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42nd Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Tuesday, September 30 – Friday, October 3, 2025<\/p>\n

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Memorial Union | University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>\n

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Madison, WI, USA<\/p>\n

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Keynote: Dennis Burton<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dennis Burton is a Professor in the Department of Immunology & Microbiology and holds the James & Jessie Minor Chair in Immunology. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Oxford University and his Ph.D. from Lund University, Sweden in physical biochemistry. He is the Scientific Director of the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, Director of The Consortium for HIV\/AIDS Vaccine Development (CHAVD) at Scripps Research, and a member of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, USA. He has held many research grants from the NIH and has published more than 500 papers in scientific journals. He has received numerous awards including the Jenner Fellowship of the Lister Institute and a Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. In 2023, in a list of Best Immunologists by Research.com, he placed 11th in the USA and 14th in the world. According to ScholarGPS he is ranked #1 lifetime for antibody research. His research is focused on infectious disease, in particular the interplay of antibodies and highly mutable viruses, notably HIV. He is interested in the potential of broadly neutralizing antibodies to inform vaccine desgin.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/primate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/04\/burton_HR.jpg” _builder_version=”4.3.4″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.3.4″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/primate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/01\/High-Res-Aerial-of-UW_2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.3.4″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.4″]

Additional Meetings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

WNPRC Directors Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n