The first Day of Immunology (DoI) was held on April 29th, 2005. It was brought to life by the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) in order to strengthen the public awareness of immunology as a basis for individual health and well-being. Despite many achievements in basic and clinical immunological research, the importance of this discipline is often underestimated by the public, including politicians and laypeople. Due to the great success of the annual DoI, it is now celebrated globally. In 2006, a prize was awarded for the most original activity under the headline "Partnerships in Education – Bringing Immunology to the Classroom".

Check out the following publications on previous DoI:

News and EFIS. Global Day of Immunology 2008. European Journal of Immunology 2008. 38: 2056-2059

Kaufmann, S.H.E., Grossman M.L., Englich S., The Day of Immunology 2007 goes global. European Journal of Immunology 2007. 37(5):1158-1160

Kaufmann,S.H.E., Englich,S., and Grossman,M.L., Bringing immunology to the classroom. Immunity 2006. 24: 349.

Kaufmann,S.H.E., Englich,S., and Grossman,M.L., European Day of Immunology 2006. Japanese Society of Immunology (JSI) Newsletter 2006. 14: 11.

EFIS, Partnerships in immunology and education: Day of Immunology 2006. Immunol Lett 2006. 105: 100.

Kaufmann,S.H.E., Day of immunology: a far reaching success. Immunol Lett. 2005. 100: 2-4.

Kaufmann,S.H.E., Bade,K., and Englich,S., European day of immunology. Nat Immunol. 2005. 6: 741.