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On 27 ̶ 29 July 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) hosted a virtual workshop on the topic of secondary vaccine effects to discuss existing evidence, potential immunological mechanisms and associated public health implications.
As a follow up to a 2010 meeting deliberating on the benefits of studying mouse models of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the virtual conference “Mouse models of lupus 10 years later” convened on 10 December 2020 to address a challenging decade that saw few new therapies approved, despite leaps in knowledge.
In the midst of resurging COVID-19 cases, the second NIH/FDA virtual COVID-19 and Cytokines symposium was held on 1 December 2020, focusing on longitudinal studies of COVID-19 immunity, including long-term consequences, potential associations with autoimmunity and the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
The Global Thymus Network convened virtually for ThymUS 2020 on 3–4 November 2020. Participants shared recent advances in thymus biology and enjoyed a reprieve from 2020 stressors.
