We encourage every immunologist in Sweden to become a member of the society!
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SWIMM travel grants applications are now being accepted.
Deadline for submission is May 31st, 2012.
Our 2010 Autumn Letter to our MembersImportant information about
• The SSI meeting in Geilo
• Your benefits as a member
• Travel grant applications
• NEW Senior travel grant application
• Upcoming conferences for immunologists
among other things
EditAdditionally: An open letter from the International Union of Immunological Socieies (IUIS)
Dear IUIS member societies,
You may have heard by now that IUIS has agreed to be the official sponsor of the new on-line, open access journal entitled "Frontiers in Immunology", of which I am the Chief Editor, and Seppo Meri of Helsinki is the official IUIS representative. We invite you to visit the web site and check out our editorial boards (http://www.frontiersin.org/immunology), and to see the attached essay, the Frontiers Publishing Paradigm, which explains what this new publishing venture is all about.
Frontiers in Immunology is not only a single journal. It will be comprised of >20 distinct journals, each with it's own Chief Editor, and an editorial board of > 10 Associate Editors, and ~ 200 Review Editors. Thus Frontiers has a broad base, so as to involve many people in the reviewing process, thereby reducing to a minimum each individual's contribution/time commitment. By providing free access to see all material, Frontiers in Immunology will help the whole immunological community all around the world to access the latest information in immunology. While maintaining high quality, it will also be a global journal where all immunologists can contribute with their best research results.
Furthermore, Frontiers in Immunology is not only a collection journals but provides a contact arena for all immunologists and a platform for networking within IUIS. We hope that you will embrace this new opportunity for publishing and to establish a new 'social network' of like-minded colleagues, one for the 21st century! For IUIS Frontiers in Immunology will be a new way of distributing information. Thus, we advise you to bookmark it to the tops of your screens.
As active members of the immunological community you can participate in the set-up of the journal structure and composition. At this time, Kendall A. Smith, as the Chief Editor, would like to enlist your help to suggest possible individuals, who you would think would make good Specialty Chief Editors for the following disciplines:
1) Secondary Immunodeficiencies (HIV)
2) Alloimmunity (Transplantation)
3) Tumor Immunity
4) Molecular NK cell Biology
5) Molecular Cytolytic & Apoptosis Mechanisms
6) Immunotherapy & Vaccines
Also, please circulate this announcement to all of your members, and solicit suggestions for potential Associate Editors (AEs) and Review Editors (REs), which could be sent to the appropriate Specialty Chief Editors. The AEs are intended to be people who are at the Associate Professor or early Professor level, who have not yet become burdened with administrative responsibilities, whereas the Review Editors will be individuals who are at the Assistant Professor or Senior Postdoc levels.
All the best regards./Kendall & Seppo
Seppo Meri, MD, PhD, Professor of Immunology, Secretary General, International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
Department of Bacteriology & Immunology, PO Box 21, Haartman Institute (Haartmaninkatu 3), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
tel 358-9-191 26758, fax 358-9-191 26382, seppo.meri@helsinki.fi
Kendall A. Smith, M.D., Rochelle Belfer Professor of Medicine & Immunology, Chief, Division Of Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 407 East 61st St., RR-503, New York, NY, 10065
tel: 646-962-8166, E-mail: kasmith@med.cornell.edu, URL: www.kendallasmith.us
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