The new H2020 project RELENT kicked-off with a successful first meeting on 20 January at the Medical University Vienna. The day started with a RELENT Symposium "Personalized Medicine for Autoimmune diseases" that was open to the public. All scientific partners of RELENT presented their research leading to RELENT at the Van-Swieten-Saal of the MUW. After this the Group convened again in a closed session at the MUW Rektoratssaal to discuss project specific questions and next steps.