3rd HIV Cure Symposium Utrecht - November 25th 2016

Program

Chairs:
Professor Andy Hoepelman, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases UMC Utrecht
José Borghans, PhD, Immunology UMC Utrecht
Professor Jürgen Kuball, MD, PhD, Hematology UMC Utrecht
Joop Arends, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases UMC Utrecht

13:30h    Opening by Annemarie Wensing

13:35h    The central nervous system as a potential source of antiviral escape: case series
               Pauline Ellerbroek, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases UMC Utrecht

13:50h    CSF and blood biomarkers for HIV infections in CNS
               Professor Magnus Gisslen, MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases University of Gothenburg, Sweden

14:15h    Novel methods to unravel the role of microglia in HIV pathogenesis and persistence
               Lot de Witte, MD, PhD, Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht

14:35h    HIV Reservoir in long term treated HIV patients
               Kobus Bosman, PhD, Virology, Medical Microbiology UMC Utrecht

15:00 – 15:30 BREAK

15:30h    Participation in cure research: an interview on the patient experience with Matt Chappell and Gary Steinkohl
               Fred Verdult, Volle Maan Amsterdam

16:00h    Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in HIV-1 infected individuals; the IciStem Consortium
               Annemarie Wensing, MD, PhD, Virology, Medical Microbiology UMC Utrecht

16:20h    Combinatorial CRISPR/Cas9 approaches targeting different steps in the HIV life cycle can prevent the
               selection of resistance
               Monique Nijhuis, PhD, Virology, Medical Microbiology UMC Utrecht

16:45h    Closing remarks by Monique Nijhuis

16:50h    Drinks 

Date & Time
Friday November 25th 2016, from 13:30h until 17:00h.

Location
Van Peperzeel auditorium in the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht.  
Q-Building UMC Utrecht. Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Registration
Participation in this symposium is for free.
Registration will be handled in order of receipt. Registration is not valid until you have received an official confirmation from the organizers. A maximum of 50 participants can take part.

Accreditation
Accreditation for 3rd HIV Cure Symposium has been applied for at the NVMM and NIV.