Society for Mucosal Immunology Belgian Chapter Junior Investigator Meeting 20th September 2023, Leuven

On behalf of the Education & Career Development Committee of the Society for Mucosal Immunology, we are organizing the SMI Belgian Chapter Junior Investigator Meeting. The meeting will take place in Leuven on the 20th of September 2023 (9am-6pm) at the Gasthuisberg campus ON4 building.

The meeting will be mostly devoted to presentations from junior Mucosal Immunology researchers (15-minute presentation + 5-minute questions) across all levels of training, and will feature two keynote lectures from Prof. Bart Lambrecht (VIB UGent) and Prof. Severine Vermeire (UZ/KU Leuven).

Attendance and lunch are free of charge, but registration is mandatory before July 30th. Please register at this link: https://forms.gle/SBS3NxV8CnRxoMx57

We are still looking for junior speakers (PhD students or postdocs) working in mucosal immunology. If you are interested in presenting your work, please email an abstract (maximum 250 words) to gianluca.matteoli@kuleuven.be and anissa.zouzaf@kuleuven.be.

We look forward to welcoming you in Leuven.

Yours sincerely,

Gianluca Matteoli
On behalf of the organizing committee:
Debby Laukens, Thomas Marichal, Sales Ibiza, and Anissa Zouzaf