Each year at the annual EFI meeting a scientist who has made a substantial contribution to the field of Immunogenetics is honoured by the society and invited to present their work in the form of the Ceppellini lecture. The lecture is named in honour of Ruggero Ceppellini (1917-1988) an Italian geneticist who was greatly influential in the HLA field. He was the organiser of the Third International Histocompatibility Workshop held in Torino, Italy in June 1967.
2025 - Prof. Ludvig Magne Sollid
Each year at the annual EFI Conference, a scientist who has made substantial contributions to the field of Immunogenetics is honored by the Society and invited to present their work in the form of the Ceppellini Lecture. The Lecture is named in honor of Ruggero Ceppellini (1917-1988), the Italian geneticist who greatly influenced the HLA field.
The first Ceppellini Lecture was delivered in 1988 by the late founder of EFI, Jon van Rood. Over the past five EFI Conferences, it has been held by Jamie Rossjohn (2024), Ronald E. Bontrop (2023), Peter C. Doherty (2022), Jacques Neefjes (2021), and Pamela Bjorkman (2019).
Ceppellini Lecturers
2025 - Ludvig Magne Sollid
2024 - Jamie Rossjohn
2023 - Ronald E. Bontrop
2022 - Peter C. Doherty
2021 - Jacques Neefjes
2020 - -/-
2019 - Pamela Bjorkman
2018 - Lorenzo Moretta
2017 - John Kappler
2016 - Effie Petersdorf
2015 - Frans Claas
2014 - Marco Colonna
2013 - James McCluskey
2012 - Gerhard Opelz
2011 - Erik Thorsby
2010 - Emil Unanue
2009 - Cees Melief
2008 - Hans-Georg Rammensee
2007 - Klas Karre
2006 - Rolf Zinkernagel
2005 - Mary Carrington
2004 - John Trowsdale
2003 - Peter Parham
2002 - Marie-Marthe Tongio
2001 - Dominique Charron
2000 - Julia G. Bodmer
1999 - Peter Morris
1998 - Paul Terasaki
1997 - Eva Klein
1996 - Hidde Ploegh
1995 - Hugh McDevitt
1994 - Andrew McMichael
1993 - Alberto Piazza
1992 - Fritz Bach
1991 - Jack Strominger
1990 - Walter F. Bodmer
1988 - Jon J. van Rood