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Organisational Structure

Executive Committee
Scientific Committee
Laboratory

Director

Distribution Charts

Research Teams
  1. Retrovirology and clinical studies
  2. Genetic variability
  3. Viral Entry and pathogenesis

  4. Immunoreconstitution, pathogenesis and vaccines
  5. Cell Virology and Immunology
  
6. Services

  7. HIVACAT

Organisation Chart


Executive Committee

The executive committee is the arbitrator of irsiCaixa Foundation.
The following are members of the executive committee:

President:

  Consellera de Salut Hble. Ms. Marina Geli

Vice-President:

  Delegate of Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona Mr. Josep Vilarasau

Members:

  Conseller d’Universitats Recerca i Societat de la Informació Hble. Mr. Manel Balcells
  Delegate of the Servei Català de la Salut Mr. José J. Navas Palacios
  Delegate of Departament de Salut Mr. Enric Argelagués
  Delegate of Departament de Salut Mr. Joan Rodés i Teixidó
  Delegate of Departament de Salut Mr. Jordi Casabona
  Delegate of Departament de Salut Mr. Antoni Plasència
  Delegate of Institut de Recerca Oncològica Mr. Josep Ramon Germà
  Delegate of Institut de Recerca Oncològica Mr. Romà Pallarès
  Delegate of Fundació "la Caixa" Mr. Josep F. de Conrado
  Delegate of Fundació "la Caixa" Mr. Albert López
  Delegate of Fundació "la Caixa" Mrs. Ester Planas i Herrera
  Delegate of Fundació de Lluita Contra la SIDA Mrs. Maite Arqué
  Delegate of Fundació de Lluita Contra la SIDA Mrs. Anna Veiga
  1st Secretary (non-member of the EC) Mr. Alejandro Garcia-Bragado
  2nd Secretary (non-member of the EC) Mr. Oscar Calderón
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Scientific Committee

Because irsiCaixa has a major scientific goal, this advisory committee has great relevance. Among others, the following scientists are members of this committee:

  Dr. Luc Montaiger Director of Laboratorio de Retrovirologia de l'Institut Pasteur. Paris. France.
  Dr. Charles Boucher Director of Laboratorio de Retrovirologia. Universitat d’Utrech.Holanda.
  Dr. Scott Hammer Director of Research Virology Lab. Harvard Medical School. Boston.USA.
  Dr. Ronald Mitsuyasu Director of Center For AIDS Research, UCLA. Los Angeles. USA.
  Dr. Stefano Vella Instituto Superiore di Sanita. Roma. Itàlia.
  Dr. Josep Maria Gatell Departament d’Infeccioses del Hospital Clínic i Provincial. Barcelona.
  Dr. Ricard Pujol Head del Departament d’Immunologia. HUGTiP. Badalona.
  Dr. Esteban Domingo Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa". CSIC. Madrid.
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Laboratory [10/30/07]

Director:

  Dr. Bonaventura Clotet

CFO:

  Lourdes Grau

Director's Assistant:

  Cecilia Alcaraz

General Assistant:

  Cristina Mesa
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Director

Dr. Bonaventura Clotet

Director:

Dr. Bonaventura Clotet
Bonaventura Clotet MD, PhD, is Head of the HIV Unit and director of the Retrovirology laboratory “irsiCaixa” Foundation at the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Barcelona, Spain. Since February 2007 is also the co-director of the HIV research vaccine development in Catalonia. Dr. Clotet received his MD at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1976 and his PhD in 1981 for his investigations on surrogate markers for connective tissue diseases.

Dr. Clotet is part of the Drug Resistance Mutations Group of the International AIDS Society (IAS-USA) and he is also member of the Governing Council of the global IAS (International AIDS Society). He belongs to the board of different organizing committees of drug resistance workshops and international conferences on AIDS, and also an active member of the Expert Commission for the Evaluation of Research projects in the National Programme of Health and national AIDS Programme.

He has published more than 350 papers in international journals and he is co-director of the AIDS CYBERJOURNAL and has been member of the editorial board of AIDS Journal for 8 years. He is currently reviewer of Lancet, JID, AIDS, CID, Antiviral Therapy, HIV Medicine, JAC and JAIDS. He has designed and coordinated several outstanding clinical studies such as the SWATCH, HAVANNA, RETROGEN and TIBET.

Dr. Clotet has been co-chair of the Track B for the Barcelona World AIDS meeting 2002 and is Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Workshop on HIV drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies Meeting.

He has authored numerous chapters in retrovirology, and he has been an invited speaker at numerous international and national conferences.
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Research Teams 

1. Retrovirology and Clinical Studies Group (GREC)

Senior Investigator:

Dr. Javier Martinez-Picado

Associated Investigator:

Dr. Roger Paredes

PhD Students:

Nuria Izquierdo
Gerard Minuesa
MĒ José Buzón
Judith Dalmau

Researchers:

Itziar Erkizia
Dr. MĒ Carmen Puertas
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2. HIV Genetic Variability

Senior Investigator:

Dr. Miguel Angel Martínez de la Sierra

Post Doc:

Sandra Franco
Maria Nevot

PhD Students:

Ester Aparicio
Elena Capel

Technician:

Mariona Parera
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3. Viral  Entry and Pathogenesis

Principal Investigator:

Dr. José A. Esté

Associated Investigator:

Dr. Mercedes Armand-Ugón
Dr. Ester Ballana
Dr. Anuska Llano

PhD Students:

Imma Clotet-Codina
Emmanuel González
Gemma Moncunill
Eduardo Pauls
Jordi Senserrich

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4. HIV immunopathogenesis and vaccines

Principal Investigator: Dra. Margarida Bofill
Post Doc: Laila Darwich
PhD Students: Raúl Ruiz
Gemma Coma
Technician: Ruth Peña
Esther Jiménez
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5. Cell Virology and Immunology

Principal Investigator: Dr. Julià M. Blanco
Associated Investigator: Dra. Cecília Cabrera
PhD Students: Isabel Puigdomènech
Marta Massanella
Marta Curriu
Technician: Silvia Marfil Verchili
Elisabet García
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6. Services

Principal Investigator: Dra. Lidia Ruiz Tabuenca
Associated Investigator:  
PhD Students:  
Technician: Rafi Ayen
Eulalia Grau
Rocio Bellido
Lidia Ruiz
Teresa Puig
Asun Blanco
Cristina Ramirez
Susana Esteban
Samandhy Cedeño
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7. HIVACAT

Transversal program directed by Bonaventura Clotet and Josep MĒ Gatell

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Distribution Charts
Affiliations - Contracts and Fellowships

56%
irsiCaixa Contracts
23%
HUGTiP/ICREA Contracts
21%
irsiCaixa fellowships
0%
Other fellowships
[10/25/07]
Tasks/Staffing
7% Administration
17% Senior Investigators [Doctors]
17%
Associated Researchers [Doctors]
24%
PhD Students
35% Technicians
[10/25/07]
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