Mastering Immunity 2023 Infectious Diseases Expert Symposium: Expert Panel Discussion 1

With Prof. Eui-Cheol Shin, Prof. Toru Okamoto, Prof. Daniela Weiskopf, Dr. Hoyoung Lee and Dr. Helen Wagstaffe

Prof. Eui-Cheol Shin, received his M.D. (1996) and Ph.D. (2001) from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, and his postdoctoral training at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Then he joined Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea in 2007 as an assistant professor, where he is currently a professor. He is also the director of the Center for Viral Immunology, Korea Virus Research Institute, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea, since 2021. His laboratory, Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, performs researches on T cell responses in human viral disease and cancer. In particular, they currently focus on ‘T cell-mediated immunopathogenesis’, ‘senescence of T cells’, ‘reinvigoration of exhausted T cells’, ‘human immune monitoring’ and ‘immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection’.