WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee
Allergens to be considered for inclusion in the nomenclature are reviewed by the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee, which is currently chaired by Dr. Joana Vitte (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France) and Dr. Christian Radauer (Medical University of Vienna, Austria). The committee has 23 members from academia, government regulatory agencies and industry who are leading experts in allergen characterization, structure and function (see Table).
The committee meets annually or biannually at international allergy/immunology meetings and discusses any proposed changes or additions to the nomenclature. There is also a committee-at-large, which is open to any scientist with an interest in allergens, to whom decisions made by the Sub-Committee are circulated.
| Science Co-Chair | ||
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| Christian Radauer, Ph.D. |
Medical University of Vienna Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research Vienna, Austria |
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| Liaison Co-Chair | ||
| Joana Vitte, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne Faculty of Medicine University Hospital of Reims Immunology Laboratory Reims, France |
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| Secretary | ||
| Geoffrey A. Mueller, Ph.D. |
Associate Scientist National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Instutute of Health Research Triangle Park, NC, USA |
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| Active Founding Member | ||
| Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Virginia Medical Center Department of Medicine Division of Allergy and Immunology Charlottesville, VA, USA |
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| Sub-Committee Members | ||
| Heimo Breiteneder, Ph.D. |
Medical University of Vienna Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research Vienna, Austria |
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| Sanny K. Chan, M.D., Ph.D. |
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Medical Group Santa Monica, CA, USA |
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| Maksymilian Chruszcz, Ph.D. |
Professor Michigan State University Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology East Lansing, MI, USA |
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| Gabriele Gadermaier, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor Paris Lodron University Salzburg Biosciences and Medical Biology Salzburg, Austria |
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| Richard E. Goodman, Ph.D. |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Professor - Food Science & Technology Food Allergy Research & Resource Program Lincoln, NE, USA |
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| Christiane Hilger, Ph.D. |
Luxembourg Institute of Health Department of Infection & Immunity Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
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| Thomas Holzhauser, Ph.D. |
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines Division of Allergology Langen, Germany |
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| Alain Jacquet, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine Department of Biochemistry Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Uta Jappe, M.D., MSc. |
Head Division of Clinical & Molecular Allergology Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center Borstel, Germany
Interdisciplinary Allergy Outpatient Clinic Department of Pneumology University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany |
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| Jonas Lidholm, Ph.D. |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Uppsala, Sweden |
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| Andreas Lopata, Ph.D. |
Group Leader, Molecular Immunology James Cook University Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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| Vera Mahler, M.D. |
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines Langen, Germany |
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| Markus Ollert, M.D. |
Director Department of Infection and Immunity Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé (CRP-Santé) Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
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| Anna Pomés, Ph.D. |
Research Director InBio Charlottesville, VA, USA |
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| Monika Raulf, Ph.D. |
Institute of Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA) Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum Department of Allergology/Immunology Bochum, Germany |
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| Alexandra Santos, M.D., Ph.D. |
King's College London Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine London, United Kingdom |
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| Edzard Spillner, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor Aarhus University, Immunological Biotechnology Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering Aarhus, Denmark |
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| Josefina Zakzuk Sierra,Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor University of Cartagena Institute of Immunological Research Cartagena de Indias, Colombia |
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| Yuzhu Zhang, Ph.D. |
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center Albany, CA, USA |
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| Members at Large | ||
| Martin D. Chapman, Ph.D. |
InBio Charlottesville, VA, USA |
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| Jørgen N. Larsen, Ph.D. |
ALK A/S Hørsholm, Denmark |
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| Marianne van Hage, M.D., Ph.D. |
Karolinska Institutet Department of Medicine Solna Division of Immunology and Allergy Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Ronald van Ree, Ph.D. |
Academic Medical Center Department of Experimental Immunology Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Stefan Vieths, Ph.D. |
Vice President Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines Langen, Germany |
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