The 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine was jointly awarded to the scientific researchers who, in 1983, discovered that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)is the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). To mark the 25th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the British Society for Immunology (BSI) is hosting a Public Lecture on HIV as part of its Annual Congress. The lecture is open to all and takes place from 19.00-21.00hrs in the Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow on Wednesday 19th November 2008 (doors open at 18.30hrs).
Despite years of research, we still do not have a vaccine to protect against HIV infection or to prevent the progression to AIDS in HIV-infected individuals. Major barriers to the development of an HIV vaccine include the ability of the virus to infect (and kill) cells of the immune system as well as an ability to mutate and avoid immune clearance. In this lecture, four world-renowned experts will describe the structure of HIV, the ways the virus causes disease and the means by which the immune system can combat HIV. They will discuss their research and explain how the knowledge they are generating is underpining the development of new ways to prevent infection and treat disease. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and to network after the presentations.

Speakers:

Dr Daniel Douek (National Institutes of Health, USA)
Dr Mary Collins (University College London, UK)
Prof Sarah Rowland-Jones (Oxford University, UK)
Prof Sir Andrew McMichael (Oxford University, UK)

Further details of this event can be obtained from Melanie Lucas at BSI:
Tel: +44 (0)203 031 9814
Fax: +44 (0)207 582 2882
m.lucas@immunology.org

The 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine was jointly awarded to the scientific researchers who, in 1983, discovered that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)is the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). To mark the 25th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the British Society for Immunology (BSI) is hosting a Public Lecture on HIV as part of its Annual Congress. The lecture is open to all and takes place from 19.00-21.00hrs in the Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow on Wednesday 19th November 2008 (doors open at 18.30hrs).
Despite years of research, we still do not have a vaccine to protect against HIV infection or to prevent the progression to AIDS in HIV-infected individuals. Major barriers to the development of an HIV vaccine include the ability of the virus to infect (and kill) cells of the immune system as well as an ability to mutate and avoid immune clearance. In this lecture, four world-renowned experts will describe the structure of HIV, the ways the virus causes disease and the means by which the immune system can combat HIV. They will discuss their research and explain how the knowledge they are generating is underpining the development of new ways to prevent infection and treat disease. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and to network after the presentations.

Speakers:

Dr Daniel Douek (National Institutes of Health, USA)
Dr Mary Collins (University College London, UK)
Prof Sarah Rowland-Jones (Oxford University, UK)
Prof Sir Andrew McMichael (Oxford University, UK)

Further details of this event can be obtained from Melanie Lucas at BSI:
Tel: +44 (0)203 031 9814
Fax: +44 (0)207 582 2882
m.lucas@immunology.org