Next Generation Immunologists
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Next Generation Immunologists
@nextgenimmuno.bsky.social
We are NGI, the "offspring" of ÖGAI, the Austrian society for allergology and immunology. We connect young scientists in the field across the country.

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📣Calling out to immunology leaders!
🌟 #EFIS Eastern Star Award - supporting immunology research in #EasternEurope with up to €10,000 for project consumables.
🌍Up to 3 awards annually for PIs from EFIS-affiliated societies.
🗓 Deadline: 31 Jan 2026
🔗 www.efis.org/efis/awards/...

#Immunology
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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(1/6) 🚀New in 2026: ySPI Career Seminars
We are launching the ySPI Career Seminars, an initiative by our Young SPI (ySPI) group to support early career researchers.
January 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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📣 Reminder: see you today at 2 PM! 🎉
📣 Save the date!

🔹 Breaking the Maternal Wall | Panel Discussion

🗓 Jan 14 | 🕑 14:00 CET
🎙️ Motherhood & careers in science, academia & industry

📝 Register: tinyurl.com/yefis2026-ia1
January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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🎤 Second Keynote Announcement
Meet our next keynote speaker:

✨ Ondřej Štěpánek (@imgprague)

🧬 “Signaling pathways instruct fate choices in T cells”

📍 Prague | 29 June – 1 July 2026

🔗 Registration opens soon!

#yEFIS2026 #Keynote #Immunology
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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👉 During our 5th General Assembly, we officially kicked off a new chapter for #yEFIS, and we’re excited to present our newly elected Board! 🎉
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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👉 Save the date!

SIICA announces the Virtual School of Immunology 2026, an online event open to anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how the immune system works.

🎙️Expert talks
💼 A dedicated career-development workshop session

✍️ More details coming soon!
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We warmly welcome everyone to the monthly Vienna ImmunoLectures, co-hosted by the NGI, YSA and the Immunology Research Cluster. Join for an afternoon of inspiring talks and networking over pizza!
More info here: pii.meduniwien.ac.at/en/about-us/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Don't forget to join us tomorrow for our semester kick-off meeting!
Remember to register for our semester kick-off event in two weeks! You can look forward to learning about lab techniques, developing soft skills and networking with fellow next generation immunologists!
Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Mark your calendars 🗓️ June 29th - July 1st 2026

The 3rd #yEFIS Symposium is on the horizon!

Stay tuned, exciting details coming your way 🔥
October 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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#yEFIS Career Fridays Ep. 1️⃣: Research on the Other Side 👀

Join Anna Sanecka-Duin, PhD and Ewa Oleszycka as they discuss Anna’s move from academia to biotech.

🗓️ October 17th, 13:00 CEST
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/yefiscareer2...
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Want to gain valuable experience? Meet new people? Join the Vienna ImmunoLectures team!
More info at: pii.meduniwien.ac.at/en/about-us/...
October 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember to register for our semester kick-off event in two weeks! You can look forward to learning about lab techniques, developing soft skills and networking with fellow next generation immunologists!
Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Congratulations @yefis-immunology.bsky.social on the fresh new look!
✨ A new look, the same mission! 💙

We are excited to reveal the new logo of yEFIS! 👀 🎉
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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📅🍁 Join yEFIS Five Career Fridays
this fall!

Thinking about a career beyond academia? 🤔 For immunology PhDs, the options are endless – but the market is tough 🤯.

Join us this October & November as we talk to professionals who turned their PhDs into 5 very different career paths 👩‍🔬➡️💼
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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📢 ERC Grant Webinar Recap 👇

🔴 The Beginning

💡 Neither of our ERC grantees originally planned to apply.

Both were nudged (read: urged) by senior mentors who saw their potential before they did.

💡Lesson: Sometimes you need someone else to push you. Listen to them.

#ERCGrant #AcademicCareers
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Join fellow Next Gen Immunologists on Oct 22 for an afternoon of learning & networking!
Get ready for talks from academic & industry experts followed by some snacks and drinks!
Please register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@meduniwien.ac.at @yefis-immunology.bsky.social @cemm.oeaw.ac.at ÖGAI
September 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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👶✈️ Balancing caregiving and academic travel?

Join Dr. Laura Pallett for "The Dual Demands of Academic Travel and Caregiving"

🗓️ Sept 25 | 🕒15:00 CEST
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yefis2025-ia2

Hosted by the Improving Academia group of yEFIS
August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Congratulations, Jana!
🌟 Congrats to former CeMM PhD student Jana Block (@boztugk.bsky.social's group) for winning the ÖGAI – Fritz & Ursula Melchers Dissertation Prize! 👏

Her PhD work uncovered uncovered a novel immune dysregulation disorder caused by DOCK11 mutations.

🔗 Read her PhD thesis here: bit.ly/47dwWyj
Jana Block received the ÖGAI – Fritz & Ursula Melchers Dissertation Prize for her PhD Thesis conducted in the research group of @boztugk.bsky.social at St. Anna CCRI. Her work uncovered germline DOCK11 loss-of-function mutations as the cause of a novel immune dysregulation disorder.
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congratulations, Asma!
🎉 Another prize for a former CeMM PhD student!
Congratulations to @asmafarhat.bsky.social, from the group of former PI Sylvia Knapp (@meduniwien.ac.at), on receiving the ÖGAI Karl Landsteiner Prize! 👏

🔗 Publication: bit.ly/4mD1nTv
🔗 PhD Thesis: bit.ly/41swb0J
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
IUIS 2025 is over and we are delighted to have been a part of it!
Thank you @iuis-online.bsky.social @iuisjuniorcomm.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social ÖGAI and everyone who helped make it happen!
✨ Wrapping up an inspiring week at #IUIS2025!

Grateful for the science, connections & community 🥳

Big thanks to @standardbiotools.bsky.social, @miltenyibiotec.bsky.social, IUIS Junior, Next Generation of Immunologists, @efis-immunology.bsky.social & @iuis-online.bsky.social for supporting ECRs 🙏
August 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A huge thanks to everyone who joined the Acteria–EFIS Award Session at #IUIS2025! We were inspired by the brilliant talks from our Early Career Research Prize awardees:
🔹 Jan Dobeš
🔹 Paul Engeroff

✨ Congratulations!
@honzadobes87.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NGI at the IUIS in Vienna 🤗
Great science, great community & a lot of inspiration🔬🧪🧬
@iuis-online.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looking forward to see you on Monday!
🎤 What could your career look like? Join our interactive career fair during #IUIS2025!

Check-out our speakers from biotech, publishing, sci comm, public health & many more ⬇️

📸 For more info iuis.org/events/iuis-...

@iuis-online.bsky.social @yefis-immunology.bsky.social

#STEMCareers #CareerFair
August 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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EFIS & yEFIS, in collaboration with the University of Exeter, are conducting a survey to understand experiences in immunology across sectors & career stages.

📣 Your input matters – help shape future support & policy decisions!

👉 Take part: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Immunology Survey
Survey for individuals who are in or connected to the field of immunology
exe.qualtrics.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Join the exciting NextGen Immuno journal club!
August 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM