Education

The EFIS Taskforce Education is planning a series of "Landmark Discoveries in Immunology" webinars in 2026. Webinar series started with a lecture on "B/T Cell Cooperation" hosting Antonio Lanzavecchia, which was held on January 27, continued on March 5 hosting Lorenzo Moretta on "Human NK Receptors".   Third webinar of the series was held on May 12 hosting Thomas Boehm with his lecture on "Evolution of Adaptive Immunity". 

Fourth webinar of the series will be held on July 2 at 11:00 CET hosting Christopher Goodnow  with his lecture on "B Cell Tolerance". 

Registration is free but space is limited. You may register here. 

The EFIS Taskforce Education is currently establishing a platform to obtain material on landmark discoveries (e.g., with original publications, commentaries, a discussion platform and presentations for classroom teaching), which should be active by the end of 2025.

The task force organized a satellite symposia during the 19th International Congress of Immunology - IUIS2025 in Vienna on August 18, 2025 about "how to teach immunology" and to launch its roadmap ahead. 

The Education Task Force was initially set up to address the regional differences in immunology teaching in medical schools across Europe, with the aim of ensuring a consensus of high quality immunology teaching to be included in curricula across all European medical schools. Since then, the Task Force - which includes members from nine national societies - met online in November 2021 to revisit and reformulate its mission and projects outlined above.