WHG Lentivirus Day: Understanding HIV & the Development of Lentiviral Vectors
Agenda:
09.40-10.00 Crash course in HIV & Lentiviral Vectors Dr Altar Munis, RDM, University of Oxford
10.00-10.30 The importance of understanding HIV-1 entry and fusion in rational vaccine design.
Dr Sergi Padilla Para NDM, University of Oxford/ Kings College London
10.30-11.00 HIV-1 Capsid Assembly & Interactions with Host Cell Factors Prof Peijun Zhang, NDM, University of Oxford
11.00-11.30 Virus sensing & innate immune control of lentiviral vectors Prof Jan Rehwinkel, WIMM, University of Oxford
11.30-12.00 Insights into HIV remission & eradication strategies
Prof John Frater, NDM, University of Oxford
12.00-13.00 -LUNCH BREAK –
13.00-13.30 Analytical tools for mapping lentiviral integration
Dr Altar Munis, RDM, University of Oxford
13.30-14.00 The Use of Lentiviral CRISPR-Cas9 libraries for genome-wide loss and gain of function screening Dr Daniel Ebner, NDM, University of Oxford
14.00-14.30 Re-purposing Lentivirus to treat lung disease
Prof Deborah Gill, RDM, University of Oxford
14.30-15.00 CAR-T cell therapies Dr Rachael Nimmo, Cell Technology Group, Oxford BioMedica