Speakers

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The 55th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI) will feature two outstanding invited speakers whose work has profoundly shaped modern immunology.

We are especially honored to welcome Professor Shimon Sakaguchi, recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine, awarded for his groundbreaking discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance and regulatory T cells (Tregs).
His seminal work revealed fundamental mechanisms by which the immune system prevents harmful autoreactivity, transforming our understanding of autoimmunity, cancer, and transplantation immunology.

We are also delighted to welcome Professor Federica Sallusto, one of the world’s leading experts in human T‑cell biology. Her pioneering research on T‑cell differentiation, memory, and trafficking—including the identification of central and effector memory T cells as well as Th17 and Th22 subsets—has had a lasting impact on both basic and translational immunology.

With Professor Sakaguchi and Professor Sallusto, the 55th DGfI Annual Meeting brings together two extraordinary scientific leaders whose discoveries continue to shape the present and future of immunological research.