Research activities in the Department of Immunology cover a broad spectrum of questions in immunology ranging from fundamental aspects of antigen recognition and intercellular signalling to intercellular communication, migration and homing.

Among the outstanding advances made during recent years is the effective collaboration developing amongst several researchers of the Department in studying the relationship between migration and adhesion of immune cells and its control by physical and biochemical parameters.

On July 12, 2004, the department suffered a tragic loss with the untimely passing of Prof. Ofer Lider, z"l. His students and colleagues are devotedly continuing Prof. Lider's outstanding scientific achievments. In addition, Ofer’s family, friends and colleagues have founded Life’s Verse, a non-profit association, to encourage other scientists to follow in Ofer’s path. In this vein, Life's Verse is sponsoring an annual literary prize to commemorate Ofer’s unique wedding of science with art, and to encourage scientists to express their creativity in the world of the written word as in the world of nature. For a glimpse into the richness and creativity that was Ofer, see http://www.lider.name/about.html.

The Department of Immunology is a member of The European Network of Immunology Institutes.