T-cell development and function – a downunder experience

Abstract

It is nearly 40 years since Jacques Miller revealed the importance of the thymus as a major primary lymphoid organ. However, despite a vast number of subsequent publications confirming this, and defining many facets of thymopoiesis, it is clear that several key issues have remained unresolved. In order to review the enormous advances made in understanding the life of a T cell from precursor to pathology, the third ‘ThymOz’ meeting has been held in Australia*.