The annual Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) was held in Munich (Germany) on May 26-30,2018. Sechenov University specialists were among 10 thousands participating scientists from around the world. 

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Dr. Pavel Kolkhir, head of Research Center for immune-dependent dermatoses, was a Chairman of the several Congress sections. Moreover, he was responsible for organizing a meeting between mentors and their students within a mentoring program. The mentoring program is one of the most important initiatives of EAACI. It allows young scientists from all over the world to establish cooperation with the international scientific community and EAACI members, to publish their articles in top international journals.
Professor Asya Kudryavtseva, Department of Childhood Diseases, member of the EAACI "Allergy, Asthma & Sport" working group, together with Professor Oxana Svitich and Ms. Julia Boguslavskaya, postgraduate student, Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology in collaboration with Ms. Vseslava Kochanova, Ms. Elizabeth Bystritskaya, and Ms. Polina Gegalkine, 5th and 6^th-grade students, have presented 3 scientific reports. Dr. Polina Pyatilova, Department of skin and venereal disease, presented a poster report. Abstracts of all speakers will be published in the prestigious EAACI journal (with impact factor of 7.3). 
The EAACI Dermatology Section has organized the 5th meeting of the EAACI Skin Allergy Club which was hosted on June 8-9, 2018 in Zurich (Switzerland). The Russian participants were 2 Sechenov University’s representatives: Dr. Polina Pyatilova, Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, and Dt. Anastasia Allenova, Research Center for Immune-dependent Dermatoses.