Newsletter – IMMUNO-model

Issue 07 | November 2025 Newsletter

Super Admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:37:08 +0000

01. Past Activities

Webinar 10: Natural Killer Cells in action: from bench to bedside

The video of the webinar entitled: “Natural Killer Cells in action: from bench to bedside” can be viewed here:

Third IMMUNO-model TGRC workshop: Young Researchers and Innovators

The 3rd IMMUNO-model TGRC Workshop, titled “Young Researchers and Innovators on Immunotherapies: The Future is Now”, took place at IPO Porto, Portugal, on 25 September 2025. The workshop highlighted the vibrancy and talent of Europe’s young immuno-oncology community. Importantly, it demonstrated how innovative research is translating discoveries into preclinical models capable of studying tumor response and resistance to immunotherapy, while fostering networking and cross-border collaborations that reinforce the pathway from bench to bedside and ultimately aim to improve patient outcomes.

02. Announcements

02.1 IMMUNO-model members database

Are you looking for collaborators or partners for your scientific activities? You can check IMMUNO-model Cost Action database.

02.2 IMMUNO-model podcast series

The third podcast “Medicinal Chemistry of the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint: where organic chemistry, biochemistry and immunology meet” is online.

02.3 Knowledge Hub – IMMUNO-model

IMMUNO-model Knowledge Hub is a dedicated platform for the collection, sharing, and dissemination of protocols relevant to immuno-oncology research. It is an open-access hub where you can find high-quality protocols relevant to immune-oncology research as well as find experts in the field or contribute to a growing community.

You can also access the IMMUNO-model Knowledge Hub at www.osf.io. Simply register and login to explore the IMMUNO-model collection of protocols, designed to support knowledge sharing and transfer.

02.4 New project funded in the scope of IMMUNO-model COST Action

New project funded in the scope of IMMUNO-model COST Action: ioAVATAR (Immune Oncology Drug Discovery & Decision-Advanced ex vivo Approach to accelerate response prediction for combined therapies in ovarian cancer) is one of the 15 projects funded by the TRANSCAN-3 2024 joint Translational Call. ioAVATAR Consortium brings together three of IMMUNO-model members, Prof, Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany), vice-chair of COST Action IMMUNO-model, and includes Devrim Pesen Okvur (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey) and Rebeca Sanz-Pamplona (Health Research Institute Aragón, Spain). The ioAVATAR research project aims to develop complex ex vivo models—so-called patient AVATARs—that faithfully reproduce the tumor microenvironment of patients with ovarian cancer.

03. Upcoming and ongoing activities

03.1 Save the Date!

A one-day international symposium “Modelling Immunotherapy in 3D: bridging the gap to the clinic” will held in Barcelona on February 9th, 2026. The symposium will explore the latest advances in 3D modelling of immunotherapy, focusing on patient-derived organoids and tumour-on-chip platform to innovate preclinical models bridging toward clinical application.

03.2 IMMUNO-model Event

An IMMUNO-model event entitled “MODELS, CHALLENGES AND PROMISES OF ADVANCED THERAPIES FOR CANCER: NK CELLS IN THE CLINIC AND INDUSTRY”. The event will be held at the Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC) in Madrid, March 5-6, 2026 and will bring together researchers, clinicians and industry experts, offering a unique platform to share recent efforts in innovation on advanced therapies using NK cells.

03.3 Annual Meeting: SAVE the DATE

SAVE the DATE for the Final Annual Meeting will be held in May 20-22, 2026, at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The program will be available soon.

03.4 Collaboration with Patients’ Organization

IMMUNO-model is introducing its activities to Patients’ organization as patients are part of the COST Action and are ultimately who will benefit from immunotherapy.

04. Videos and campaigns

Check out our videos and campaigns at https://www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model and https://www.youtube.com/@IMMUNOModelCOSTAction
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

05. Digital material

IMMUNO-model COST Action participants can now make use of the action logos and a power point template for presentations! Please go to the Members Area of our website to log in or register (https://www.immuno-model.eu/login/). You will receive a link (please check your spam folder if you don’t receive an email) to set your password and after that you should be able to start using the intranet and download the materials as needed.

