CROI Affiliated Event for Italian Young Investigators CROI-ICAR Awards 2014 CHAIRMEN: Beatrice Hahn, Guido Silvestri Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Boston, March 3-6, 2014 March 5, 2014 06.30 pm - 08.30 pm BACK BAY D ROOM Sheraton Boston Hotel - Boston ICAR Italian Conference on AIDS and Retroviruses ROMA, 25-27 MAGGIO 2014 Selected Italian Investigators and Mentors Triglycerides/HDL ratio and risk of developing Diabetes Mellitus during antiretroviral therapy N. SQUILLACE San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca – Mentor A. Gori ABCC4 3348 T>C SNP Affects Tenofovir Urinary Output in HIV-positive Patients A. CALCAGNO University of Torino – Mentor S. Bonora Reliable and Accurate CD4 T Cell Count and Percent of the New Portable Flow Cytometer CyFlow MiniPOC M. NASI University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – Mentor C. Mussini CD8+CD28-CD127loCD39+ T reg: a new biomarker for HIV infection C. DENTONE CEBR Genoa – Mentor D. Fenoglio Interleukin-32: Expression, Interaction With IFN and Clinical Significance in HIV-1-infection C. SCAGNOLARI Sapienza University of Rome – Mentor G. Antonelli CSF Viral Escape in Patients without Neurological Disorders: Prevalence and Associated Factors C. PINNETTI National Institute for Infectious Disease "L. Spallanzani" of Rome – Mentor A. Antinori New Advanced EEG Technique to Monitor Early Brain Damage in Naïve HIV and its Recovery During ART E. TETI Sapienza University of Rome - S. Andrea Hospital – Mentor A. Pennica Feasibility and Clinical Utility of HIV-1 Genotype Testing in the Setting of Low Level Viremia M.M. SANTORO University of Rome Tor Vergata – Mentor C.F. Perno HBsAg Genetic Elements Critical for Immune Escape Drives HBV Reactivation Upon Immunosuppression V. SVICHER University of Rome Tor Vergata – Mentor C.F. Perno Incomplete Apobec3G neutralization by Vif mutations facilitates evolution from CCR5 to CXCR4 use C. ALTERI Universtity of Rome Tor Vergata – Mentor V. Svicher Damage of Gut Junctional Complexes Features HIV-Infected Immunological Non Responders C. TINCATI University of Milan, San Paolo Hospital – Mentor G. Marchetti Mucosal and Systemic Immune Responses in HIV/HPV Co/Infected Males C. TINCATI University of Milan, San Paolo Hospital – Mentor G. Marchetti Brisk Walking Improves Inflammatory Markers in cART-Treated Patients V. LONGO San Raffaele Scientific Institute of Milan – Mentor P. Cinque Significance of plasma JCV-DNA in HIV progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) F. FERRETTI San Raffaele Scientific Institute of Milan – Mentor P. Cinque HIV Reservoir Changes in Resting CD4 Subsets in the IL7 plus ART Intensification Eramune 01 Study M. POGLIAGHI San Raffaele Scientific Institute of Milan, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris F – Mentors G. Tambussi, B. Autran Relative genetic contribution to the pharmacokinetics of commonly prescribed antiretrovirals M. SICCARDI University of Turin, University of Liverpool UK – Mentors G. Di Perri, A. Owen Quantitative and Phylogenetic Analyses of Persistent HIV in Blood and GALT During Long-Term cART F.R. SIMONETTI Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, NCI Frederick US – Mentors C. Balotta, F. Maldarelli ICAR 2014 CME Provider and Organizing Secretariat Effetti Srl Via Gallarate, 106 - 20151 Milan, Italy abstract.icar2014@effetti.it - www.icar2014.it