HIV/Host interactions in the immunopathogenesis and pandemic spread of HIV-1

Permissivity and reprogramming during HIV-1 infection of T cells

Dr Clare Jolly, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL.

 

What's so special about the pandemic strain of HIV and what does this tell us about mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation

Professor Greg Towers, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL.

 

 

This month we have Professor Greg Towers and Dr Clare Jolly from UCL giving back-to-back presentations on their research interests in HIV/AIDS. Greg’s primary interests are how the virus avoids host innate pattern recognition processes and how this evasion has shaped primate lentivirus evolution and the HIV-1 pandemic. Clare is a cell biologist with a particular interest in how the virus hijacks the ability of primary T cells to form immune synapses to foster its spread within the infected individual.

As many of you may know, the School is looking to expand our infection research at present, and both Professor Towers and Dr Jolly are considering whether to bring their labs to KCL. The showcase is a great opportunity for you to meet them and the respective groups, and find out about their long term research interests.