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Issue 06 | July 2025 Newsletter

Super Admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:01:33 +0000

01. Past Activities

Webinar 07: Computational aspects of spatial biology

The video of the webinar entitled: “Computational aspects of spatial biology”” can be viewed here:

Webinar 08: CAR-T Cell Therapy: Precision Immunoengineering in Modern Oncology

The video of the webinar entitled: “CAR-T Cell Therapy: Precision Immunoengineering in Modern Oncology” can be viewed here:

Webinar 09: Turning Collaboration into Funding: MSCA Doctoral Network Success from IMMUNO-model to ACHILLES

The video of the webinar entitled: “Turning Collaboration into Funding: MSCA Doctoral Network Success from IMMUNO-model to ACHILLES” can be viewed here:

IMMUNO-model Annual Conference

The Third IMMUNO-model Annual Conference took place on 13-14 May 2025 at the University of Warsaw, bringing together an international community of 98 researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals dedicated to advancing preclinical immuno-oncology. Organized within the framework of our COST Action, the meeting was held under the theme “Modeling Immunotherapy for Cancer – Bridging Research to Clinical Application”, emphasizing the translational value of preclinical models in cancer immunotherapies. More info: Conference Report: Third IMMUNO-model Annual Conference Modeling Immunotherapy for Cancer – Bridging Research to Clinical Application – IMMUNO-model

Third IMMUNO-model Training School

Third IMMUNO-model Training School on “Liquid Biopsies in Hematological Malignancies – identification of immunotherapy biomarkers”, from 30th June to 2nd July 2025, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. The training school was organized by young investigators with the aim to provide an introduction and comprehensive training in the role of liquid biopsies in diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring, and drug response evaluation, including drug resistance, in hematological malignancies. It covered fundamental concepts, advanced strategies and techniques, practical approaches and clinical applications.

02. Announcements

02.1 Creating IMMUNO-model members database

IMMUNO-model Cost Action has the objective to facilitate its members to find collaborators. In this regard a database working as a platform has been created with the goal to promote scientific work and establish collaborations.

Please fill in the survey following the link: https://docs.google.com/forms

02.2 IMMUNO-model podcast series

The second podcast “Bridging Drug Delivery and Tumor Immunology: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Cancer Therapies” is online.

02.3 Knowledge Hub – IMMUNO-model

02.4 Call for Papers – Special Collection

Special Collection on “Imaging in Immunotherapy” Published in Immunotherapy Advances (Official Journal of the British Society for Immunology). Dr Doreen Lau (Co-Leader, IMMUNO-model WG2) is guest-editing the special collection and invites submissions to a special collection on Imaging in Immunotherapy. Original research articles, reviews, commentaries, and TrialWatch articles are all welcome. All accepted papers will be fully open access and benefit from additional promotion through the British Society for Immunology and journal networks.

02.5 New publications from WG4

Four comprehensive review articles from WG4, were supported by the IMMUNO-model Cost Action, exploring key advancements in Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy. Visit the link: https://www.immuno-model.eu/newss/new-publications-from-wg4/, contributing valuable insights to the scientific community. You can also access the four articles using the links:

03. Upcoming and ongoing activities

03.1 IMMUNO-model YRI Meeting

“IMMUNO-model YRI Meeting – Young Researchers and Innovators on Immunotherapies: The Future is Now” – IMMUNO-model.

03.2 Annual Meeting

SAVE the DATE for the Final Annual Meeting will be held in May 20-22, 2026, at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The program will be available soon.

03.3 Collaboration with Patients’ Organization

IMMUNO-model is introducing its activities to Patients’ organization as patients are part of the COST Action and are ultimately who will benefit from immunotherapy.

03.4 Grants

Do not lose the opportunity to apply for mobility grants such as Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs), Young Research (YR) and Innovator Conference, Virtual mobility (VM), Dissemination Conference (DC) and Inclusive Target Country/Near Neighbour Country (ITC) Conference grants.

