04 Nov 2025

Hot Topics in HIV – Vaccines, immune recovery and eradication 2025

HIV
On-site
English
HUB Social - Fundació Bofill

Status

Available soon

Price

Free

The conference is addressed to researchers and physicians specialized in HIV.

Information

After 40 years of research on HIV infection, it is clear that while preventative measures have significantly reduced transmission rates, they have not been sufficient to completely stop the epidemic. Thus, the focus is also on cure strategies, which aim to either eradicate the virus or achieve long-term remission without ongoing treatment.

This yearly conference focuses on the latest in HIV research and treatment, uniting experts and young investigators to discuss the latest in HIV research. Key topics include reservoir seeding, persistent viremia, immunotherapies, and novel treatment strategies. Sessions will cover antibody therapies, NK cells, mucosal immunity, CCR5 targeting, and cure challenges.

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Coordinators

Bonaventura Clotet

President of the Fight Infections Foundation and Director of the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute

Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions, Badalona, Spain. Institut d'Investigació del Sida IrsiCaixa i Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, Spain.

Bonaventura Clotet

President of the Fight Infections Foundation and Director of the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute

Dr. Clotet received his MD (1976) and his PhD (1981), with a thesis on autoimmune diseases, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). That same year, his internship as an Internal Medicine specialist at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona coincided with the first AIDS case reported in Spain. This case was the catalyst for a career dedicated to this serious disease, first as head of the HIV Unit of the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital in Badalona (1987-2015) and then as founder and president of the Fight against AIDS Foundation (1992), which is now named as Fight Infections Foundation.

Dr. Clotet soon saw the need to go a step beyond patient care to conduct research aimed at eradicating AIDS. In 1995, with the support of “la Caixa” and the Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia, he founded the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, which he still heads. In addition, Dr. Clotet is also the clinical director of Infectious Diseases at the Metropolitana Nord area of the Catalan Institute of Health, scientific advisor to two IrsiCaixa spin-offs: Aelix Therapeutics SL and AlbaJuna Therapeutics SL and director of the Chair of AIDS and Related Diseases at the Universitat de Vic (UVic).

He has published more than 1000 papers in high impact international journals and his contributions to research have been recognized with the Josep Trueta medal to Sanitary Merit and the ‘Premi Nacional de Recerca’, among other awards.
Javier Martínez – Picado

Researcher and professor

ICREA, Irsicaixa AIDS Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Javier Martínez – Picado

Researcher and professor

ICREA Research Professor and Principal Investigator at Retrovirology and Clinical Studies research group, Irsicaixa AIDS Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.

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