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DGfI, founded in 1967, has more than 2,400 members active in basic immunological research or clinical immunology. The scientific activities of the DGfI are organized in 16 study groups. The DGfI organizes annual congresses with approximately 1000 participants, at intervals also together with other European societies, in order to advance the networking of immunologists within Europe. There are also small bilateral meetings.
DGfI
German Society for Immunology DGfI
News from the society
Obituary
Fritz Melchers
The German Society for Immunology mourns the loss of its former President
Prof. Dr. Fritz Melchers
* 27. April 1936
† 24. February 2025
Academy of immunology
TIS 2025
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Join the Translational Immunology School in July 3-5, 2025 in Potsdam.
DGfI educational programme
Academy for Immunology
We offer education and training for all levels from beginners to postdocs in the three modules of our Academy of Immunology.
DGfI further qualification
Certified Immunologist DGfI
With this certificate, DGfI documents comprehensive expertise in basic and clinical immunology for for private persons and institutions.
DGfI Research
DGfI study
groups
Our scientists are organized in 16 thematically focused working groups. New in 2021: the working groups Vaccines and Allergy/Immunology.
DGfI Young Academics
Young Immunologists
This forum offers young immunologists within DGfI the opportunity to advance topics of particular relevance to them.
Members' magazine
DGfI Quarterly
Issue 2025-01
Quarterly we inform about developments and news in our professional society. (in German)
Public outreach
'Das faszinierende Immunsystem'
A book about the human immune system, easy to understand and vividly illustrated.
