Let’s Meet the Virologists

Sep 15 2024 100 ep. 22 mins 972

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Meet the people behind today’s virology headlines. People just like you working to understand viruses and how they affect you. Host: Larissa Thackray, Ph.D., Professor of Infectious Diseases

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LMtV Episode 117: Searching for new antiviral compounds derived from botanical sources

Sep 15 2024 13 mins

We talk with David James, a Naturopathic Medicine student at Sonoran University in Tempe, AZ, who investigates the antiviral efficacy of botanical compounds.

LMtV Episode 116: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Katherine Calderon Mayo

Jul 02 2024 10 mins

We talk with Katherine Calderon Mayo, a graduate student at the National University of San Marcos in Peru, who develops virus vectored vaccines against avian diseases.

LMtV Episode 115: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Karen Pomeyie

Jun 23 2024 10 mins

We talk with Karen Pomeyie, a master's student at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, who studies HIV.

LMtV Episode 114: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Gifty Mawuli Sarpong

Jun 22 2024 9 mins

We talk with Gifty Mawuli Sarpong, a principal research assistant at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana, who studies influenza virus epidemiology and surveillance.

LMtV Episode 113: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Cybele Garcia

Jun 22 2024 23 mins

We talk with Dr. Cybele Garcia, virology group leader and professor at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina., who studies molecular mechanisms that can serve as novel therapeutic targets for arboviruses.

LMtV Episode 112: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Rakesh Rahangdale

Jun 21 2024 12 mins

We talk with Rakesh Rahangdale, a graduate student at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India, who studies novel protein biotherapeutics for neurotropic viruses such as herpes simplex virus.

LMtV Episode 111: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Tatiana Murillo Corrales

Jun 21 2024 15 mins

We talk with Dr. Tatiana Murillo Corrales, a virologist from the University of Costa Rica, who studies the epidemiology and emergence of arboviruses such as Dengue and Zika viruses in Costa Rica.

LMtV Episode 110: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Tosin Afowowe

Jun 21 2024 14 mins

We talk with Dr. Tosin Afowowe, a Senior Veterinary Officer and Virologist at the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who performs genomic surveillance and antiviral drug development for arenaviruses such as lassavirus.

LMtV Episode 109: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar Shreya Banerjee

Jun 21 2024 12 mins

We talk with Shreya Banerjee, a research fellow in the Division of Virology at ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in India, who studies rotavirus-host interactions to develop new antiviral therapies.

LMtV Episode 108: The joy of working with your hands!

Jun 24 2023 11 mins

We talk with May Wang, a graduate student in the Rasmussen lab at North Carolina State University, who studies the fitness dynamics of plant viruses.