Swiss Young Immunologists Society

How Lifestyle and Microbes Shape Immunity: Lessons from Mongolia Traditional gers in rural Mongolia. Photo taken by author. By Deeksha Raju INTRODUCTION Your immune system isn’t just built from DNA – it’s shaped by where you live, what you eat, and e…

Ever wondered how your immune system would change if you grew up herding livestock on the Mongolian steppe instead of commuting in Zurich?
Turns out — your surroundings shape your immunity as much as your genes.
🌍 Read the full story: syis-ecr.org/2025/10/24/h...

Exciting possibility for ECRs to join the collaborative efforts of @yefis-immunology.bsky.social and @eurjimmunol.bsky.social

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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 🔥

📣 yEFIS Career Fridays start next week!

Your PhD opens more doors than you think — join our 5-week series and hear from immunology & life science PhDs who built amazing careers outside academia.

✨ Learn what they do, what got them there & ask your questions live!

📅🍁 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 👩‍🔬➡️💼

📢Master thesis project opportunity

‼️We are looking for a motivated Master student to join the lab working on semi-automated analysis pipelines for organoid microscopy images.

Please spread the word and check out our website for more information: www.annikahausmannlab.com

Immune system in a dish – One dish at a time By Johanna Lueckel. What if we could grow a lymph node it in the lab, and watch T and B cells go about their business? No mice, no scalpel, no drama? That’s exactly the promise of so called immune …

🧬 From bone marrow-on-a-chip to thymus-in-a-dish, immune organoids are changing how we study immunity - one dish at a time.
Check out Johanna’s blog post here 👉 syis-ecr.org/2025/09/02/i...
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🏆Congratulations to our award winners: Pascal Naef – best short talk presentation, Laura Zaragoza – best flash presentation and Marija Jokic – best poster.
Thanks to everyone who participated! You made this day a success!
#SYIS #Immunology #Workshops #CareerDevelopment
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social

We are also thankful for the great workshops! Claire Arnold and Eliane Abou Mansour gave excellent advice on writing research proposals, Klara Soukup showed us how to communicate science effectively, and Yohan Boillat, Caterina Sansone, and Marie Kosco-Vilbois offered inspiring career insights ✍️💡

We had two outstanding keynote speakers🌟
Nagham Alouche, who shared original insights into fibroblast–immune interactions, and Milena Sokolowska, with her fascinating perspectives on asthma. Both gave us plenty to think about and discuss.

We had a fantastic day in Lausanne! 🎉 The 4th SYIS Annual Symposium was full of amazing science, useful workshops, and inspiring talks. Big thanks to our sponsors BD, @standardbiotools.bsky.social, @immudex.bsky.social , BioLegend, Roche, and to UNIL for hosting! 🙌
Next stop: 26.08.26 in Bellinzona🚀

👉Choosing Your Panel Wisely

Both grantees applied in very specific #ERC panels — not always the obvious ones.
Though their projects involved immunology, one framed it as tissue physiology, another as stem cell biology. 🧫🧬

Why? Because it fit better and gave their ideas the right audience.💬

Join us for next week’s seminar where we’ll hear about 🧬 T cells and 🦠 E. coli!
@yefis-immunology.bsky.social

🎉 SYIS is excited to be at the SSAl Congress!

Join us for our Short Communication Session tomorrow at 13:30 in Room Turin AB.
📍 Swing by Booth #22 to say hi, learn more, and connect with us!
See you there! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬✨

👶✈️ 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

🚀 Don’t miss PharmaCamp 2025 in 📍Allschwil.
📅 September 10–12, 2025

🌐 More info: www.pharmacamp.ch

Counting down to our SYIS symposium on the 27th! 🎉

We are excited to announce two outstanding keynote speakers:
🔹Nagham Alouche from @unil.bsky.social – Fibroblast–dendritic cell crosstalk & T cell niches
🔹 Milena Sokolowska (UZH/SIAF) – Immunometabolic control of viral & allergic inflammation

A Day in the Life of an Immunology PhD Student: Living on Caffeine and Cytokines By Deeksha Raju, PhD. Ever wondered what a day in the life of an Immunology PhD student looks like? Here is a brief idea! 07:30 – The Naïve Optimism Stage You wake up thinking, “Today’s the d…

☕ Coffee spills, diva-like cells, broken cytometers and late-night serum aliquoting… A day in the life of an Immunology PhD student is anything but boring!
Read more here 👉 syis-ecr.org/2025/08/05/a...

👋 Hello Bluesky community! We are the Swiss Young Immunologists Society, a network of young immunologists across CH🇨🇭 to connect, support each other, and boost our visibility on national and European levels.

✨👉 Follow us and stay tuned for updates on events, opportunities, and all things immunology!