04. Videos and campaigns

Check out our videos and campaigns at https://www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model and https://www.youtube.com/@IMMUNOModelCOSTAction
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

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Issue 05 | March 2025 Newsletter

Super Admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:40:07 +0000

01. Past Activities

Webinar 06: Spatial Biology

The video of the webinar entitled: “Spatial Biology in Drug Discovery and Immunotherapy: exploring innovative technologies” can be viewed here

02. Announcements

02.1 Creating IMMUNO-model members database

Please fill in the survey following the link: https://docs.google.com/forms

02.2 IMMUNO-model podcast series

The first podcast “Unraveling the contribution of post-transcriptional regulation in the cancer-immune cells cross-talk” is online.

02.3 Annual Report Grant Period 2

Annual Report Grant Period 2 is out!

02.4 Knowledge Hub – IMMUNO-model

IMMUNO-model Knowledge Hub, a dedicated platform for the collection, sharing, and dissemination of protocols relevant to immuno-oncology research. This open-access hub aims to foster collaboration, standardize methods, and accelerate progress in this critical field by providing researchers with trusted, high-quality protocols. Whether you’re developing new immunotherapy models, testing biomarkers, or conducting preclinical studies, the Knowledge Hub is here to support your research and innovation.

03. Upcoming and ongoing activities

03.1 Webinar

Do not lose the opportunity to participate in the upcoming webinars:

“Aspect Analytics and computational-oriented IMMUNO-models” will be moderated by Dr. Rebecca Sanz and Dr. Maurizio Callari
“CAR (T) therapies for cancer treatment” will be moderated by Dr. Laura Belver and Rui Bergantin

03.2 Annual Meeting

SAVE the DATE for the Third Annual Meeting entitled “Modeling Immunotherapy for cancer: Bridging Research to Clinical Application”, that will be held in May 13-14, 2025, at the University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre (CNBCh UW, Warsaw, Poland).

03.3 Collaboration with Patients’ Organization

IMMUNO-model is introducing its activities to Patients’ organization as patients are part of the COST Action and are ultimately who will benefit from immunotherapy.

03.4 Special issue in Frontiers in Immunology titled “Cellular Immunotherapy: transforming Cancer Treatment”

This Research Topic, organized and supported by the IMMUNO-model COST Action, will review the latest advances in the development and application of cell-based immunotherapies for cancer treatment.

03.5 Grants

03.6 Omics Data Gathering Project

The project has a dedicated taskforce to define the main principles of dataset searching and curation. The main goal is to enable researchers to easily access and organize relevant data, contributing to biomarker discovery and translational research. To do so, the dedicated Taskforce is curating a larger project aimed at visualizing and analyzing publicly available omics datasets in the immuno-oncology field.

03.7 Workshop 03

“Harmonizing models of immunotherapy: Past, present and future directions”: Working Group 2 (WG2) will hold a workshop in Bergen, Norway on in vivo modelling for the development of onco-Immunotherapeutics. This will be a hybrid meeting and will take place on April 7-8, 2025. The program includes speakers in the field of model development, workshops and identification of study groups to achieve the goals of WG 2. Invited Speakers are:

Enni Markkanen (University of Zurich, Switzerland) “From Canine Companions to Cancer Cures: The Value of Dogs for Immuno-Oncology”;
Rita For (Foundation, Porto, Portugal) “Zebrafish Avatars: a platform for personalized medicine and discovery of innate immune mechanisms and modulators for cancer immunotherapy”,
Carla Panisello (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Badalona, Spain) “NSGS mice humanized with cord blood mononuclear cells show sustained and functional myeloid-lymphoid representation with limited graft-versus-host-disease” Visit the program at the link: https://www.immuno-model.eu/newss/immuno-model-workshop-harmonizing-in-vivo-models-of-immunotherapy-past-present-and-future-directions-of-wg2/

03.8 3rd IMMUNO-model Training School

We are happy to officially announce the 3rd Training School on “Liquid Biopsies in Hematological Malignancies – identification of immunotherapy biomarkers”, from 30^th June to 2^nd July 2025, at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. This training school aims to provide an introduction and comprehensive training in the role of liquid biopsies in diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring, and drug response evaluation, including drug resistance, in hematological malignancies.

