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8th Sino-German symposium on immunology: fostering mutual trust and collaborative endeavors for advancing immunological science

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The Sino-German Symposium on Immunology was jointly initiated by the Chinese Society of Immunology and the German Society of Immunology (DGFI) and was supported by the Sino-German Science Center of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. This symposium was the highest-level small-scale series forum between the two countries, and there have been eight successful sessions over the past 15 years. This series of forums promotes the continuous exchange of information and development of immunology between China and Germany through bilateral cooperation and joint training projects for young scholars.

From March 18th to 22nd, 2024, the “8th Sino-German Symposium on Immunology” was successfully held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, following the epidemic. The theme of this conference revolved around directions such as “cell death and inflammation,” “tumor immunology,” “bone marrow cells and immune regulation,” and “T cells and B cells.”

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  1. Department of Immunology & National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

    Bo Huang

  2. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Bo Huang

  3. Institute for Immunology, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    Tobias Bopp

  4. National Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, China

    Guideng Li

  5. Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology Regulatory Element, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Suzhou, China

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Huang, B., Bopp, T. & Li, G. 8th Sino-German symposium on immunology: fostering mutual trust and collaborative endeavors for advancing immunological science. Cell Mol Immunol 21, 798–799 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-024-01173-7

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