Dr Tobias Käser
Symposium Chairperson
Tobias is the Assistant
Professor of Immunology at the Institute of Immunology
at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.
He studied biology at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany) with a
focus on molecular biology, virology and microbiology.
He is an immunologist who
uses the swine model not
only to develop a vaccine
against Chlamydia
trachomatis but also to study
the food allergy eosinophilic esophagitis.
Dr Kerstin Mair
Co-Chairperson of the
Scientific Program Committee
Kerstin works as a Post
Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Immunology, Department for Pathobiology, University of Veterinary
Medicine Vienna.
Her top area of expertise is
H1N1 Influenza.
Her clinical research consists
of co-authoring 35 peer
reviewed articles in the past
15 years.
Dr Sabine Hammer
Co-Chairperson of the
Scientific Program Committee
Sabine currently works at the Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. She does research in Immunology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. She is a Member of the ISAG-SLA Nomenclature Committee
which validates and assigns
novel SLA alleles.
She is a founding member of
the European Canine
Lymphoma Network which
joins clinicians and scientists to set certain standards in neoplastic tumours research
and diagnostics in
companion animals.
Prof. Sven Parsons
IVIS2023 Chairperson
After 5 years in small animal practice, Sven did an MSc in Veterinary Science. He then pursued a PhD at Stellenbosch University, and this work, and much of his post-doctoral research, focused on the aetiology, epidemiology, and diagnostic immunology of tuberculosis (TB) in a wide range of animal species, including African wildlife. During this time, he co-supervised 5 PhD and 3 MSc students to completion.
He has been an active member
of the South African
Immunology Society (SAIS), chairing the organizing committee of IVIS 2023, and convening the
veterinary interest group of
SAIS.
Dr Eva Wattrang
VIC-IUIS Representative
Eva is a researcher at the
National Veterinary Institute, Department of Microbiology, Uppsala, Sweden.
In 1999 she was awarded the
gold medal for best scientific publication (thesis: Genetic
and environmental effects on some porcine immune
functions) by the Swedish
Society for Veterinary Research.
Since 2015 she has been the Treasurer for the Veterinary Immunology Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (VIC-IUIS).
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