Australian Inflammation Centres (AIC) 2026 Annual Symposium
Registrations now open - registration for online attendance available
The Australian Inflammation Centres (AIC) bring together inflammation researchers from eleven major sites: The University of Melbourne, Australian National University, Centenary Institute, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, SAiGENCI (Adelaide University), QIMR Berghofer, The University of Queensland, and WEHI.
Now in its sixth year, the 2026 Annual AIC Symposium will be jointly held with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Immunology (ASI) Special Interest Group on Innate Immunity, and the Australasian Cell Death Society (ACDS). This national two-day showcase event, hosted at Melbourne Dental School, will provide an opportunity for inflammation, innate immunity and cell death research communities to engage, connect and enhance research collaboration.
The AIC Symposium 2026 program can be viewed here.
Date: 9-10 November, 2026
Hybrid Event: Join in-person or online (free registration) *registration for online attendance still available
In-Person Location: Hosted at Melbourne Dental School (720 Swanston St, Carlton), The University of Melbourne, Victoria: The Jean Falkner Tahija Lecture Theatre. *Please enter Melbourne Dental School via Lynch Street.
*There are limited in-person places available - if you have registered for in-person attendance and can no longer attend, please contact australian.inflammation.centres@gmail.com
Topics include:
Innate mechanisms in disease
Inflammation and cancer
Infection and vaccination
Immune cell signalling
Emerging therapeutics and biomarkers
AIC Symposium 2026 program: view here.
Speakers will include: Dr André Samson (CID/WEHI), Prof Ana Traven (Monash University), A/Prof Laura Edgington-Mitchell (University of Melbourne), Prof Jay Horvat (University of Newcastle), A/Prof Yu Yu (Curtin MRI), Dr Laszlo Groh (Mhlangalab/Radboud University) and Dr Jim Harris (CSIRO).
Short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts, and there will also be a poster session and networking opportunities.
Abstracts for short talks and posters
All presenting authors must register for the meeting before submitting an abstract - only presenting authors attending in person will be considered.
Abstract submissions open: Monday 24th August 2026
Abstract submission deadline (now closed): Friday 25th September 2026 (late abstracts submitted after this date will not be considered).
Abstracts must include: Title, all authors’ names, affiliation and career stage (eg. PhD student, postdoctoral scientist) of first author. The presenting author is the first author. Please indicate if you would like your abstract to be considered for a short talk, or if you prefer to only be considered for a poster.
Max word count is 200; this excludes authors and affiliations.
Abstracts must be submitted by email to: australian.inflammation.centres@gmail.com
Abstracts will not be published.
Symposium organising committee:
AIC: Prof Seth Masters, Prof Michael Hickey and Dr Marianne Megroz
ASI ii SIG: Dr Dominic De Nardo, Dr Rutger Roring
ACDS: Dr Sabrina Sofia Burgener
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