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Register for AIRR-C Meeting VII! Once registered, remember to sign up for the workshops and tutorials through the Whova meeting app. Also, if you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for the fabulous Cálem Port Wine Cellars Tour & Group Dinner. Tickets are almost sold out!
We now also have some striking t-shirts available for purchase in our Porto collection.
Registration for the April 25th (4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CET) AIRR-C Seminar Series session is open. Following the usual format of the series, an established and an early career scientist will discuss their AIRR-seq related research. Ivelin Georgiev, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will present “Antibody Discovery Using LIBRA-seq”. Next, Marta T. Borowska, of Stanford University, will present “Biochemical and biophysical characterization of natural polyreactivity in antibodies”. Register now!
Visit the AIRR Community Seminar Series website to learn more about this monthly series and access the recordings of past sessions.
The AIRR-C Meetings Sub-Committee is pleased to announce that registration is live for the AIRR-C VII Meeting!
AIRR-C Meetings VII – Learnings and Perspectives will be held in-person at the prestigious Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, in Porto, Portugal. While we are excited to gather in large numbers this June, we understand that not everyone can travel and attend in-person. As such, the Meeting will also be offered as a hybrid event so both in-person and virtual participants can engage and enjoy multiple live-streaming sessions and recorded content, an in-conference app, opportunities to engage with colleagues and industry sponsors, and to network, through the Whova meeting platform.
We have secured a fabulous venue for the final night dinner on Thursday, June 6th! Porto is famous for, you guessed it, Port! As part of the group dinner, we have arranged for a brief cellar tour that will include some fascinating history of the region.
Be sure to register for the group dinner and cellar tour event on the Whova meeting platform. It will take place at the Cálem Port Wine Cellars. Your ticket includes the cellar tour, a welcome cocktail reception, a selection of drinks, and a three course meal (you choose options from a set menu).
The early bird discount is available through April 14th on all ticket types including in-person tickets, non-academic/industry tickets, virtual attendee tickets and one-day-only tickets.
View the current program at a glance, which includes the following keynote speakers:
Are you willing to be a mentor and share your insights and exciting research with the future generation of AIRR-researchers? Are you interested in being mentored? Be sure to sign up when you complete the registration form.
We will host specific sessions for students and postdocs – be sure to check the agenda for the “early career track” and we hope you enjoy the speed networking and career development panel.
There will be 10 different software/tool tutorials at the Meeting and each person can attend two! Be sure to sign up through the Whova meeting platform for the “in-person-only” Deep Dive Software/Tools Tutorials on Tuesday, June 4th, early as space is limited.
Our fun and informative poster sessions are back and we have had an overwhelming response with over 80 posters submitted and 10 short talks accepted! Given the frequent demands of people to add additional posters, we have reopened the abstract submission form until April 26th. For those seeking this great opportunity, fill out this form.
The AIRR-C VII Meetings Sub-Committee obtained a grant from the EFIS – European Journal of Immunology to help support early career researchers and student/postdoc trainees to attend the meeting in person. If you are interested in learning more and applying, please use this link for access to the secure application form. Competition closes on April 15th, 2024.
We will be hosting an industry networking reception. If you know of a company interested in participating in this event or in Meeting or Community sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at meetings@airr-community.org for further details.
The meeting will be held at the FEUP – School of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. There are several options for getting there besides walking (by metro, bus, car, or train). Detailed information is available in the Whova meeting platform in the Logistics Center.
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We look forward to meeting with you in June! Don’t hesitate to reach out to meetings@airr-community.org should you have any questions or concerns.
Registration for the March 28th (8:00 am – 9:30am PDT/11:00 am – 12:30 am EDT/4:00 pm – 5:30 pm CET) AIRR-C Seminar Series session is open. Following the usual format of the series, an established and an early career scientist will discuss their AIRR-seq related research. Melissa Smith (University of Louisville) will present “The Hidden Diversity of Antibody Heavy Chains: Implications for Autoantibody Mediated Disease”. Next, Oscar Rodriguez (University of Louisville) will present “Genome poises antibody repertoire from early B cell development”. Register now!
Please note that there is a DST (daylight savings time) anomaly between North America and Europe, we will start at the regular 16:00 CET time.
Visit the AIRR Community Seminar Series website to learn more about this monthly series and access the recordings of past sessions.
Registration for the February 22nd (4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CET) AIRR-C Seminar Series session is open. Following the usual format of the series, an established and an early career scientist will discuss their AIRR-seq related research. Brian Hie, of Stanford University, will present “Learning to read and write antibody evolution”. Next, Mamie Wang, of Yale University, will present “Language model-based B cell receptor sequence embeddings can effectively encode receptor specificity”. Register now!
Visit the AIRR Community Seminar Series website to learn more about this monthly series and access the recordings of past sessions.
