Immunology News - Spring 2025

Cover of the 2025 spring issue of Immunology News, showing the back of a man looking out over a vista at sunset with the text "Above and beyond: immunologists going the extra mile".

Immunology News is back for 2025! In our spring issue, we celebrate the immunologists in our community going above and beyond, whether in core research or with wider activities.

In this edition, we get to know the new Editor-in-Chief of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, Professor Claudia Mauri. Dr John Tregoning fills us in on his new book ‘Live Forever?’ plus, our colleagues at The Pirbright Institute delve into the work they’re carrying out in veterinary immunology.

Read the issue for more on our activities, the latest news from our journals, and some of the exciting achievements from our members over the past few months.

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Articles

Professor John Tregoning and the cover of his book Live Forever?

Mar

Live Forever? An interview with John Tregoning

In this article, we caught up with BSI member, Professor John Tregoning, to discuss his upcoming book Live Forever?. Serving as the ‘companion piece’ to his first book, Infectious, which looked at communicable diseases, this book explores ageing, what happens to our bodies as we age, age-related illnesses and how these eventually kill us.

Professor Claudia Mauri standing on staircase

Mar

An interview with Professor Claudia Mauri

We were delighted to welcome Professor Mauri to the team of our longest standing journal Clinical & Experimental Immunology (CEI) as Editor-in-Chief in January. Here, we caught up with Professor Mauri to find out more about her fascinating career, and about her vision for the journal.

Professor John Hammond from The Pirbright Institute hand feeding a cow

Mar

How livestock immunology is advancing human health

This article explores some of the recent developments in veterinary immunology from The Pirbright Institute, whose scientists will join members of the BSI Comparative and Veterinary Immunology Group (BSI-CVIG) to share their experience at BSI Congress later this year.

Mar

An update on the BSI-CIPN Clinical Guidelines Special Interest Group

Clinical guidelines are key to standardising and improving quality, supporting the translation of research into clinical practice, and ensuring clinicians have access to the latest consensus on diagnostics, treatment and care. This article explores the ongoing and upcoming work of the BSI-CIPN Clinical Guidelines Special Interest Group.

Headshots of Lee Booty and Nick Hartigan

Mar

Meet our new Trustees

Get to know the two new members of our Board of Trustees; Industry Trustee, Dr Lee Booty, and Co-opted Trustee, Nick Hartigan. Our Trustees play an important role in overseeing the business activities of the BSI to ensure we are well-run, financially sound and meet our charitable aims and objectives.

Mar

Bridging the gap between clinical and academic immunologists in the Midlands

In this article, we hear more about the activities of the BSI Midlands Immunology Group, and the symposium it has planned for 20 June 2025. The event will help bring together clinical and academic immunologists to find common ground and captalise on the rich resources each group has to offer.