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Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research

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The Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) was founded in 1988 as an institution of the foundation Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin SFI in Davos, Switzerland. SIAF is located at the Medicine Campus Davos, which opened in 2019. SIAF has been an affiliated institute of the University of Zurich since 1995.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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The Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) was founded in 1988 as an institution of the foundation Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin SFI in Davos, Switzerland. SIAF is located at the Medicine Campus Davos, which opened in 2019. SIAF has been an affiliated institute of the University of Zurich since 1995.2

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SIAF is a member in national and international organizations, such as the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). SIAF scientists are involved in editorial boards and editorships of notable scientific journals in the field of allergies, asthma, and clinical immunology. SIAF scientists fulfill teaching obligations at the University of Zurich and the University of Salzburg. SIAF organizes the yearly international World Immune Regulation Meeting (WIRM).

SIAF focuses on direct patient-relevant human immunology and cell biology with a series of research projects on immune regulatory aspects and particularly allergen tolerance, regulation of tissue cells and tissue barriers, methods for the detection of tissue barriers, regulatory aspects of noncoding DNA, and development of vaccines.

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