The International Union of Immunological Societies, a member of the International Council for Science

International Council for Science

The International Council for Science , formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions, was founded in 1931 as an international non-governmental organization devoted to international co-operation in the advancement of science...

, is an organization which serves as an umbrella organization for many national immunological societies. The organization was founded in 1969.. The ten founding member societies were the American Association of Immunologists, British Society for Immunology

British Society for Immunology

The British Society for Immunology, or BSI, is a UK based organisation of British immunologists but accepts members from all countries. It was founded in 1956 and is one of the oldest and largest Immunology societies in the world and the largest in Europe...

, Canadian Society for Immunology, Dutch Society for Immunology, Gesellschaft fur Immunologie, Israel Immunological Society, Polish Society of Immunology, Scandinavian Society for Immunology, Societe Francaise d’immunologie, and Yugoslav Immunological Society. IUIS had 54 member societies in 2009.

The current President of IUIS is Stefan H.E. Kaufmann.

Among their activities is classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases.

External links

• http://www.iuisonline.org/
• International Union of Immunological Societies records, 1969-2001 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County