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Spanish Immunology on the move
Author(s) -
Sancho David,
Villar Luisa M.,
Regueiro José R.,
de Andrés Belén
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.272
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1521-4141
pISSN - 0014-2980
DOI - 10.1002/eji.201570064
Subject(s) - european union , political science , clinical immunology , library science , member states , medicine , immunology , allergy , computer science , business , economic policy
The Spanish Society for Immunology (SEI) was founded in December 1975 by a group of immunologists working in hospitals, research institutes and universities. SEI will be celebrating its 40th anniversary by the end of this year with a special Inmunoloǵıa (SEI’s journal) number, and more activities to come in 2016, including a special celebration of the international day of Immunology (DOI) and devoted activities in the national meeting to be held in Alicante. The aim of the SEI is to promote immunology, by supporting the interaction between its members and other scientists, contributing to training in immunology (i.e. courses, meetings, teaching material . . . ) and defending the scientific interests and rights of its members. To date, SEI comprises around 800 members. SEI’s logo (Fig. 1) was designed in 1989, and it is inspired in the famous painter Joan Miró. Joan Milá, a SEI member, is the author of the logo, which was selected in Mallorca during the 15th SEI meeting. SEI joined the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) in 1978 and the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) in 1980. SEI has permanent representatives in other international organizations, such as EFI (European Federation of Immunogenetics), EBTI (European Board of Transplant Immunology) which is part of the UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists), or Orphanet. SEI is as well a member of the most relevant national organizations, i.e. the National Commission for Immunology (which regulates immunology training in hospitals), the Spanish Society for Transplantation or Aenor (which regulates the normalization procedures for diagnostic laboratories). SEI also has close contact with other immunological societies, for example those from Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Cuba and Portugal. Figure 1. SEI’s logo represents a cell with several transmembrane proteins, one of which is bound by an antibody (tan) recognizing a red epitope.