Christian Brander

Institut de Recerca de la Sida ”la Caixa” (IrsiCaixa), Spain

  • CAIXARESEARCH
    AWARDEE

    Christian Brander
    Institut de Recerca de la Sida ”la Caixa” (IrsiCaixa), Spain
    Towards a universal therapeutic vaccine against chronic virus infections
    Co-leader

  • CONSORTIUM

    Andreas Meyerhans
    Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Spain
    Project leader

  • PROFILE

    Christian Brander is ICREA Research Professor at Institut de Recerca de la Sida – IrsiCaixa. He is a co-inventor of the HIV "HTI" immunogen, which is developed clinically by Aelix Therapeutics Inc. where he is a co-founder and CSO. He serves as a curator of the Los Alamos HIV Database and is an Associate Professor at the University of Vic.

  • FULL CV

    https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/christian-brander-448

  • RESEARCH
    INTERESTS

    His group aims to understand the cellular immunity to viral infections. Using complementary sets of immune analyses and integrated -omics approaches, the group seeks to identify functional correlates of virus control and to explore their underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. They combine cellular assays and methylome, communicome and transcriptomics analyses to assess to what degree and at what stages of different viral infections the effector function profiles of virus-specific T cells are epigenetically controlled. They also pay special attention to the effect of viral infections on neurological function.

  • CONTACT INFO

    Retrovirology Laboratory
    IrsiCaixa - Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
    Ctra del Canyet, s/n
    08916 Badalona, Barcelona
    Spain
    Tel.: +34 93 465 63 74

    https://www.irsicaixa.es/en/host-genetics-and-cellular-immunity