Ep. 24: Search and Destroy in HIV Therapy with Aaron Devanathan

05/19/18 • 35 min

Straight from a Scientist Medical Research Education and Discussion Podcast

Our final ComSciCon interview is with Aaron Devanathan. Aaron studies HIV infection and elimination in the Department of Pharmacy at UNC Chapel Hill in the Angela Kashuba Lab. HIV, or Human Immuno-deficiency Virus, is the virus that causes AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. While modern medicine has done wonders in treating the symptoms of an HIV infection, current drugs fail to eliminate the virus entirely. This is because HIV is dispersed widely throughout the body. Aaron studies how to hunt down HIV and destroy it, ultimately working towards an HIV cure.

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Learn more on the Angela Kashuba lab's website

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Read about Angela Kashuba and her research on her UNC profile

This episode was recorded at ComSciCon Triangle, the convention for science communicators in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. ComSciCon-Triangle is a conference organized by graduate students, for graduate students, focused on developing science communication skills. Special thanks to RTI international for hosting us! Follow ComSciCon on Twitter and check out this recently-published journal article on science communication training penned by two (former and current) committee members.

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More Information

Learn more on the Angela Kashuba lab's website

Follow the Kashuba lab on Twitter

Read about Angela Kashuba and her research on her UNC profile

Any other questions? Let us know! We appreciate your feedback.

You can now support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/sfspodcast. Many thanks to our past and present supporters!

Thanks to Plant Warrior for their support. Use discount code SFS10 at checkout for 10% off your purchase of plant-based protein.

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Ep. 23: The Role of Apoptosis with Georgia Smith

We had the chance to talk with Georgia Atkin-Smith about different types of cell death, autoimmune disorders, and the optimistic future of the field. Georgia is a final year PhD student in Biochemistry and Immunology at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Melbourne, Australia. Her PhD project focuses on a type of cell death termed apoptosis and the consequence of this process in disease. Specifically, Georgia's research is aimed to understand the role of apoptotic fragments, known as apoptotic bodies, derived from white blood cells during influenza A virus infection.

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