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Summer School in Immunology - SSI 2026

The Summer School includes lunch and refreshments, and is free for all registered conference participants (registration is required).
The Summer School in Immunology is a one‑day educational program aimed primarily at PhD students who want a structured overview of emerging concepts in contemporary immunology. The course introduces key research systems and methodological approaches, including animal and comparative models, analyses of immune receptor diversity, and current strategies for studying antiviral immunity, T‑cell development, and therapeutic interventions such as CAR T‑cell therapy. Additional sessions highlight new insights into NK cell biology and gut immunology, providing participants with a broad snapshot of active research areas across the field.

Designed as a compact, high‑intensity learning experience, the Summer School combines expert lectures with opportunities for discussion, giving early‑career researchers practical and conceptual tools relevant to their own projects. The program is organized at the University of Bergen as part of the SSI 2026 meeting.
Participants will receive a course certificate for attendance.


We look forward to welcoming you to a focused and inspiring day full of immunology.

Summer School, Monday September 7th, UiB Læringsarena, Nygårdsgaten 5

Chairs: Piotr Mydel, Marta Kaminska and Jørn Skavland
09:00-09:05 
09:05-09:35
08:30-09:00 
09:35-10:05
Welcome by Anette Wolff
Emmet McCormack, UiB; Animal models for immunology studies
Registration
Gyri Teien Haugland, UiB; Comparative models for immunology: How can the fish be exploited?
10:05-10:25
Coffee & Exhibition
10:25-10:55 
10:55-11:25
Rebecca Cox, UiB; Virus and vaccine responses
Victor Greiff, UiO; T and B cell rearrangement and how to study it 
11:25-12:00
Flash Talk Competition; Arranged by ySSI
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-13:30
13:30-14:00

14:00-14:30

Professor Gerhard Krönke, German Rheumatology Research Center, Germany. CAR T cell therapy  
Dr. Fatima Dhalla, University of Oxford, UK. Thymus and T cell deveopment
Researcher Sonia Gavasso. Recent Advance in Immunotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis  
14:30-14:45
Break
14:45-15:15
15:15-15:45
Stein-Erik Gullaksen, UiO; From single cells to early clinical decisions by precision pharmacodynamics
William Agace, University of Copenhagen, Denmark/Lund University, Sweden: Gut immunology and the innate immune system
15:45-16:00
Closure by Piotr Mydel
15:35-15:45
Scandinavian Society of Immunology
Helse Bergen
UiB

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