VIDI symposium July 16 in Pelton

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The Center's new Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute will hold the first in a series of four symposiums, Monday, July 16, from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in Pelton Auditorium. There will also be a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The symposium, "HIV Vaccine Research: Contributions from Seattle," will celebrate the formation of the VIDI with presentations describing the current status, recent findings and future plans of major HIV-vaccine programs based at Seattle research institutions and funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Symposium speakers, institutions

• Hutchinson Center: Drs. Lee Hartwell, Roland Strong, Julie McElrath, Harlan Robins, Fusheng Li, Peter Gilbert, Ann Duerr, Helen Horton and Steve Derosa



• University of Washington: Drs. Jim Mullins, Bill Schief, Connie Celum and Joe Blattman



• Seattle Biomedical Research Institute: Dr. Leo Stamatatos



• Institute for Systems Biology: Dr. Alan Aderem



• Emory Vaccine Center: Drs. Bali Pulendran and Rafi Ahmed



• Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University: Dr. Louis Picker

For more information, contact Christa Ward at christa@scharp.org. RSVP at VIDI.RSVP@scharp.org.

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