HIV RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION WORKSHOP

25-27 September
Ghent, Belgium

Program

Day 1 - Wednesday Day 2 - Thursday
Day 3 - Friday
08.30-09.00
HIV Cure Symposium Registration Registration
09.00-10.30
How to assess the size of the viral
reservoir by measuring cell-associated
HIV RNA
Session TBD
10.30-11.30
Practical sessions on:
HIV-PULSE, HIV-Flow,
STIP-Seq and Limiting dilution assays
11.30-12.15
Data analysis challenges
and compensation matrix
12.15-13.15
LunchLunch
13.15-14.45
Assessing the HIV reservoir by near
full-lenght proviral sequencing methods
Practical sessions on:
HIV-PULSE, HIV-Flow,
STIP-Seq and Limiting dilution assays
14.45-15.00
RegistrationBreak
15.00-16.00Description of dPCR-based
methods
Determination of the integration site of
the HIV provirus
16.00-17.00How to assess the size of the viral
reservoir by measuring total and
intact HIV- DNA
Combining multiple assays to assess
the HIV-reservoir:
HIV-Flow and STIP-Seq
17.00-18.30Practical session on dpcr platforms
19.00-22.00
Dinner