Faculty
Prof. Dr. Rita Carsetti, Bambino Gesu Children Hospital, Rome, Italy
Dr. Lasha Chelidze, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Prof. Dr. Manana Chikhladze, Akaki Tsereteli University, National Institute of Allergology, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Kutaisi, Tskhaltubo, Georgia
Prof. Dr. Tinatin Chikovani, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Prof. Dr. Günnur Deniz, Istanbul University, Aziz Sancar, Istanbul, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischer, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
Felix Gastager, HVD Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. İhsan Gürsel, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Centre, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Türkiye
Res. Prof. Dr. Iva Hafner Bratkovič, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Dr. Martin Herrmann, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Patrick Juszczak, Becton-Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ketevan Machavariani, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Prof. Dr. Nunu Mitskevich, Ivane Javakchishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgian National University SEU, Tbilisi, Georgia
Prof. Dr. Hans-Willi Mittrücker, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Wolfgang Papisch, Thermo Fisher Scientific, ImmunoDiagnostics (previously Phadia)
Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Winfried F. Pickl, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Bojan Polić, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Prof. Dr. Revaz Sepiashvili, National Institute of Allergology, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Tskhaltubo, Georgia
Rafal Socha, Becton-Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Hannes Stockinger, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Neriman Tsintsadze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia
Oxana Ussenova, Department of Children's Diseases, Astana Medical University, Kazakhstan
Prof. Dr. Christina Zielinski, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
Program
Friday October 30, 2026 - Monday November 2, 2026
Tentative Schedule
Friday October 30, 2026
19:00 - 19:30 Opening
19:00 - 19:20 - Iva Hafner Bratkovič, Bojan Polić, Winfried Pickl: Introduction to the school
19:20 - 19:30 - Revaz Sepiashvili, President of the Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (GAACI): Welcome address
19:30 - 20:15 Keynote Lecture by the EFIS president chaired by Revaz Sepiashvili
19:30 - 20:15 - Bojan Polić
20:30 Dinner
Saturday October 31, 2026
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures I (Innate responses) chaired by Tinatin Chikovani
09:00 - 09:45 - Günnur Deniz
09:45 - 10:30 - Martin Herrmann
10:30 - 10:35 Group photo
10:35 - 11:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
11:00 - 11:45 Plenary Lectures II (Autoimmunity) chaired by Nunu Mitskevich
11:00 - 11:45 - Wolfgang Papisch
11:45 - 13:00 Students´ rapid-fire slideshow presentations 1-16 (part 1) - showcase your work in 3 minutes using your graphical abstract as a teaser chaired by Hannes Stockinger
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Parallel Workshops I
- Patrick Juszczak and Rafal Socha: Introduction to flow cytometry
- Felix Gastager, Wolfgang Papisch & Oxana Ussenova: Polyautoimmunity and Likelihood-Ratios: Theory and case studies
- Hannes Stockinger and Bernhard Fleischer: Immunology in a nutshell
- Bojan Polić: Immunometabolism
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
16:00 - 17:30 Parallel Workshops II
- Patrick Juszczak and Rafal Socha: Advanced flow cytometry: Essentials of panel designing in flow cytometry
- Felix Gastager, Wolfgang Papisch & Oxana Ussenova: Polyautoimmunity and Likelihood-Ratios: Theory and case studies
- Hans-Willi Mittrücker: Identification and quantification of antigen-specific T cells
- Ihsan Gürsel: Extracellular vesicles and immunity
18:30 Dinner
20:00 - 21:50 Students´ rapid-fire slideshow presentations 17-30 (part 2) - showcase your work in 3 minutes using your graphical abstract as a teaser chaired by Iva Hafner Bratkovič
21:50 - 23:00 Poster walk part 1 and 2
With crisps, cookies and beverages
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Sunday November 1, 2026
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures III (Adaptive immunity) chaired by Manana Chikhladze
09:00 - 09:45 - Hannes Stockinger
09:45 - 10:30 - Hans-Willi Mittrücker
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
11:00 - 12:30 Students´ rapid-fire slideshow presentations 30-50 (part 3) - showcase your work in 3 minutes using your graphical abstract as a teaser chaired by Winfried Pickl
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Parallel Workshops III
- Patrick Juszczak and Rafal Socha: Essentials of panel designing in flow cytometry
- Felix Gastager, Wolfgang Papisch & Oxana Ussenova: Polyautoimmunity and Likelihood-Ratios: Theory and case studies
- Winfried F. Pickl: Diagnostics in immunology with a focus on primary immunodeficiencies
- Hannes Stockinger: Microbiome and immunity
- Rita Carsetti: Vaccine development
15:30 - 19:30 Fuelling minds in nature: Walking, talking and thinking with the professors
20:00 - 23:00 Farewell dinner
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Monday November 2, 2026
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Lectures IV (Immune diseases) chaired by Lasha Chelidze
09:00 - 09:45 - Winfried F. Pickl
09:45 - 10:30 - Christina Zielinski
10:00 - 11:00 Coffee break and poster walk part 3
11:00 - 12:30 Plenary Lectures V (Concepts for immunotherapies) chaired by Neriman Tsintsadze
11:00 - 11:45 - Rita Carsetti
11:45 - 12:30 - Ihsan Gürsel
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Plenary Lectures VI (Novel Concepts in Immunology) chaired by Ketevan Machavariani
13:30 - 14:15 - Iva Hafner Bratkovič
14:15 - 15:30 Plenary Forum
- Bojan Polić, Günnur Deniz, Winfried Pickl, Hannes Stockinger: How to apply for international funding in clinical and basic immunology
15:30 Departure