Submit an abstract to the IAS & ICE-HBV Forum on HIV and HBV Cure

In 2019, the IAS Towards an HIV Cure initiative, in collaboration with the International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B (ICE-HBV), will organize a 1.5 day HIV & HBV Cure Forum on 20 & 21 July 2019, immediately preceding the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019).

Abstract are accepted until 22 January 2019. Use the IAS 2019 system to submit.

Learn more about the Forum here.

An Optimized Ex Vivo ELISpot assay to identify IFN gamma positive, HBV-specific T cells in Chronic Hepatitis B patients

During a traditional ELISpot assay, low HBV Specific T cell frequencies have hinde... [Read more]

12 April, 2023
Multiplexed immunostaining of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded liver biopsy tissues with metal-conjugated antibodies for tissue imaging mass cytometry

This protocol describes the approach used to stain formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded liver biopsy slides with a ... [Read more]

12 April, 2023
A modified kit-based HBV protein-free DNA extraction from liver tissues and cell cultures for HBV cccDNA Southern blot and qPCR
- cccDNA quantification from total DNA preparation by qPCR with cccDNA-selective primers is challengi... [Read more]
21 September, 2022
A sensitive and rapid Southern blot assay based on branched DNA technology for the detection of HBV DNA in cell culture and liver tissue samples
- Sothern blot is considered the “gold standard” for cccDNA detection because it can separate the ccc... [Read more]
21 September, 2022
An Optimized Ex Vivo Flurospot assay to identify multi-functional HBV-specific T cells in Chronic Hepatitis B patients

During a traditional FluroSpot assay, low HBV Specific T cell frequencies have hindered effective ex vivo analy... [Read more]

07 March, 2022
Fluorescent-bait labelling for the ex vivo detection of HBV antigen-specific B cells

Fluorescently conjugated antigen-bait systems have been extensively used to identify antigen-specific B cells a... [Read more]

30 April, 2021
Tetramer enrichment for HBV-specific CD8+ T cells

The frequency of HBV-specific CD8+ T cells can be very low, depending on the specificity. Therefore, they canno... [Read more]

03 July, 2020
A fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assay for detection of HBV DNA in cell culture models
- Although a plethora of knowledge on the molecular life cycle of Hepatitis B Virus has been gained b... [Read more]
19 June, 2020
HBV Ribonuclease H assay resolved by denaturing PAGE
- This assay characterizes the products of HBV RNase H activity on a DNA:RNA heteroduplex.
- Products are resolved by denaturing PAGE to assess specificity of cleavage and effects of inhibitory compounds on the enzyme
06 June, 2019
HBV Ribonuclease H FRET Assay
- This assay detects the activity of HBV RNaseH using fluorescence resonance energy transfer
06 June, 2019

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