Meetings-2004

GRS Meetings 2004

Meeting number	18
Date	12/02/2004
Topic	HIV and lymphoid organs
Organizer	Michaela Müller-Trutwin
Speakers	Leonid Margolis National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda HIV pathogenesis and interactions with other microbes in human lymphoid tissue

Meeting number	17
Date	11/09/2004
Topic	HIV assembly
Organizer	Lisa Chakrabarti
Speakers	Eugenia Basyuk IGGM-CNRS UMR5535, Université de Montpellier II Endosomal transport of retroviral genomic RNA
	Juan Martin-Serrano King's College, London, UK Role of cellular factors in retroviral release
	Clarisse Berlioz-Torrent INSERM U567, Institut Cochin,Paris Intracellular trafficking of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein
	Virginie Sandrin INSERM U412, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon Intracellular trafficking of Gag and Env proteins and their interactions modulate pseudotyping of Retroviruses

Meeting number	16
Date	12/12/04
Topic	Neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies ?
Organizer	Frédéric Tangy
Speakers	Francis Barin Laboratoire de Virologie, Universite Francois Rabelais, Tours Evolution of neutralizing epitope exposure on the envelope glycoprotein in the course of natural HIV infection
	Christianne Moog Institut de Virologie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg Study of primary HIV-1 isolate neutralization using different target cells: a correlation with antibody binding on viral particles ?
	Claudio Vita Département d'Ingénierie et d'Etudes des Protéines, CEA, Saclay Use of unmasked envelope glycoproteins for the induction of neutralizing antibodies to HIV-1
	Roger Legrand Service de Neurovirologie, CEA, Fontenay-aux-Roses HIV-1 vaccination and the issue of facilitation of infection by antibodies

Meeting number	15
Date	8/06/2004
Topic	Multiple fonctions of the HIV-1 protein Nef
Organizer	Lisa Chakrabarti
Speakers	Serge Bénichou Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR8104, Paris " The HIV-1 Nef protein causes a general perturbation of the endocytic pathway"
Speakers	Raphaël Ho Tsong Fang Unité de Physiopathologie des Infections Lentivirales, Institut Pasteur, Paris " Importance of thymic output during attenuated SIV infection"

Meeting number	14
Date	05/18/2004
Topic	Latent and Active HIV Reservoirs
Organizer	Michaela Müller-Trutwin
Chairperson	Pierre Sonigo
Speakers	Audrey Brussel Unité de Physiopathologie des Infections Lentivirales, I.P. New methods for quantification of integrated proviruses
	Jean-Pierre Vendrell Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier Quantification of the proviral reservoir in circulating CD4+ T cells by post-translational analysis
	Pierre Delobel Unité de Biologie des Rétrovirus, I.P. et Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Purpan, Toulouse Emergence of X4 variants despite efficient virological control under HAART

Meeting number	13
Date	09/03/2004
Topic	Regulatory T lymphocytes and HIV
Organizer	Jacques Thèze
Chairperson	Antonio Freitas
Speakers	Alfonso Almeida Biologie des populations lymphocytaires, I.P. CD4CD25 regulatory T cells do not supress throught IL-2 consumption
	Robert Wildin Oregon Health and Science University Foxp3 is necessary and sufficient for functional T regulatory cells, and variations cause human disease
	Hervé Groux Inserm U576, Université de Nice Human T Regulatory cells (TR) that secrete IL-10
	Jacques Thèze Unité d'Immunogénétique Cellulare, I.P. Discussion of the potential role of T regulatory cells in the immunopathology and therapy of HIV-1 infection

Meeting number	12
Date	20/01/04
Topic	Mechanisms of HIV-1 genetic variability: Recombination and Hypermutations
Organizer	Jacques Thèze
Chairperson	Bernard Dujon
Speakers	Matteo Negroni Unité Régulation Enzymatique des Activités Cellulaires, I.P. HIV and recombination
	Alan Hance Unité INSERM 552 Recherche Anti-Virale, Hôpital Bichat Editing of viral DNA by APOBEC-3G - role of HIV-1 Vif
	Jean-Pierre VARTANIAN Unité de Rétrovirologie Moléculaire I.P. Mecamism of G->A retroviral hypermuations induced by the cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G