Co-Discoverer of HIV to Speak at Tulane AIDS Research Symposium

WHO: Dr. Francoise Barré-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur, Paris, a co-discoverer of the virus responsible for AIDS and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

WHAT: 28th Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS

WHEN: October 19-22, 2010

WHERE: The Westin New Orleans, Canal Place, 100 Iberville St.

MORE: Hosted by the Tulane National Primate Research Center, this annual symposium is the leading forum for the exchange of the latest developments in AIDS research using nonhuman primates. The symposium will include sessions focusing on nonhuman primate research utilizing SIV, HIV, and other primate lentiviruses or viruses characterized by a long incubation period. Additional information on the symposium can be found at: http://www.tpc.tulane.edu/2010symposium/home.html