EMDS 2012: 26th Meeting of the European society for macrophage and dendritic cell biology in Debrecen, Hungary, September 1-3, 2012

摘要

The EMDS Meeting has established itself as a regular key event on the calendars of macrophage and dendritic cells biologists in Europe during the past two decades. The Societies' 26th Annual Meeting was held in Debrecen, in a University town in Hungary composed of 250,000 inhabitants and more than 30,000 students. 2012 was the centennial year of the establishment of the Royal University of Debrecen back in 1912, while the roots of higher education in Debrecen can be traced back to a far as 1538 when the Reformed (Calvinist) Church established its college in the city. The field of Immunology has set roots in Debrecen early on as well, with both, basic research and as well as clinical immunology.