First Publication of Standardized Immune Monitoring Methods From the Virtual Global Transplantation Laboratory Initiative

An initiative was recently launched by the Transplantation Science Committee of The Transplantation Society to gather researchers engaged in immune monitoring (IM) with the aim of creating a forum for sharing expertise in standardizing immune assay methods. The initiative was initially named the Global Virtual Laboratory (known as the GVL),1 but the group has since decided to more aptly call it the “virtual Global Transplantation Laboratory” (vGTL)