The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), a member of the International Council for Science,^[1] is an organization which serves as an umbrella organization for many national and regionally grouped immunological societies. The organization was founded in 1969.^[1] The ten founding member societies were the American Association of Immunologists, British Society for Immunology, Canadian Society for Immunology, Dutch Society for Immunology, Gesellschaft fur Immunologie, Israel Immunological Society, Polish Society of Immunology, Scandinavian Society for Immunology, Societe Francaise d’immunologie, and Yugoslav Immunological Society. IUIS had 83 member societies in 2019.

The 2019–2022 executive committee of the IUIS is Faith Osier, President; Miriam Merad, Vice-President; Roslyn Kemp, Secretary General; Michael Ratcliffe, Treasurer; Alberto Mantovani, Past President.

Every three years the IUIS organizes an international congress, called the International Congress of Immunology (ICI), with one of its national society members. The 2016 ICI was held in Melbourne, Australia. Last ICI (rebranded as IUIS2019) took place in Beijing, China, in 2019. Cape Town, South Africa, will host IUIS2022.^[2]

Frontiers in Immunology is the IUIS' official journal. Immunopaedia is the official educational provider of online pre-course material for IUIS immunology courses in the developing world and in other countries.^[3][4]

The standing committees of the IUIS are Clinical Immunology, Education, Gender Equality and Career Development, Immunotherapy, Inborn Errors of Immunity, Nomenclature, Publications, Quality Assessment and Standardization, Vaccines, and Veterinary.

Among their activities is classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases.^[5]

International Congresses and Presidents^[6]

Nr.	Year	ICI Location		Term	President	From
17.	2019	Beijing	China	2019–2022	Faith Osier	Kenya
16.	2016	Melbourne	Australia	2016–2019	Alberto Mantovani	Italy
15.	2013	Milan	Italy	2013–2016	Jorge Kalil	Brazil
14.	2010	Kobe	Japan	2010–2013	Stefan H. E. Kaufmann	Germany
13.	2007	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2007–2010	Peter C. Doherty	Australia
12.	2004	Montreal	Canada	2004–2007	Rolf Zinkernagel	Switzerland
11.	2001	Stockholm	Sweden	2001–2004	Philippa Marrack	United Kingdom
10.	1998	New Delhi	India	1998–2001	Fritz Melchers	Switzerland
9.	1995	San Francisco	United States	1995–1998	Tomio Tada	Japan
8.	1992	Budapest	Hungary	1992–1995	Henry Metzger	France
7.	1988	Berlin	Germany	1989–1992	Jacob B. Natvig	Norway
6.	1986	Toronto	Canada	1986–1989	Gustav J.V.Nossal	Australia
5.	1983	Kyoto	Japan	1983–1986	Alain L. de Weck	Switzerland
4.	1980	Paris	France	1980–1983	Baruj Benacerraf	United States
3.	1977	Sydney	Australia	1977–1980	Michael Sela	Poland/  Israel
2.	1974	Brighton	England	1974–1977	John Humphrey	United Kingdom
1.	1971	Washington, D.C.	United States	1971–1974	Bernard Cinader	Canada
Fd.	1969	Bruges	Belgium

Online immunology education

Immunopaedia, a non-profit educational website based in South Africa, is the official provider of online pre-course material for IUIS immunology courses.^[7]

See also

• Gustav Nossal
• Stefan H.E. Kaufmann

References

External links

• International Union of Immunological Societies
• Frontiers in Immunology
• International Union of Immunological Societies records, 1966-2011, bulk 1971-1997 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Archival papers of Bernhard Cinader, founder and first president of the society from 1966 to 1969, are held at University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services