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Nikolai Petrovsky1, Christian Schönbach, Vladimir Brusic
1Centre for Medical Informatics, Division of Science and Design, University of Canberra, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia. nikolai.petrovsky@anu.edu.au
Abstract:
Novartis Foundation sponsored a Symposium which brought together a group of experimental immunologists, theoretical immunologists, and bioinformaticians to discuss the new field of immunoinformatics. The discussion focused on immunological databases, antigen processing and presentation, immunogenomics, host-pathogen interactions, and mathematical modelling of the immune system. A main conclusion of the meeting is the critical role played by immunoinformatics in current immunology research. In particular, immunoinformatics provides a foundation for the emerging fields of systems immunology and immunogenomics.