04. Videos and campaigns

Check out our videos and campaigns at https://www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

05. Digital material

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Issue 04 | November 2024 Newsletter

Super Admin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:38:14 +0000

01. Past Activities

01.1 Webinar 03

The video of the webinar entitled: “Mathematical Oncology” can be viewed here:

01.2 Webinar 04

The video of the webinar entitled: “Dendritic cells and immunotherapy” can be viewed here:

01.3 Webinar 05

The video of the webinar entitled: “Preclinical modelling in Immuno-oncology: An industry perspective from Toxicology to IND” can be viewed here:

01.4 Workshop 02

The IMMUNO-model TGRC workshop “Immunotherapies: charting a course from the lab to the clinic”, took place in Dublin City University, Ireland on Saturday, the 31st August 2024. 55 attendees heard from experts in the pre-clinical, clinical, translational and industry/SME sectors who provided presentations outlining their fields of expertise and the current challenges they face in relation to immunotherapies. The workshop focused on exploring beyond state-of-the-art approaches, covering novel translational strategies, zebra fish models and engineered cellular therapies. The final session focused on summarizing the learnings from the first two sessions to identify new areas of research and the key challenges in modelling immunotherapy. Some of the key challenges identified included funding and better connections with clinicians and industry.

02. Announcements

Visit the website to evaluate the experience of members and non-members who had the opportunity of Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs): https://www.immuno-model.eu/mobility-grants/stsms/

IMMUNO-model is on Instagram! Visit the channel!

02.1 EORTC Patient Days

IMMUNO-model COST Action was presented at the EORTC Patient Days on 30-31 October 2024: joint collaboration with patients’ organization is very relevant for IMMUNO-model activities. Indeed, IMMUNO-model is organizing activities with Patients’ organization (see section 3.3)

03. Upcoming and ongoing activities

03.1 Webinars: Do not lose the opportunity to participate in the upcoming webinars:

“Spatial Biology in Drug Discovery and Immunotherapy: exploring innovative technologies” will be moderated by Dr. Barbara Breznik, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Research, University of Liublijana, Slovenia, and Prof. Rosalinda Sorrentino, Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Italy, on 19^th December 2024, 2.00-3.30 pm. More information are at the link: https://www.immuno-model.eu/webinar-series/webinar-06-spatial-biology-in-drug-discovery-and-immunotherapy-exploring-innovative-technologies/

03.2 Annual Meeting: SAVE the DATE

SAVE the DATE for the Third Annual Meeting entitled “Modeling Immunotherapy for cancer: Bridging Research to Clinical Application”, that will be held in May 13-14, 2025, at the University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre (CNBCh UW, Warsaw, Poland).

03.3 Collaboration with Patients’ Organization

IMMUNO-model is introducing its activities to Patients’ organization as patients are part of the COST Action and are ultimately who will benefit from immunotherapy. Upcoming activities will be directed to allow Patients’ organization know what immuno-therapy is and which clinical research is out there. IMMUNO-model WGs and members believe that it is important to create information for patients about immuno-therapy and clinical research. On the other side, listening to patients’ stories, will help in better design models and therapies trying to avoid toxicities they experienced. A Task Force is dedicating on these aspects.

03.4 Special issue in Frontiers in Immunology titled “Cellular Immunotherapy: transforming Cancer Treatment”

This Research Topic, organized and supported by the IMMUNO-model COST Action, will review the latest advances in the development and application of cell-based immunotherapies for cancer treatment. If you are interested apply using the following link: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/66551/cellular-immunotherapy-transforming-cancer-treatment

03.5 Grants

03.6 Omics Data Gathering Project

03.7 Workshop 03

“Harmonizing models of immunotherapy: Past, present and future directions”: Working Group 2 (WG2) will hold a workshop in Bergen, Norway on in vivo modelling for the development of onco-Immunotherapeutics. The meeting will take place in early March and program will include speakers in the field of model development, workshops and identification of study groups to achieve the goals of WG 2.

