Conferences and symposiums Clinical Microbiology Mini-Symposium
19-05-2022 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Campus Flemingsberg
Von Behring Room, ANA Futura, 9th floor, Alfred Nobels Allé 8. (+ Zoom)
Welcome to a Mini-Symposium on HIV research.
The Mini-Symposium aims to provide updates on the two most challenging aspects of HIV research i.e. HIV functional cure and immune aging in successfully treated HIV-infected individuals with antiretrovirals both clinical and preclinical including the primate model of the HIV-cure research.
The symposium will benefit students, clinicians, and basic science researchers.
Program
13.00-13.40
Macaque Models of HIV Pathogenesis and Cure
Prof. Siddappa Byrareddy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
13.50-14.30
Immune activation and immunological aging in middle-aged people living with HIV
Associate Prof. Neeltje A. Kootstra, Amsterdam UMC.
14.45-15.00
Break
15.00-15.40
Virus evolution and virus-host interactions in hyperacute HIV-1 infection
Associate Prof. Joakim Esbjörnsson, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University.
Zoom link
Please contact host: Ujjwal Neogi (ujjwal.neogi@ki.se) or Soham Gupta (soham.gupta@ki.se) for Zoom link.