The NIF (Network of Immunology Frontier) Winter School on Advanced Immunology is being jointly organized by IFReC and SIgN to provide a new educational and networking venue for young immunologists. It is alternating annually between Japan and Singapore.

The 3rd NIF School will be held in January 2014 on Awaji Island (Japan), following those in Japan in 2012 and in Singapore in 2013.

• 5-day intensive immunology course for advanced PhD students and early post-docs
• Faculty of 16 outstanding immunologists
• Accommodation and airfare cost covered by the school
• Selection of applicants will be on a competitive basis
• Application is free; registration fee applicable to accepted participants

*Click here to download a flyer

A commentary on the 1st NIF Winter School is featured in Nature Immunology

Confirmed Lecturers

Hisashi Arase (IFReC, Osaka Univ., Japan)
Robert Brink (Garvan Institute of Medical Research,  Australia) 
Marco Colonna (Washington  Univ. School of Medicine, USA)
Florent Ginhoux (SIgN, Singapore)
Steffen Jung　(Weizmann  Institute of Science, Israel)
Hajime Karasuyama (Tokyo Medical  and Dental Univ., Japan) 
Maria A. Curotto de Lafaille (SIgN, Singapore)
Lucia Mori (SIgN, Singapore)
Christian  Münz (Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland)
Pamela Ohashi (Ontario Cancer Institute, Canada)　
Andreas Radbruch (German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ), Germany)
Federica Sallusto (Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland)
Yousuke Takahama (Univ. of Tokushima, Japan)
Carola Vinuesa (The Australian National Univ., Australia)
Masahiro Yamamoto (IFReC, Osaka Univ., Japan)
Sho Yamasaki (Kyusyu Univ., Japan)

(Last update: 22 March 2013)