Reflections and looking forward: one year of yEFIS

Just over a year ago, in March 2020, many cities around the world went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Against the backdrop of this unfolding situation, a group of dedicated young immunologists (YIs) in Europe started a collective network to support and promote junior researchers working in immunology: the young EFIS (yEFIS) [1]. Under the framework of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS), the group started to recruit representatives from across Europe and has been growing ever since (Fig 1). The mission of yEFIS is to bring together all young immunologists working in Europe and establish a platform for networking, collaboration, support, and promotion of these researchers. To achieve this aim, dedicated Working Groups were created. The idea of Working Groups is to have flexible and independent teams that work on a focused task for the required time. This workflow allows multiple projects to occur simultaneously and to make the most of all the volunteers' precious time (Fig 2). The first year has been a whirlwind of organisation, establishment, and learning on the go. But as yEFIS continues to take shape, we expect great things for the future of this group.

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Young EFIS 一年：成就和未来方向

反思与展望：yEFIS 一年

就在一年多以前，即 2020 年 3 月，由于 COVID-19 大流行，世界上许多城市都进入了封锁状态。在这种不断发展的情况下，欧洲一群敬业的年轻免疫学家 (YI) 启动了一个集体网络，以支持和促进免疫学领域的初级研究人员：年轻的 EFIS (yEFIS) [ 1]]。在欧洲免疫学会联合会 (EFIS) 的框架下，该组织开始招募来自欧洲各地的代表，此后一直在增长（图 1）。yEFIS 的使命是将所有在欧洲工作的年轻免疫学家聚集在一起，并为这些研究人员建立一个网络、协作、支持和促进的平台。为了实现这一目标，成立了专门的工作组。工作组的理念是拥有灵活且独立的团队，在规定的时间内完成一项重点任务。此工作流程允许多个项目同时进行，并充分利用所有志愿者的宝贵时间（图 2）。第一年是组织、建立和学习的旋风。但随着 yEFIS 不断成型，