<div><br clear="all">Dear Jeffrey,</div>
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<div>On behalf of the International Society for Vaccines (ISV) (<a href="http://www.isv-online.org/about/oeb2009.htm">http://www.isv-online.org/about/oeb2009.htm</a>) I would like to invite you and all the interested colleagues to participate of our 5th Vaccine and ISV Annual Global Congress that will be held in Seattle , USA on 2-4 October 2011. </div>
<div>You can see now the conference webcast of our 4th Congress that has just been held in Vienna (3 to 5 October 2010) <a href="http://www.vaccinecongress.com/">http://www.vaccinecongress.com/</a>.</div>
<div>The ISV aims are: </div>
<div>1. To encourage, establish and promote the development and the use of vaccines to prevent and control infectious and non-infectious diseases in humans and animals <br>2.To develop a professional and academic society devoted to all aspects of vaccines: from basic and applied research on antigens and adjuvant formulations to the industrial scaling-up of vaccine formulations, epidemiology, design of Phase II, III and IV trials, safety and regulatory issues.</div>
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<div>For our last meeting, applications were free for new society members and we are planning to do the same for the next meeting. Also, we plan to offer fellowship for postgraduate students to allow their participation in the Seattle meeting.</div>
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<div>At the end of each meeting all participant who presented posters, oral communications and conferences are invited to publish them on Procedia of Vaccinology (Elsevier).</div>
<div>Vaccine (Elsevier) is the sponsor Journal of ISV. </div>
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<div>I look forward to meet you all in Seattle next year,</div>
<div>Best wishes</div>
<div>Clarisa</div>
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<div><br>Clarisa B Palatnik de Sousa<br>Full Professor<br>Instituto de Microbiologia "Professor Paulo de Góes"<br>Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,<br>CCS, Bloco I sala 036<br>Avda Carlos Chagas 373<br>Cidade Universitária. Ilha do Fundão<br>
CP 68040. CEP 21941-590<br>Rio de Janeiro, RJ<br>Brasil<br><br></div>