E-Board No. 22

January 2004

Dear ISDCI Colleagues

Welcome to all new ISDCI members who will be receiving this E-Board for the first time.

I am finding it difficult to keep up monthly bulletins through lack of notices. Do please send any items of news (‘hot’ findings’, web alerts, paper alerts, graduations, jobs, congresses or availability of services or reagents your lab can offer to members.

I will relay news of the 10th ISDCI Congress (2006) as I receive information from the organisers. Please direct queries about this meeting to warrgw@musc.edu

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ISDCI WEB SITE AND E-MAIL ADDRESS

The Society President, Chris Secombes, is updating the ISDCI web site. More news when available.

Any members wishing to contact the Society Executive on any matter relating to Society affairs can e-mail
isdciexec@abdn.ac.uk

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CONGRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
12Th International Congress of Immunology and 4th Annual Conference of FOCIS, Montreal, Canada, July 18-23, 2004
Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:46:01 -0500

The deadline for submission of abstracts and application for the FOCIS and EFIS Travel Awards Programs is January 23, 2004.

In order to submit an abstract, please see <http://www.immuno2004.org/>http://www.immuno2004.org/.

Other information. Contact Nicole A. Sarault, Congress Manager, ICI/FOCIS 2004 (e-mail: immuno2004@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

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FISH VACCINATION WORKSHOP
19-23 April 2004, Wageningen, The Netherlands

The FISH VACCINATION workshop is organised every other year, taking turns with the Fish Immunology Workshop. Both workshops are typically characterised by 30 min to one-hour presentations by experienced lecturers, taking time to thoroughly introduce each subject. The vaccine industry will be well represented with unbiased lectures.

The OBJECTIVE of the present workshop is to provide participants with advanced knowledge on fish vaccination and on the fish immune response to vaccines. Emphasis will be placed on vaccine design, vaccination strategies, techniques and applications, as well as on the evaluation of vaccine efficacy. The official language of the workshop is English.

The LEVEL of the workshop is targeting managers and staff in the aquaculture industry and researchers at companies, institutes and universities, including PhD students involved in more applied studies on vaccination in aquaculture.

The number of participants is limited to 30 persons, admitted on a ‘first-come’ basis. Registration fee is 300 (Ph.D.), 400 (academic staff) or 500 EURO (company staff). For ALL-IN registration (including accommodation and all meals) add 400 EURO. You can find more information on registration and accommodation on our website (click PhD education): WWW.ZOD.WAU.NL/CBI/

ORGANISATION

CELL BIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY (CBI)
Wageningen University
Geert F. Wiegertjes, PhD
Maria Forlenza, MSc
P.O. Box 338
6700 AH Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 31748 2732/3708
Fax: +31 31748 3955
fish.workshop@wur.nl

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Monday 19th April
· Evening registration

Tuesday 20st April
· Introduction to the workshop (GF Wiegertjes, CBI)
· Introduction to the immune system (HFJ Savelkoul, CBI)
· Antigens and antigen processing (RJM Stet, CBI)
· Economically important diseases in aquaculture (OLM Haenen, MY Engelsma, CIDC)
· Principal delivery methods and alternative vaccine formulations (Microtek, conditional)
· Neuro-endocrine - immune crosstalk (BML van Kemenade, CBI)
· Stress aspects related to fish vaccination (G Flik, Univ Nijmegen)
· Evening lecture: History of Fish Vaccination (WB van Muiswinkel, CBI)

Wednesday 21st April
· Immune functions in crustaceans (RJM Stet, CBI)
· Vaccination against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) of shrimp (J Vlak, Virology)
· Production of pharmaceutical compounds and vaccines in plants (DEA Florack, PRI)
· Oral vaccination and mucosal immunity in fish (JHWM Rombout, CBI)
· Interfon activity against viruses (AE Ellis, Marine Laboratory)
· Rhabdovirus vaccines and protective mechanisms (N Lorenzen, Danish Veterinary Inst)
· Rhabdovirus challenge protocols (T Vesely, Ntl Reference Laboratory Czech Republic)
· Technologies to develop and implement effective life-long protective strategies (P. Smith, Schering-Plough-AVL)

Thursday 22nd April
· Molecular approaches to vaccination and the potential of DNA vaccines (M. Horne, Novartis- Aqua Health)
· Vaccination and immunostimulation in Australian aquaculture (B. Nowak, TAFI)
· Economic value of fish health with focus on vaccination (Alpharma, conditional)
· Tour of the Wageningen University aquaculture facilities/ optional tours

Friday 23rd April
· The immune system and vaccination (CJ Secombes, conditional)
· Sustainability in aquaculture: a necessary approach (J. Schrama, FCF)
· Vaccination strategies as seen from the pharmaceutical industry (Intervet Norbio)
· Evaluation of protection (PJ Midtlyng, VESO)
· Immunity to parasites (GF Wiegertjes, CBI)
· Vaccines for fish parasites I Bricknell, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen)


Further information from Geert F. Wiegertjes, Ph.D.
Cell Biology & Immunology group
Graduate School: Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences
Department of Animal Sciences
Wageningen University

Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG
P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH
Wageningen, The Netherlands

tel +31 31748 2732
fax +31 31748 3955
e-mail geert.wiegertjes@wur.nl
www.zod.wau.nl/cbi/


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POSITION AVAILABLE

Assistant Professor/Research Associate in Comparative Physiology
at the Department of Comparative Physiology, Evolutionary Biology Center (EBC), Uppsala University.


Period of appointment: The position can be held for a maximum of four years.

Tasks: The position is for research in molecular and comparative immunology and the successful applicant will join an already existing group working with innate immune reactions in invertebrate animals and contribute with his/her expertise to this group and also teach in animal physiology and cell biology as well as supervise PhD students.


Eligibility: The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. Priority is given to applicants who completed their Ph.D. within the last five years. Uppsala University´s general employment regulations also require that teachers possess all skills necessary to carry out their duties proficiently.

The ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement. The successful candidate is expected to teach in Swedish within two years ( not a necessary requirement!)

Ranking criteria: In ranking eligible candidates importance will be given to scientific skills. When judging scientific proficiency special importance will be attached to research qualifications within molecular and comparative immunology preferentially in invertebrate animals. Experience from work as a post-doc and experience with molecular biology techniques documented by publications in international journals are required.

Pedagogical skills and other qualities such as communication skill will also be considered.
Pedagogical skills will be evaluated with respect to planning, teaching, supervision and examination.

Personal circumstances that may be of relevance when in merit evaluation, for example parental leave, should be mentioned in the list of qualifications (CV).

Uppsala University aims at an equal representation of men and women in all positions. Since most teachers at the Faculty are men, women are particularly encouraged to apply for this position.

For further information about the position, please contact professor Kenneth Söderhäll, phone +46 18-471 2818, +46-70-425 01 91 e-mail: Kenneth@Soderhall.ebc.uu.se.

How to apply: The application must be written in English. The applicant is required to submit two copies of documents and one copy of publications according to instructions found on the web site www.teknat.uu.se or ordered from Margareta.Sollenberg@uadm.uu.se,
Phone +46 18 471 1869.

Applications should be directed to the Vice-Chancellor and mailed so as to arrive at Uppsala University, Registrar´s Office UFV-PA 2003/5903, Box 256, S-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden, or fax +46 18 471 2000, no later than Februari 23rd, 2004 A fax should be followed by a signed original of the application sent within a week of the deadline.


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