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This year's symposium focused on new developments in basic biological research regarding the immunology of HIV infection.
Keynote Address
- Natural Killer Cells and Immunity to Viral Infection
Lewis Lanier, PhD, UCSF
Presentations
- Innate Immunity is Important in Preventing HIV Infection and Disease Progression
Jay A. Levy, MD, UCSF - T Cell Activation Versus Virus Dissemination by Virus-Bearing Dendritic Cells
Melissa Pope, PhD, Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council - T Cell Depletion in HIV-1 Infection
Mette Hazenberg, MD, PhD, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology - T Cell Proliferation Failure in HIV Disease: Implications for Immune Restoration
Michael Lederman, MD, Case Western Reserve University - Regulation of HIV specific CD8+ T cells
Douglas F. Nixon, MD, PhD, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, UCSF - Generation of Dysfunctional CD8low T Cells in the Setting of HIV Infection
David Favre, DVM, PhD, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology - Dendritic Cells in HIV Pathogenesis
Dan R. Littman, MD, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University - Antiviral Memory T Cell Responses
Giuseppe Pantaleo, MD, University of Lausanne - Selection by SIV-Specific CTL
David Watkins, PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison Medical School - Differential Thresholds for Cytokine and Lytic Effector Functions of Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells
Richard A. Koup, MD, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH - SHIV Escape from Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Recognition in Rhesus Monkeys
Norman L. Letvin, MD, Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University - The Effects of Growth Hormone on T Lymphopoiesis
Laura A. Napolitano, MD, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology - The Pre-Clinical Development and Properties of HIV-1 Entry Inhibitors as Drugs and/or Microbicides
John P. Moore, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University