On behalf of the AIRR-C Meetings Sub-committee we would like to thank the AIRR Community for their survey input on the theme for the next Meeting in December 2020. Further details with the date and location for AIRR Community Meeting V will be announced soon!
Election of new Executive Sub-committee members
Members of the 2019/2020 Executive Sub-committee were elected at the AIRR C IV meeting in Genoa in May. Nina Luning Prak (Univ of Pennsylvania) was approved as the Chair of the AIRR Community, Lindsay Cowell (UT Southwestern, USA) was elected the Chair Elect, and Felix Breden (Simon Fraser U, Canada) became the Past Chair. Christian Busse (DKFZ, Germany), Victor Greiff (Univ of Oslo, Norway) also joined the SC.
Short bios of all members of the Executive Sub-committee are presented here: https://www.antibodysociety.org/the-airr-community/airr-subcomittees/executive-sub-committee/.
Ratification of the Communications Sub-committee
At the AIRR C IV meeting in Genoa, the Communications Sub-committee was ratified. Its current members are Jean-Philippe Bürckert (BISC Global, Inc., USA, Co-Leader), Victor Greiff (Univ of Oslo, Norway, Co-Leader), Jamie Scott (Simon Fraser Univ, CA), Susanna Marquez (Yale, USA), and Pam Borghardt (SFU, CA).
The Sub-committee’s mission statement can be found here: https://www.antibodysociety.org/the-airr-community/airr-subcomittees/communications-sub-committee/.
AIRR-C Logo ratification
At the Genoa AIRR Community Meeting IV, the official logo of the AIRR Community was ratified. AIRR-C members were able to vote between 3 different variations of the logo.
We thank Fran Breden for her outstanding help with the logo design.
AIRR Community Meeting IV at the University of Genoa – Save the date!
AIRR Community Meeting IV: Bridging the Gaps
11-15 May 2019, University of Genoa, Italy
Information on past AIRR meetings
The theme of this meeting, “Bridging the Gaps” addresses technological gaps between the amounts of accumulated data and our ability to process them, and the need for more involvement of stakeholder communities (industry, clinicians, patent communities) for uptake of the standards developed by the AIRR Community. We have confirmed two outstanding Keynote speakers – Dr. Sai Reddy from ETH Zurich and Dr. Antonio Lanzavecchia from IRB Bellinzona. Two planned panel discussions will include representatives from other institutions and companies that work with AIRR-seq data. In addition, two “challenge” sessions are planned to address the above-mentioned gaps. Two pre-meeting workshops will be available to teach the basics of immunology, and of AIRR-seq data analysis for beginners. Also planned are two poster sessions; and two tool and software demos sessions.
Stay tuned for more information!
