Monthly Archives: June 2015

The CVR on TWiV: Ebolavirus experiences

Published on: Author: the CVR science blog editors

Last week, as part of the Glasgow Science Festival, Vincent Racaniello was visiting the CVR. Vincent is the well-known host of the weekly netcast TWiV (This Week in Virology), “the podcast all about viruses”. While here he recorded two podcasts, the first of which went live a few days ago. Vincent was taking part in the British Society for… Continue reading

Meet the expert: Paul Duprex on paramyxoviruses, the measles outbreak and gain-of-function experiments

Published on: Author: the CVR science blog editors

Veronica Rezelj, Ph.D. student in the Elliott lab, interviewed Paul Duprex (@10queues) when he visited us at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Paul is a Professor of Microbiology at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL) in Boston University. His research involves understanding the molecular basis of pathogenesis and attenuation of respiratory… Continue reading