Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Blossom Damania
Vincent speaks with Blossom about her laboratory’s research on Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, including how it transforms cells, the switch between lytic and latent replication, and its interaction with the innate immune system of the host.
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Links for this episode
- Damania Laboratory
- Modulation of cGAS-STING by KSHV (PNAS)
- KSHV vIRF1 interacts with ISG15 pathway member (J Virol)
- KSHV NLR homolog inhibits inflammasome (Science)
- KSHV activation of PI3K and mTOR (Blood)
- KSHV confers survival advantage to endothelial cells (Cancer Res)
- UNC Global Oncology Program
- Blossom on Twitter
- Video of this episode – view below or at YouTube
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VRR trying to think of the name of Lana Del Rey circa minute 26.5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Del_Rey
I think there is potential for a show title, or at least a one-liner by Alan…
Yes, that’s who I was thinking of, Lana Del Rey.
Prof. VRR– Great interview and discussion. Loved this podcast and the banter back and forth. Very cool science and research being done by Prof. Damania on herpesvirus.
I could not see the keychain you guys were talking about though??
Sounded very cool.
Sorry, I forgot to zoom in on the keychain. You can see it at http://www.instagram.com/profvrr
Oh wow, these are gorgeous- love that the envelope opens up to reveal the capsid. How nice of Prof. Damania to bring you these. Perfect for a virus enthusiast.