Christian Brander

Christian Brander graduated from the University of Bern with a PhD in Immunology. He then moved to Harvard University where he focused his work on cellular immunity to viral infections and the impact of host genetics on this immune response. He joined ICREA in Barcelona in 2008 with an appointment at the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute to continue his work on host genetics and cellular immunity to viral infections, including HIV, HCV, KSHV and EBV. Christian holds an Associate Professor position at the University of Vic and Central Catalonia. He also serves as a curator of the Los Alamos HIV Immunology database and as the scientific director of the HIVACAT program, the Catalan project for the development of effective preventive and therapeutic HIV vaccines.