2016 Basic Biomedical Sciences Awards
The California HIV/AIDS Research Program is pleased to announce the following nine exciting new projects in basic biomedical science, which have been selected for funding in 2016 under the IDEA Award mechanism.
Longitudinal Imaging of Early HIV Infection in situ
Dr. Pamela J. Bjorkman, California Institute of Technology
Immunologic Pathways of HIV-1 PersistenceDr. Sara Gianella-Weibel, University of California, San Diego
CMV Immune Modulation Amplifies RhCMV/SIV Vaccine Efficacy
Dr. Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor, University of California, Davis
HIV-1 Cotranscriptional Splicing: Roles for Tat and NELF
Dr. Katherine Jones, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tissue-resident Memory T cells and HIV Latency in the Gut
Dr. Shomyseh Sanjabi, The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Reactivation of Latent HIV: Role of Integration Sites
Dr. Celsa Spina, Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Broadly neutralizing CARs for HIV therapy
Dr. Pin Wang, University of Southern California
Growth of HIV-1 Transmission Clusters in LA County
Dr. Joel Wertheim, University of California, San Diego
The Role of CD28 Family Receptors/Ligands in AIDS-Lymphoma
Dr. Daniel Widney, University of California, Los Angeles