International Society of Fish And Shellfish Immunology

The initially meeting of the immunology gathering was held in Copenhagen in 1990 and the delegates were, Torger Börresen and Claus Koch from Denmark, Sinikka Pelkonen from Finland, Sigridur Gudmundsdottir from Iceland, Trond Jörgensen from Norway and Lars Pilström from Sweden. Amid the following 3 years, the period for which assets were conceded from the Nordic Council of Ministers, the primary exercises of the gathering were to give preparation gifts to researchers in the field, a venture for the making of monoclonal antibodies against antigens on cells from the resistant arrangement of rainbow trout and the association of two worldwide meetings. The first was held in Tromsö, Norway in 1991 and the second in Lysekil, Sweden in 1993. From that point forward gatherings have been held in Reykjavik (1995), Hirtshals (1998), Oslo (2001), Finland (2004), and Scotland 2007. At the fifth meeting of the immunology bunch in November 1992, the joint effort started between the research facilities in the Nordic nations appeared to be so effective, and the universal energy about the gatherings were pronounced to the point, that it was chosen to attempt to figure out how to proceed with the participation in spite of the fact that the cash assigned by NPB was running out. The gathering proposed to shape an autonomous society. That was formally done amid the symposium in Lysekil, where the official inaugural get together of the agents occurred, and a board was chosen. The board individuals chose were the same individuals as said above, with Lars Pilström being the principal director. Standing rules for the general public were additionally received at this event. The association kept on being Nordic as in the board individuals have been chosen from Nordic nations yet the enrollment is interested in anybody. Additionally, gives from the Nordic Council of Ministers and from nearby Nordic assets were connected for and got, and have been apportioned to NOFFI for uncommon errands.