04. Videos and campaigns

Check out our videos and campaigns at https://www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

05. Digital material

You will receive a link (please check your spam folder if you don’t receive an email) to set your password and after that you should be able to start using the intranet and download the materials as needed.

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Issue 03 | July 2024 Newsletter

Super Admin — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:51:07 +0000

01. Past Activities

01.1 Dissemination of IMMUNO-model Cost action activities

Emmet Mc Cormack (WG2 Leader) from University of Bergen presented IMMUNO-model COST action at the 19th European Molecular Imaging Meeting held in Porto, Portugal (12th-15th March, https://e-smi.eu/meetings/emim/2024-porto/ ). More info here.

01.2 Dissemination of IMMUNO-model Cost action activities

GianMarco Contino (TGRC1 Leader) from University of Birmingham, UK, presented IMMUNO-model COST action at EUSICA/INSICA-Brain Meeting, 21-22 May 2024, in London, UK. EUSICA (European Network for Sinonasal Cancer Research) is a European International network of Sinonasal Cancer research and brain tumour research. The above event was jointly held with Oncology Professional Care, focusing on the whole patient pathway.

01.3 Webinar 02

The video of the webinar entitled: “IMmune SAfety aVAtaR (imSAVAR) project” can be viewed here and here.

01.4 2^nd Annual Meeting

The Second Annual Conference, entitled “From Pre-clinical Models to the Search for Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology” was held in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 13^th to 15^th of May 2024. (https://www.immuno-model.eu/newss/annual-meeting-workshop/).

More than 150 participants attended. It was a very important annual meeting that allowed advancing knowledge and establishing scientific collaborations.

01.5 Training School

Summer school on immunogenomic computational tools has been held in Zaragoza, Spain, from the 11^th to the 13^th June 2024. For more details on the computational immunogenomic training subjects visit the website here.

01.6 Webinar 03

Prof. Kuttler and Peter Hinow were hosted by Dr. Peter Rashkov from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Science, to speak about “Mathematical Oncology”. The webinar was on 25^th June 2024. Visit the website: https://www.immuno-model.eu/webinar-series/immuno-model-webinar-03-mathematical-oncology/

01.7 Upcoming Activities

01.7.1 Workshop

Immunotherapies: charting a course from the lab to the clinic will be held in Dublin, Ireland, at the Life sciences research facility, Dublin City University, on the 31^st August 2024. This workshop will take place before the 7^th European Congress of Immunology (ECI) takes place in Dublin from September 1st-4th 2024. The registration form and preliminary program can be found here.

01.7.2 Webinars

Do not lose the opportunity to participate in the upcoming webinars:

“Dendritic Cells and Immunotherapy” will be presented by Dr. Jessica Dal Col from the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy, in September 2024

02. Announcements

Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs), Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) and Dissemination Conference (DC) grant calls are still open!

Please check the website: https://www.immuno-model.eu/mobility-grants/

02.1 STSMs

STSM grant call is still open: take advantage of the open call to learn new techniques, stay in another scientific environment, foster your scientific knowledge and background.

Please visit the following link: https://www.immuno-model.eu/mobility-grants/stsms/

02.2 Target Group Recruitment Committees

Target Group Recruitment Committees (TGRCs) 2 and 3 are still recruiting! Please visit www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/issue-01/.

For more information, please visit the website www.immuno-model.eu or consult the MoU at the Action details About – IMMUNO-model.

02.3 ITC Applications

Call for ITC Applications: ITC Conference Grants are still open. The aim is to support PhD students and/or PostDocs from Participating Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) to attend international science and technology related conferences.

You can find further information here or here.

02.4 Dissemination Grants

Call for Dissemination (DC) grants: IMMUNO-model supports you if you want to attend meetings, conferences, events where you can disseminate the main goals of the Cost Action. Please visit: https://www.immuno-model.eu/mobility-grants/dc/

03. Videos and campaigns

Check out our videos and campaigns at https://www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/issue-01/

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

04. Digital material

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Issue 02 | Newsletter – February

Super Admin — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:06:25 +0000

01. Meetings

01.1 Workshop “Predictive Biomarkers of Toxicity and Immunotherapy Response in Advanced melanoma”

Join us at the Workshop that will be held in Skopje, North Macedonia on the 14^th and 15^th March 2024.

