About this Event
The University of Queensland Frazer Institute is pleased to offer the 2026 Winter Course in Advanced Immunology at the Translational Research Institute (TRI) in Wooloongabba.
The course offers advanced instruction in immunology and an opportunity to hear from leaders and rising stars in the field of immunology.
The opportunity to win a Frazer Institute Honours Scholarship in Immunology*, valued at $3500.
Registration information:
Registration is completed by selecting the Tickets option (upper right) where your ticket can be selected and registration details provided.
Ticket options:
Undergraduate Students:
- Lectures + Practical ($180 + GST) - Available to enrolled undergraduate students from any university. Morning tea and lunch provided each of the 5 days, entire program booklet (lectures + practical manual).
PhD/ Postgraduate Students:
- Lectures + Practical ($180+ GST) - Available to 1st year PhD students enrolled at UQ Frazer Institute. Morning tea and lunch provided each of the 5 days, entire program booklet (lectures + practical manual).
- Lectures only ($90 + GST) - Available to enrolled postgraduate students from any university. Morning tea (no lunch) provided each of the 5 days, program booklet (lectures only).
Other:
- Lectures only ($120 + GST) - Available to external attendees (i.e. clinicians, industry, professionals). Morning tea (no lunch) provided each of the 5 days, program booklet (lectures only).
Please note: If you are a postgraduate student and would like to be waitlisted for any vacancies in the 'Lectures + Practical' course, please contact [email protected].
- RISQ options are offered to UQ Frazer Institute staff and students. Limited spaces available. Please email [email protected].
- Frazer Institute PhD students may be eligible to attend the Lectures only component at no cost, please email [email protected].
Topics include (may be subject to minor changes):
- Review of immune system
- T-cell immunology
- B-cell immunology and antobodies
- Dendritic cells and antigen processing/presentation
- Microbiome/immune/environment interactions
- Natural Killer cells
- Innate Lymphoid cells
- Macrophages and infection
- Dendritic cells and antigen targeting
- Cancer immunology
- Autoimmunity and tolerance
- Commercialisation and drug development
- Vaccine research
Technology seminars:
- Fundamentals of flow cytometry
- Fundamentals of microscopy
- Spatial technologies
- Multi-omics data analysis
Practical course (afternoons) will include:
- Cell culture
- ELISA
- Fluorescence microscopy
- Luciferase assay
- Flow cytometry
- Live cell imaging
- Data analysis
- Data presentation
*Frazer Institute Honours Scholarship in Immunology eligibility criteria: To be eligible for a Frazer Institute Honours Scholarship in Immunology you must be eligible to undertake Honours at UQ and enrol in an immunology themed Honours program at Frazer Institute within 1 year of the scholarship being awarded. For further information please contact [email protected].
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Translational Research Institute, 37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba, Australia
AUD 99.00 to AUD 198.00
