Nature Immunology, Published online: 28 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41590-023-01630-x

The first conference on ‘Infection and Immunity’ was organized by the Institute for Basic Science and Korean Association of Immunologists and held in Daejeon, South Korea, from 12 to 14 July 2023. The conference focused on the biology of CD8+ T cells in the context of viral disease and cancer.