The 10th International Workshop on Autoantibodies and Autoimmunity (10th IWAA) will take place in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, from March 6th to the 9th, 2008.
This workshop series is held every 2 – 3 years as an international gathering of academics and industry scientists with common interest in research on autoantibodies, autoimmunity, and molecular and cell biology. Previous conferences were held in Heidelberg, Germany (1989), San Diego, California (1991), Schloβ Elmau, Germany (1993), Melbourne, Australia (1995), Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1997), Oslo, Norway (1999), Awajishima, Japan (2001), Berlin, Germany (2003), and Gainesville, Florida (2005).
This symposium is dedicated to the dissemination of the latest advances in autoantibody and autoimmunity research as it pertains to autoimmune and neoplastic diseases.
I sincerely hope that you can attend to continue with the tradition of this IWAA meeting that started in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1989. The first workshop was co-founded by Dr. Eng M. Tan, the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, with Professor Ekkehard K.F. Bautz, former head of the Institute of Molecular Genetics in Heidelberg, Professor J.R. Kalden from Erlangen, and the late Professor Mitsuo Homma of Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan.
The next 10th Workshop will be held in Guadalajara which is the state capital of Jalisco and is the second largest city in Mexico. It is located in the western part of the country and you can easily arrive by direct flights from major airports in United States and from Europe and Asia via Mexico City.
In a few weeks this web page will provide the information about the preliminary program, including some of the main conferences. Now you can take a look on the registration fees and hotel accommodations. Also, you can start preparing your abstracts. In addition, some of you would like to extend your visit either before or after the workshop and enjoy a relaxing atmosphere in the city or in many resorts and destinations of interest.
In the meantime mark your calendars now: March 6th – 9th, 2008.
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I hope to see you here in Guadalajara in March 2008!!