Registration Form – Deadline March 1^st 2024

Abstract Form – deadline 20^th February

Link to the scientific program: http://tinyurl.com/6fpk9j3b

01.2 IMMUNO-model Second Annual Conference: “Biomarkers: challenges and future perspectives in immunotherapy”

On the 13^th– 15^th of May 2024 the second IMMUNO-model Conference will be taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia.

You can find the final program and general information here.

01.3 Upcoming Activities

01.3.1 Webinars

Do not lose the opportunity to participate in the next webinars (final dates will be announced soon):

April 2024 – Christina Sakellariou, Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University Cancer Centre, Sweden will be speaking about: “IMmune SAfety aVAtaR (imSAVAR) project”
June 2024 – Peter Rashkov, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgari will be speaking about: “Mathematical Oncology”
September 2024 – Dr. Jessica Dal Col, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy will be speaking about: “Dendritic Cells and Immunotherapy”

Workshop: Immunotherapies: charting a course from the lab to the clinic will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on the 31^st August 2024.

Training School: Summer school on immunogenomic computational tools will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, from the 11^th to the 13^th June 2024.

Management Committee meeting will be held virtually on the 6^th June 2024.

01.3.2 Database Knowledge Hub of with immuno-model protocols of immune-models

Collecting protocols on pre-clinical models in immuno-oncology is one of the main objectives of our Action and therefore, IMMUNO-model participants are called to collaborate.

Please fill in the following formbefore February 23rd.

02. Announcements

Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs), Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) and Dissemination Conference (DC) grant calls are still open!

Please check our website: https://www.immuno-model.eu/mobility-grants/

03. IMMUNO-model under the spotlight

IMMUNO-model COST Action is reaching impressive and groundbreaking impact in the scientific and clinic community! Just one year and our COST Action already reached more than 80.000 visitors consulting IMMUNO-model activities.

Join us and visit: https://sciencex.com/wire-news/467397491/modeling-immunotherapy-the-path-to-success-for-cancer-patients.html or www.immuno-model.eu

03.1 IMMUNO-model COST Action Scientists

IMMUNO-model has brought together researchers and innovators from all over the world to foster research in immuno-oncology through the advancement in the development and implementation of pre-clinical models.

Please visit the Grant Holder Institution’s website for insights into the first year of our Action here.

03.2 Dissemination of IMMUNO-model COST Action activities

During the month of November, Dr. Marleen Ansems (Leader WG3) and Dr. Devrim Posen Okvur (Leader WG1) presented IMMUNO-model at the International Pathology Conference at the Victor Babes Institute in Bucharest, Romania.

Please view more here.

04. Webinar: “Emerging Innovations for Immuno-models”

Check out our 1^st webinar on “Emerging Innovations for Immuno-model” here.

05. Target Group Recruitment Committees (TGRCs) are still recruiting!

TGRCs manage and supervise the recruitment of new members, paying attention at balance for gender and country of origin representation and opportunities. Please visit www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/issue-01/.

For more information, please visit the website www.immuno-model.eu or consult the MoU at the Action details About – IMMUNO-model.

06. IMMUNO-model is celebrating Women in Science

A description of gender balance and the impact of Women in our COST Action.

For more information visit: https://www.immuno-model.eu/newss/international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-immuno-model-women-make-impact/

07. Videos and campaigns

Check out our videos and campaigns at https://www.immuno-model.eu/newsletter/issue-01/

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

08. Digital material

IMMUNO-model COST Action participants can now make use of the Action logos and a power point template for presentations!

Please go to the Members Area of our website to log in or register (https://www.immuno-model.eu/login/).

