Chairperson of the 9th IVIS Organaizing Committee: Takashi Onodera, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Molecular Immunology, Research Center for Food Safety, School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo Secretariat: Chieko Kai, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor and Director, Laboratory Animal Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo E-mail: ckai@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp What's New 9th IVIS Scientific Advisory Committee: Artur Summerfield, Mittelhausern, Switzerland Bruce N. Wilkie, Guelph, Canada Caroline Fossum, Uppsala, Sweden Chieko Kai, Tokyo, Japan Dirk Werling, London, UK Eric Cox, Merelbeke, Belgium Falko Steinbach, Addlestone, UK Gregers Jungersen, Copenhagen, Denmark Isabelle Schwartz, Jouy-en-Josas, France Isabel Santos, Ribeirao Preto, Brasil Jan Naessens, Nairobi, Kenya   Javier Dominguez, Madrid, Spain Jayne Hope, Compton, UK Joan K. Lunney, Beltsville, USA Lorne Babiuk, Alberta, Canada Mark Jutila, Bozeman, USA Misao Onuma, Sapporo, Japan Paul Wood, West Ryde, Australia Shigeki Inumaru, Tsukuba, Japan Sanipa Suradhat , Bangkok, Thailand Takashi Onodera, Tokyo, Japan Wendy C. Brown, Pullman, USA Local Committee: Takashi Onodera, Tokyo Misao Onuma, Sapporo Chieko Kai, Tokyo Kazuya Yamanouchi, Tokyo Teruyuki Nakanishi, Fujisawa Yoko Aida, Wako Shigeki Inumaru, Tsukuba Naotaka Ishiguro, Gifu   Masahiro Sakaguchi, Sagamihara Hiroshi Kodama, Sakai Hirohide Uenishi, Tsukuba Ken-ichi Masuda, Sagamihara Sadatoshi Maeda, Gifu Tsutomu Sekizaki, Tokyo Yosikazu Hirota, Fuchu