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Let’s Meet the Virologists

Larissa Thackray

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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15:06

LMtV Episode 123: Animal models to study new vaccines...

Let’s Meet the Virologists ·

2025/07/18

We talk with Chinonye Dim, a graduate student at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, who characterizes more accessible animal models to develop new vaccines and therapeutics against flaviviruses.

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18:48

LMtV Episode 122: Investigating the role of...

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2025/07/17

We talk with Hatoon Baazim, a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, who studies the role of systemic and cellular metabolism in virus infection.

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16:59

LMtV Episode 121: Using gnotobiotic pigs to study...

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2025/07/17

We talk with with Charlotte Nyblade, a DVM/PhD student at the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, who used gnotobiotic pig models to study vaccine-mediated immunity and protection against enteric viruses.

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16:43

LMtV Episode 120: Developing computational methods to...

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2025/07/15

We talk with Stephanie Goya , a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, who uses genomic approaches to understand and predict the evolution of respiratory viruses such as RSV.

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23:16

LMtV Episode 119: Investigating behavioral outcomes...

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2025/07/14

We talk with Roberto Alers-Velazquez, a postdoc at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, who studies how subclinical herpes simplex virus infections can impair memory and behavior.

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12:36

LMtV Episode 118: Developing novel inhibitors to...

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2025/07/14

We talk with Abdullahi Jamiu, a graduate student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA, who studies how encephalitic alphaviruses modulate cellular transcription and antiviral responses to discover novel therapeutic targets.

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13:55

LMtV Episode 117: Searching for new antiviral...

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2024/09/15

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

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10:47

LMtV Episode 116: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar...

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2024/07/02

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.

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10:51

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

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2024/06/23

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

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09:26

LMtV Episode 114: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar...

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2024/06/22

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.

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23:43

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

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2024/06/22

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.

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12:38

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

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2024/06/21

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.

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15:19

LMtV Episode 111: Let's meet the ASV Global Scholar...

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2024/06/21

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.

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14:31

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

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2024/06/21

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.

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12:28

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

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2024/06/21

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.

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11:18

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

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2023/06/25

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.

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14:38

LMtV Episode 107: Birds and bird flu don’t respect...

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2023/06/24

We talk with Dr. Pedro Jiménez, an Assistant Professor in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, who's lab focuses the ecology of avian influenza in Chile and South America.

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12:21

LMtV Episode 106: It can’t rain forever - just keep...

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2023/06/23

We talk with Tyshawn Ferrell, a graduate student in the Neufeldt and Piantadosi labs at Emory University, who studies how previous exposure alters dengue virus evolution.

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15:39

LMtV Episode 105: Extreme viruses in extreme...

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2023/06/23

We talk with Jono Abshier, a graduate student in the Stedman lab at Portland State University, who studies viruses that infect archaea that live in volcanic hotsprings.

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16:23

LMtV Episode 104: A diversity of hantaviruses and...

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2023/06/23

We talk with Dr. Rohit Jangra, an assistant professor at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, who's lab focuses on identifying novel host receptors for hantaviruses.

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