍 Hotel Punta, Veli Lošinj, Croatia | 📅 Oct 18–22, 2026

Join ~100 early-career researchers and 14 top speakers to discuss immunometabolism, present your work, and connect in a beautiful seaside setting.

👉 More info: immunometabolism.hr

#EFIS is happy to announce that the 51st Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology, which includes a summer school program, will take place September 7-10, 2026 in Bergen, 🇳🇴!
Registration is now open!
Full program 👉 www.ssi2026.no

#immunology

📣 PhD position in glycobiology & immunology at i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Porto)!

Part of the MSCA Doctoral Network GLYCOCALYX — exploring how the mucosal glycocalyx regulates host–microbe interactions.

👩‍🔬 Supervisor: Salomé Pinho
⏰ Apply by 30 March 2026
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Organized by yEFIS Immune Collaborators WG. We hope to see you there! ✨

Why submit your abstract to the 3rd yEFIS Symposium?

Because you could win an EFIS–EJI Travel Award and receive support for your travel to Prague! ✨

📅 Abstract submission deadline: 20 March

More details:
🔗 yefis.org/symposium

#yEFIS2026 #TravelGrant #EFIS

🚀 PhD opportunities

The UNLIMITED – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (Understanding Lipid Immunometabolism to Treat Disease)

🎓 15 fully funded PhD positions (36 months)

🗓️ Applications by 15 march 2026

🔗 More information and how to apply:

www.unimedizin-mainz.de/unlimited-ms...

🧬 Join MACS® Cell Separation Hero Days in Germany: 5 days of hands-on MACS® training, global PhD networking & career workshops.

👉www.miltenyibiotec.com/DE-en/lp/macs-cell-separ...

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MACS Cell Separation Hero Days | Miltenyi Biotec | Deutschland

📣 #EFIS Education Task Force invites you to another webinar in the "Landmark Discoveries in Immunology" series!

💥 Registration is free 👇
🔗 www.efisedu.de/webinar
🗓️ March 5 at 17:00 CET

✨ Share and invite your colleagues!
#immunology #NKCells #ImmunologyEducation

@yefis-immunology.bsky.social

📢 Abstract submission is now officially open for the 2026 Symposium! 🧬

👉 Submit your abstract today:

www.yefis.org/symposium/re...

#Symposium2026 #CallForAbstracts #Research #Science #AcademicCommunity

See you in March, in Coimbra! 👋

51 SPI Annual Meeting Hackathon Registration in the Hackathon activity organized by the ySPI and Miltenyi Biotec

(7/7) And if you’re attending the SPI Annual Meeting in Coimbra, don’t miss the chance to “hack the immune system” by registering a team for the Immune Hackathon by 4 March! 🧬💡
Register here: 🔗 forms.gle/wiw9UW8GPrSe...

Abstract Submission - ySPI Season Webinars Please submit your abstract for the upcoming webinar. Ensure all fields are completed. Submit an abstract of 3000 characters maximum in English.

(6/7) Want to be our next Season Webinar speaker? 🎙️ Submit your abstract by 16 March for a chance to present your work in the Spring webinar. 📅
All selected speakers receive a cash prize. 💸
Submit your abstract here: 🔗 forms.gle/HPDyFxQnyuUB...

(5/7) Huge thank you to everyone who joined us today — we hope you enjoyed the event, and we look forward to seeing you at our next ySPI initiatives. 🤝

(4/7) This first session was only possible thanks to our amazing sponsors. 🙏 Inês shared the virtual stage with Laura Antigüedad Mangas from @miltenyibiotec.bsky.social, who showcased how Miltenyi’s solutions are enabling new discoveries in neuro‑immunology and beyond. 🧪

(3/7) It was truly inspiring to hear Inês walk us through this impactful project, and we cannot wait to see where her research goes next. 🌟

(2/7) We opened the Winter edition with Inês Lorga, who presented her PhD work on how meningeal IL‑17‑producing γδ T cells drive bacterial brain invasion in neonatal meningitis and trigger long‑term ADHD‑like behavioural changes. 🧠

(1/7) Today ySPI kicked off a brand‑new initiative: the Season Webinars! 🚀

Designed by early career researchers (ECRs) for ECRs, this new online series creates a space to share cutting‑edge science with peers across all career stages.

📢Registration for the #DayofImmunology webinar is open!

🔬Regulatory T Cells: Guardians of Immune Balance
🗓️April 29 at 15:00 CET

💥 Start the buzz & register to save your spot at this rock star webinar featuring outstanding speakers!

🔗 loom.ly/q1XCaxA

#DOI2026 #RegulatoryTCell #Tregs

#ySPI #WinterWebinar #Immunology #Neuroimmunology #Neuroscience #DevelopmentalImmunology #NeonatalImmunity #BrainInfection #PhDLife #PostdocLife #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #EarlyCareerResearchers
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social @iuis-online.bsky.social

(4/5) Don’t miss this chance to hear from an emerging scientist at the crossroads of immunology × neuroscience × development!

(5/5) A big thank you to our sponsor @miltenyibiotec.bsky.social ✨

(3/5) Inês is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sarina Ravens’ lab (Hannover Medical School, DE) and a recent i3S — University of Porto PhD graduate.

ySPI Season webinars: Winter session Registration in the Winter session of the ySPI Season Webinars “Meningeal IL-17-producing γδ T cells drive bacterial brain invasion in neonatal meningitis and long-term ADHD-like behaviour.”, Inês Lor...

(2/5) 🔬 Talk: Meningeal IL‑17⁺ γδ T cells drive bacterial brain invasion in neonatal meningitis and long‑term ADHD‑like behaviour.
🗓 Feb 26, 2026 | 11:00–12:00 GMT
💻 Online — registration required: forms.gle/Rzbk1WyY7TUoQwRB7

(1/5) 🚨 The ySPI Winter Webinar is coming!
We’re kicking off the 2026 season with Inês Lorga, who’ll share her research on how the immune system shapes brain infection and development in early life 🧠🦠

#AcademicCareers #PhDLife #PostdocLife #ResearchCareers #NonLinearCareers #CareerDevelopment​ #Mentoring #ScienceCareers #EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchCulture #ySPI #Immunology #CareerTalk @yefis-immunology.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social

(7/7) Stay tuned – this is just the beginning of the series, and we’re looking forward to more open conversations in the next ySPI events. 💬✨
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(6/7) Problem choice & decision trees: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Adrian Liston’s career resources: www.listonlab.uk/careers/
Positive research culture (lab): wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-341
Positive research culture (organisation): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

(5/7) Missed the session and want to explore these ideas? Here are key resources we mentioned. 🔗
Strategic PhD career building: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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