Seminar on HIV-1 Infection “The impact of HIV on the immune ecology of the placenta” by Prof. Clive Gray
The impact of HIV on the immune ecology of the placenta
by Prof. Clive Gray, Emeritus Professor at University of Cape Town
Oct 19th from 16.30 – 18.30
@Aula Magna, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA – via F.lli Cervi 93 – 20090 Segrate (MI)
Prof. Clive Gray
Clive Gray is Professor of Immunology in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at Stellenbosch University and was until recently the Chair of Immunology at the University of Cape Town. He has published over 120 papers on various aspects of human immunology and latterly with a focus on HIV and reproductive immunology. His research focuses on the inflammatory mechanisms involved in precipitating pre-term birth and adverse birth outcomes by investigating cellular and molecular events in placentae collected from mothers infected with HIV and CMV. He leads a research group to identify how immunological tolerance at the maternal-fetal interface is broken due to maternal HIV and how this affects the ontogeny of infant immunity in HIV exposed uninfected children. He also leads a newly NIH funded consortium: NexT generatIon traininG in HIV Research: Immunity in the First 1000 days in mother-infant dyadS (TIGRIS), consisting of investigators and educators in Africa, North America and Europe around reproductive immunology and HIV.
In his spare time, he is passionate about photography and recording visual stories of communities around the world. His home is on the street carrying his Leica’s to record the undefined moment. He weaves some of these visual stories into his science.
Resources
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/clive.gray.1/bibliography/public/
A photo exhibit of a community outside Cape Town taken in 2004 and then 10 years later in 2014. See it here: Masiphumelele 2004:2014 – Then and Now
…..and melding poetry here:
