November 7, 2016
November 7, 2016, 9am to 4pm
Masur Auditorium, NIH Bethesda
The NIH Immunology Interest Group (IIG) and Cytokine Interest Group (CIG) have organized a one-day symposium, to be held on Nov. 7th, 2016 in Jack Masur Auditorium on the NIH campus, to honor the legacy of Dr. William E. Paul, who passed away on September 18th, 2015 after having bravely fought against acute myeloid leukemia as well as B cell lymphoma. Dr. Paul was the leader of the NIH immunology community and his career is without parallel in the field of immunology. He had been Chief of the Laboratory of Immunology of NIAID beginning in 1970 at age 34 until his death. His groundbreaking contributions to the immunology field, including the discovery of interleukin (IL)-4, were demonstrated in more than 600 publications over half a century. He also played an important role in the establishment of the NIH Vaccine Research Center while he was Director of the NIH Office of AIDS Research. Furthermore, Dr. Paul was a shining icon and an international giant of contemporary immunology. He was a genius and a living encyclopedia of immunology, the author of the textbook "Fundamental Immunology" since its inception to the 7th edition in 2013; and editor of the Annual Review of Immunology from its inaugural issue in 1983 until 2011. In his recent book "Immunity", he discussed the three laws of immunology: universality, tolerance and appropriateness. These capture the essence of Dr. Paul as well as the field.
Dr. Paul had enormous impact on the research career of his trainees, many of whom became leaders in the immunology field, including Drs. Charles Janeway, Ronald Schwartz, Laurie Glimcher and Mark Davis. Dr. Paul was an intelligent, generous, humble but optimistic man. He was an inspirational and thoughtful leader, colleague and friend; he inspired and encouraged people around him in every possible way.
As a community, we miss him greatly and dedicate this symposium to his memory. This symposium will recognize his close interactions with NIH colleagues and his trainees that have gone on to establish their own sterling careers in immunology. The participants in this symposium will include Drs. Laurie Glimcher, Mark Davis, Anthony Fauci, Harold Varmus, Ronald Germain, Robert Seder, Ethan Shevach among others, and sessions will be chaired by Fred Finkelman and Ronald Schwartz. We believe that this program will be an occasion that all who knew Dr. Paul will be honored to be a part of.
This meeting will bring together many individuals who were part of the legacy of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunology. Many of these former trainees have met Bill's challenge of "[contributing] remarkably to human health", as he urged each of us to have the responsibility of "perfecting the world". Dr. Paul will be missed tremendously and remembered annually by the NIH community through an NIH Director's WALS (Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series) lecture named in his honor. The first "William E. Paul WALS lecture" will be given by Dr. Laurie Glimcher on Nov. 7th as part of the symposium. Thus, this symposium will serve as a fitting remembrance of a remarkable career and we invite the NIH community to participate.
To register, please visit
https://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/events/WilliamPaulMemorial/default.asp
Registration closes on Nov. 1, 2016.
If you need more information, please contact Jeff Zhu at jfzhu@niaid.nih.gov or Bob Seder at rseder@mail.nih.gov
Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Dr. Howard Young (younghow@mail.nih.gov, 301-846-5700) and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).
Jeff Zhu, Pam Schwartzberg and Howard Young for the IIG and CIG Steering Committees