Immunology News - November 2025

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Our Winter issue of Immunology News reflects on the past year of activities from BSI members and lays the groundwork for the next five years.

Read the issue for an introduction to the new BSI Strategy, which will start next year, get to know our new Chief Executive, and find out more about the diverse programme of training and events that will take place in 2026.

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Articles

Professor Claudia Mauri standing on staircase

Dec

Reflecting on a year as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical & Experimental Immunology

In January this year, Claudia Mauri (Professor of Immunology at University College London, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation) took on the role of Editor-in-Chief of our oldest journal, Clinical & Experimental Immunology (CEI). Here, she reflects on what she has learnt during her first year in the role and explores some of her future plans for the journal’s direction.

A group of immunologists standing in front of their Superbugs pop up shop in Cardiff

Dec

Superbugs: taking science to the city

In this article, Matthias Eberl, Jon Tyrrell and Rebecca Aicheler detail the Superbugs Pop-Up Science Shop they ran during summer 2025. This four-week-long event saw school groups and members of the public participating in a wide-ranging set of immunology themed activities.

Dec

An interview with Graham Blair, the BSI’s incoming Chief Executive

In November, we welcomed Graham Blair to the BSI as our new Chief Executive. We caught up with Graham to hear a bit more about his background and motivations for joining the BSI, and to find out what he’s looking forward to most about his new role.

Dr Mark Ponsford and Cara Jenkins of the SIROC team.

Dec

Exposing the link between clozapine, infection and antibody deficiency

This article explores the recent research carried out by The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank analysis of Infection Related Outcomes in people with schizophrenia taking Clozapine (SIROC) research team.

Dec

A reflection on the BSI Clinical Immunology Professional Network (BSI-CIPN) strategy 2024-2027

The BSI-CIPN Steering Group came together in March 2024 to define the Network’s mission and set its strategic priorities. As we continue through the second year of our 2024–2027 strategic plan, we’re taking the opportunity to look back on the progress we’ve made and share our plans for the rest of the year ahead.