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Issue 01 | Newsletter – December

Super Admin — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:19:15 +0000

01. WEBINAR: “Emerging Innovations for Immuno-models”

The first webinar will be on the 14^Th December 2023, from 2 pm to 3.30 pm CET

Please find below key information:

Talk 1_Speaker: Dr. Krzysztof Wrzesinski from CelVivo, Denmark North-West University Potchefstroom (please visit: https://www.celvivo.com)

Title: ClinoStar a purpose-built system for culturing cells as in vivo mimetic 3D structures

Talk 2_Speaker: Dr. Devrim Pesen Okvur from Initio Cell BV (please visit: https://www.initiocell.com)

*The webinar will be recorded and available on the IMMUNO-model Cost Action YouTube channel.

02. Announcements

The following grant calls are now open!

a) Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) Grant: if you would like to carry out short-term research in another institution abroad, please follow this link 1st Call for STSM Applications – Grant Period 2, 01 November 2023 – 29 February 2024 – IMMUNO-model for more information.

b) Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) Conference Grant: if you are Young Researcher and Innovator affiliated in an ITC / Near Neighbour Country and would like to present your own work at a high-level conference (organised by third parties), please follow this link 1st Call for ITC Applications – Grant Period 2, 01 November 2023 – 31 October 2024 – IMMUNO-model for more information.

c) The Dissemination Conference (DC) Grant: if you are an Immuno-model participant and would like to present the work of the Action in high-level conferences (organised by third parties), please follow this link 1st Call for DC Applications – Grant Period 2, 01 November 2023 – 31 October 2024 – IMMUNO-model for more information.

03. Check out our videos and campaigns

To make IMMUNO-model COST Action (CA21135) activities more visible, we have created digital materials that explain the Action, its goals, working groups functions and more. These materials will provide better understanding of our work.

Please visit IMMUNO-model webpage:

For the videos: Promotional videos of IMMUNO-model are out! – IMMUNO-model
For the flyers: IMMUNO-model flyers are out – IMMUNO-model

04. Digital material

IMMUNO-model COST Action participants can now make use of the action logos and a power point template for presentations! Please go to the Members Area of our website to log in or register. You will receive a link (please check your spam folder if you don’t receive an email) to set your password and after that you should be able to start using the intranet and download the materials as needed.

05. Target Group Recruitment Committees (TGRCs)

The IMMUNO-model COST Action has created TGRCs to:

manage and supervise the recruitment of new members;
ensure equal representation and opportunities of all Target Groups in Action activities;
develop group-specific activities, such as early carrier investigators (ECI) and female researcher leadership workshops;
promote a balanced selection of speakers in terms of gender and country of origin, as well as the participation of ECIs in IMMUNO-model meetings and conferences.

The Immuno-model TGRCs are:

TGRC1 (pre-clinical researchers): Contino@bham.ac.uk
TGRC2 (clinically –oriented researchers): collins@dcu.ie
TGRC3 (industry-connected researchers): haslene-hox@sintef.no

TGRCs are looking for a maximum of 9 new members to assist with IMMUNO-model recruitment, strategy, dissemination of activities, outreach and equality/diversity/inclusion initiatives in each of the defined committee areas. If you wish to join a TGRC: please forward an expression of interest letter (outlining the TGRC you wish to join and why you wish to join) and a copy of your CV by 20^th December 2023The letter and CV can be emailed to the TGRC committee members (see above) leading the TGRC you wish to join.

Please visit the website or consult the MoU at the Action details.

06. Upcoming Activities

Please save the dates in your calendars for the Immuno-model upcoming events!!

Workshop 1: Predictive Biomarkers of Toxicity and Immunotherapy Response in Advanced Melanoma will be held in Skopje, North Macedonia on the 14^th and 15^th March 2024.

Workshop 2: Immunotherapies: charting a course from the lab to the clinic will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on the 31^st August 2024.

Training School: Summer school on immunogenomic computational tools will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, from the 11^th to the 13^th June 2024.

Immuno-model Annual Meeting: In May 2024 the second Immuno-model Annual Meeting will be taking place in Bratislava, Slovakia. Final dates and program will be posted soon on our website!

Management Committee meeting will be held virtually on the 6^th June 2024.