Wild immunology: converging on the real world

Babayan, S.A. et al. (2011) Wild immunology: converging on the real world. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1236(1), pp. 17-29. (doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06251.x)

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Abstract

Recently, the Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution sponsored a one-day symposium entitled “Wild Immunology.” The CIIE is a new Wellcome Trust–funded initiative with the remit to connect evolutionary biology and ecology with research in immunology and infectious diseases in order to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on challenges to global health. The central question of the symposium was, “Why should we try to understand infection and immunity in wild systems?” Specifically, how does the immune response operate in the wild and how do multiple coinfections and commensalism affect immune responses and host health in these wild systems? The symposium brought together a broad program of speakers, ranging from laboratory immunologists to infectious disease ecologists, working on wild birds, unmanaged animals, wild and laboratory rodents, and on questions ranging from the dynamics of coinfection to how commensal bacteria affect the development of the immune system. The meeting on wild immunology, organized by Amy Pedersen, Simon Babayan, and Rick Maizels, was held at the University of Edinburgh on 30 June 2011.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Babayan, Dr Simon
Authors: Babayan, S.A., Allen, J.E., Bradley, J.E., Geuking, M.B., Graham, A.L., Grencis, R.K., Kaufman, J., McCoy, K.D., Paterson, S., Smith, K.G.C., Turnbaugh, P.J., Viney, M.E., Maizels, R.M., and Pedersen, A.B.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
Journal Name:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher:New York Academy of Sciences
ISSN:0077-8923
ISSN (Online):1749-6632

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