Abstracts for 2014

Investigator(s) Title Institution Field Area

Emilie Battivelli

A Novel Dual Fluorescent HIV-1 to Study Latency

The J. David Gladstone Institutes

Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Daniela Boehm

The Role of Bromodomain Proteins in HIV Latency

The J. David Gladstone Institutes

Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

John Burnett

RNA-Guided Genome Engineering for HIV Resistance

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Basic Biomedical Sciences

Antoine Chaillon

Viral Evolution Used to Estimate Duration of Infection

University of California, San Diego

Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Koh Fujinaga

Identification of Novel Host Factors for HIV Transcription

University of California, San Francisco

Basic Biomedical Sciences

Frank Galvan

Using Social Media with Latino MSM for HIV Testing and Linkage

Bienestar Human Services, Inc.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Britt Glaunsinger

A Viral Tool to Reactivate Latent HIV

University of California, Berkeley

Basic Biomedical Sciences

Charles McWells
Nina Harawa

Passport to Wellness

Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor

Reservoir Depletion Combined with ART for Functional Cure

University of California, Davis

Basic Biomedical Sciences

Masakazu Kamata

Functional Restoration of Exhausted Anti-HIV CTL

University of California, Los Angeles

Basic Biomedical Sciences

Marguerita Lightfoot

Networked Home HIV Testing

University of California, San Francisco

Social and Behavioral Sciences

George Llewellyn

Disrupting HIV Reservoirs with Anti-HIV CRISPRs

University of Southern California

Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Gema Mendez-Lagares

Dependence of HIV Cure on Immune System Shaped by Microbiota

University of California, Los Angeles

Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Vladimir Pak

New Target for HIV-1 Transcription, CDK11

University of California, San Francisco

Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Matthias Pauthner

Molecular Characterization of the HIV-1 N332 Epitope-Cluster

The Scripps Research Institute Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Rachel Resop

Effect of HIV-1 on S1PR1 Expression in the Human Thymus University of California, Los Angeles Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Ivan Vujkovic-Cvijin

Host-Microbiome Dynamics during SIV Infection

University of California, Los Angeles Training Basic Biomedical Sciences

Otto Yang

Strategy to Overcome Cross- Pairing in TCR Gene Therapy

University of California, Los Angeles

Basic Biomedical Sciences