Five permanent seats, carrying the direction of the Centre.
Centre for Immunology, Genetics, and Systems Biology
Advancing immunology, genetics, and systems biology through rigorous, collaborative research.
At CISBM, advisory scientists lead funding searches and structure the studies, while members train through seminars and intensive research bootcamps in a supportive environment, producing outputs suitable for publication or future funding.
How the Centre is organised
Two councils, and a ladder you climb by finishing work.
Direction sits with two councils. Standing is earned by completing supervised research, not by appointment — every grade above Registered Member is reached by carrying a piece of work to publication-ready material.
Seven seats held for a year, three of them taken by the highest research scores.
Where to start
Where to begin at the Centre.
Membership looks different depending on where you are in your career. Each guide sets out what the first steps involve and what they lead to.
A guide for early-career researchers
Where to start, and what the first year looks like.
What this involves
A guide for senior academics and the advisory board
How senior members shape the Centre's work.
What this involves
Apply to the Centre
One form, every kind of application.
You need a CISBM member account before you can apply. Register first, then return here and choose your application type.
Start an application →Mission
Research carried through to an output.
CISBM exists to make scientific collaboration straightforward. We bring researchers together around defined activities designed to produce genuine scientific output: proposals, manuscripts, computational analyses, and experimental concepts, each taken through to a finished piece of work.
Our work spans immunology, genetics, and systems biology, and the methods that connect molecular-scale data to clinical questions. We welcome researchers from every institution and at every career stage, and we judge the work by its rigor and originality.
The shape of the Centre
Four ways in, drawn.
Who decides, how standing is earned, where you begin, and what the work is. Swipe, scroll or use the arrows.
Two councils
Who sits where →A ladder, climbed by finishing
Scientific Progression Levels →Supervision, then a skill
The training pathway →Themes, groups, projects
Inside the research →
Activities
View all events →Upcoming Events
No upcoming events are scheduled right now.
New scientific events, seminars, and the next Research Bootcamp will be announced here.
Browse past events →
People
Meet the community →Our People
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Dr. Kiarash Saleki, MD, HMBA
Director General
Advisory & Distinguished Member
- Aida Mehrani Deputy Director Advisory & Distinguished Member
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Mohammad Javad Yousefi-Hashemabad
Head of Research
Advisory & Distinguished Member
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Ahmad Reza Gilaki-Bishe
Head of Human Resources
Advisory & Distinguished Member
Membership
Membership is free, and built for scientific collaboration.
CISBM membership is free in every category. Regular and Affiliated members train, build skills, and collaborate directly on research outputs, while the Senior Committee shapes scientific direction and strategy. Every category is open to researchers who meet its academic requirements.