The BSI Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Tayside, and West of Scotland Immunology Groups welcome you to join us at the Perth Concert Hall on Thursday 27 March 2025 for our fourth Scottish Immunology Groups Network (SIGNET) joint symposium. SIGNET is a full-day in-person symposium which aims to bring together immunologists from across Scotland to share research, foster new collaborations and encourage networking.
We are pleased to welcome two invited keynote speakers, Professor Sarina Ravens (Hannover Medical School, Germany) and Professor David Sansom (University College London, UK). The meeting will also feature invited talks from researchers in each BSI Regional Group.
A strong focus of SIGNET is promoting early career researchers. Six oral presentations from postdocs/PhD students will be selected from submitted abstracts in addition to the poster session, which will include prizes!
Join us in March to catch up with old friends and meet some new colleagues from across the Scottish immunology community.
Please follow @bsicongress and check the event hashtag #SIGNET2025 for updates.
Abstract submission
Submit an abstract here. Abstract deadline is 14:00 GMT on Friday 14 February 2025.
Programme
09:00 | Registration
09:40| Welcome
SESSION 1
09:55 | Keynote speaker: Professor Sarina Ravens (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
Talk title: TBC
10.35 | Sponsored talk
10.45 | Invited speaker: Professor Nicola Ternette (University of Dundee, UK)
Talk title: TBC
11:10 | Refreshment break
SESSION 2
11:40 | Selected abstract talks x 3
12:15 | Invited speaker: Dr Michael Morgan (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Talk title: TBC
12:40 | Lunch (poster session 13:00-14:00 - please stand at your posters during this time)
SESSION 3
14:00 | Selected abstract talks x 3
14:35 | Invited speaker: Dr Phil Spence (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Talk title: TBC
15:00 | Refreshment break
SESSION 4
15:20 | Invited speaker: Dr Kendle Maslowski (Cancer Research UK Institute, Scotland, UK)
Talk title: TBC
15:40 | Keynote speaker: Professor David Sansom (University College London, UK)
Talk title: TBC
16:35 | closing remarks and poster prizes
16:45 | Networking reception and posters
17:45 | Close
Registration
Registration is open, book your place here.
BSI members benefit from reduced registration fees at this meeting and other BSI events, as well as free access to our journals, grants, career development activities and much more. You can sign up to become a member online. For current BSI members, your reduced fee will be applied automatically if you are logged in to your account. All fees include VAT.
| BSI member | Non-member | |
|---|---|---|
| Full | £36 | £75 |
| Early Career/Clinician in training (read the criteria) | £36 | £75 |
| Postgraduate (anyone studying a PhD or Masters) | £24 | £54* |
| Senior (retired) (read the criteria) | £24 | £54 |
| Discounted membership/rate (read the criteria) | £24* | £54* |
| Undergraduate (membership is free) | £12 | - |
*If this fee applies to you, please contact meetings@immunology.org for a discount code prior to registering
BSI grants to support your attendance at this event
As part of our career development package, we have two grants available to BSI members to support your attendance at this event.
- BSI Regional & Affinity Group Conference Grants: BSI members can apply for up to £100 to contribute towards their travel costs in attending this conference. In this scheme, we have 10 grants available for this conference and they will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to eligible BSI members. Deadline: Thursday 6 March 2025. Find out more and apply.
- BSI Regional & Affinity Group Carers' Grants: BSI members can apply for up to £100 to contribute towards extra care arrangements costs they incur during the conference, for example, childcare costs, or for additional care for the applicant themselves. Deadline: Thursday 6 March 2025. Find out more and apply.
Sponsorship
Thank you to our sponsors who are supporting this event.
Gold sponsor:
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact our Events & Corporate Engagement Manager, Becky Dempsey, at b.dempsey@immunology.org