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Founded in 1976, ISDCI serves to bring together research workers worldwide by fostering and maintaining international scientific cooperation and communication between individual scientists, regional groups and/or national societies interested in the study of developmental and comparative immunology. These objectives are advanced through international congresses every three years, sporadic smaller meetings and workshops, and by means of a periodical Newsletter.
ISDCI sponsors the journal Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Members
of the society conduct research on all aspects of natural and acquired immune
systems in animals throughout the phylogenetic spectrum, including invertebrates
and both lower and higher vertebrates. By studying the development, functions
and mechanisms operating in these diverse systems, members seek to understand
how earlier evolved species coped with potential pathogens and parasites,
and how 'advanced' (i.e. mammalian and avian) immune systems evolved.
Our next International Congress will be in Prague, in 2009. Martin Bilej will lead the local team in the planning of the event and will give more detail as these become clear.
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