11th Congress of the International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Plenary Speakers

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Immunoglobulin superfamily and evolution of immunoglobulins

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Shizuo Akira (Osaka, Japan)

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The question of adaptivity in innate immunity in invertebrate

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Richard A. Flavell (New Haven, USA)

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Anti-viral immunity

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Elena A. Levashina (Strasbourg, France)

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Complement and complement-like factors

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Dietmar Schmucker (Boston, USA)

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Parasite-vector interactions/Parasite immunity

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Christopher Secombes (Aberdeen, UK)

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Immunomodulation and prophylactic strategies, vaccines

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Shellfish immunity

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Ecoimmunity

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Biotechnological applications from comparative immunology

Symposia and Workshops •

Innate immunity in vertebrates; cytokines and chemokines

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Arthropod immunity

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T cell receptors and function

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Linking innate and adaptive immunity

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Pattern recognition molecules and immune sensors of pathogens

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Signal transduction pathways in immune recognition

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Innate immune cells, apopotosis, growth factors

MHC

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ISDCI History

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