SIGNET 2026

The BSI Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Tayside, and West of Scotland Immunology Groups welcome you to join us at the Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth, PH1 5HZ, on Wednesday 11 March 2026 for our fifth 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 Graham Anderson (University of Birmingham, UK) and Professor Tracy Hussell (University of Manchester, 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 #SIGNET26 for updates.

Programme

09:00 | Registration

09:40 | Welcome

SESSION 1  

Chairs: tbc

09:50 | Keynote speaker: Professor Graham Anderson (University of Birmingham, UK)
Talk title: tbc

10:25 | Sponsored talk:  
Talk title: tbc

10.35 | Invited speaker: Dr Henry McSorley (University of Dundee, UK)  
Talk title: tbc

10:55 | Refreshment break  

SESSION 2

Chairs: tbc

11:25 | Selected abstract talks x 3  

11:55 | Invited speaker: Dr Indrani Mukhopadhya (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Talk title: tbc

12:15 | British Society for Immunology's Annual General Meeting 

12:35 | Lunch (poster session 13:05-14:05 - please stand at your posters during this time)

SESSION 3

Chairs: tbc

14:05 | Selected abstract talks x 3

14:35 | Invited speaker: Dr Ananda Mirchandani (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Talk title: tbc

14:55 | Refreshment break

SESSION 4

Chairs: tbc

15:25 | Invited speaker: Dr Chris Mahony (University of Glasgow, UK)
Talk title: tbc

15:45 | Keynote speaker: Professor Tracy Hussell  (University of Manchester, UK)
Talk title: tbc

16:20 | Closing remarks and poster prize 

16:30 | Networking reception and posters

17:45 | Close

Abstract submission

Submit an abstract here. Abstract deadline is Thursday 29 January 2026.

Registration

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. 

Registration will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 4 March 2026.

Fees:

  *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: Wednesday 18 February 2026. 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: Wednesday 18 February 2026. Find out more and apply

Sponsorship

Thank you to our sponsors who are supporting this event.

If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact our Events & Corporate Engagement Manager, Becky Dempsey, at b.dempsey@immunology.org.