5. EFIS-EJI South Eastern European Immunology School (SEEIS2013)

20 - 23 September 2013 in Sofia, Bulgaria


 

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Information about the School

The school will start on Friday 20 September at 18:00 h and will end on Monday 23 September at 12:00 h.

The school will be held at Hotel Legends in Sofia (http://hotel-legends.bg), location: 54-56, "Cherni vrah" Blvd., Sofia, 1407.

The Hotel can be easily reached by public transportation. It is just 300 m from the Metro-Station "James Bourchier". Details about the way to the hotel from Airport or trains station will be given here.

How to reach the hotel

..... from the airport

In front of the airport you must take bus N84. Tickets you can buy from the shops inside the airport or from the driver. The single ticket costs 1 lv (1 Euro = 2 leva), but if you have big second baggage you should have one extra ticket. The controllers are very sensitive for that.
You must get out in the stop before the last one - the name is Orlov most.

Near is the entrance of the metro - the ticket you can buy from the machine or from the casher. The price is the same - 1 lv. You must take the train for direction Obelya (?????) and to get out in the next stop Serdika. Here you must change the train - you do not need a new ticket. The direction is James Bourchier and you must get out at this station, it is the last stop.

Climbing up you will find the main Boulevard "Cherni vrah" . Turn with face to the mountain and follow the boulevard. After crossing the main boulevard "Nikola Vaptsarov" you must continue on the same direction and 100 m later You can reach the hotel - it is situated on right side of the boulevard.


... from the main train and bus-station

It is easier to reach the hotel from here. In front of the Central station is the entrance of the metro - the ticket you can buy from the machine or from the casher. The price is 1 leva. You must take the train for direction James Bourchier and you must get out at this station, it is the last stop.

Climbing up you will find the main Boulevard "Cherni vrah" . Turn with face to the mountain and follow the boulevard. After crossing the main boulevard "Nikola Vaptsarov" you must continue on the same direction and 100 m later You can reach the hotel - it is situated on right side of the boulevard.

 

 

Rooms will be shared by 2 participants.

Concept of the School

The primary aim of this summer school is to teach immunology to young investigators in immunology from South-East Europe, i.e. Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. This region needs help to establish a state-of-the-art immunology. Infrastructure and equipment of most of the institutes of immunology in the South of this region are still underdeveloped, but immunological societies in these countries have been or are being formed.
Another aim of the school is to foster contact of these young investigators with other immunological societies. They will meet foreign speakers both from abroad and from other countries in the region, and also young investigators from the region. The region also urgently needs a network of immunologists between the different countries. The common interest in immunology will be a bridge for mutual communication.

The topic of the school is "Concepts in Immunology". Lectures will deal with current concepts in immunology that are of special importance for basic but also for clinical immunology. The last school has shown that many participants have a medical background. Also controversially discussed topics will be presented. To provide an optimal discussion the participants will form small working groups according to their knowledge and interests that will be guided by the speakers. Methodological aspects will also be discussed, and a practical microscopy course will be organized by Euroimmun. Presentation of the work of the young investigators themselves in a special workshop is an important part of the school.

Four previous EJI-EFIS immunology schools were held in Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. They got a very positive feedback from the participants. One reason to hold the fifth school in Sofia, is that we hope that this location will also allow other young investigators from other countries of the more Eastern countries to participate (Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Ukraine and Greece) that were less represented in the last schools. But the school is of course open to all young immunologists from the entire region.

Information about previous schools:

SEEIS2009 in Ohrid, Macedonia

SEEIS2010 in Dubrovnik, Croatia

SEEIS2011 in Arandjelovac, Serbia

SEEIS2012 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina