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The CVR Presents Research Goes Viral


Latest Episodes

Exploring the Importance of LGBTQIA+ History
February 28, 2023

Three of our incredible researchers, Stephen Devlin, Anna Sims and Spyros Lytras, recently sat down to discuss some prominent LGBTQIA+ virologists and microbiologists from history and why it's important to celebrate them today. This is a special edition

Surveillance and treatment of Hepatitis C in a changing world - a Viral Insight with Emma Thomson
July 28, 2022

Surveillance and treatment of Hepatitis C in a changing world - a Viral Insight with Emma Thomson by MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

Dinosaurs and hepatitis viruses - A Viral Insight with Joe Grove
July 22, 2022

Have a listen to our special Viral Insight episode for #WorldHepatitisDay 2022! Meet Dr Joe Grove, a Senior Lecturer here at the CVR as he discusses his journey into science, the breakthroughs in hepatitis C virus (HCV) experimental systems which occurr

Medical Visualisation With Sarah Iannucci Podcast
November 30, 2021

Listen to our latest podcast episode for Contagious Thinking in which Sarah Iannucci discusses all things Medical Visualisation. Sarah Iannucci recently completed a Masters of Science in Medical Visualisation and Anatomy, a degree offered jointly by The

World Hepatitis Day 2021 with J McLauchlan
July 28, 2021

In this special edition podcast for world hepatitis day Anna Kirk interviews John McLauchlan, a Professor of Viral Hepatitis at the Centre for Virus Research. John is an expert in hepatitis C virus, a bloodborne virus which can often result in chronic inf

Not so common anymore; how rhinovirus may prevent SARS-CoV-2 replication & infection
April 29, 2021

In this episode of the review we discuss Dr Kieran Dees exciting discovery that coinfections of rhinovirus and SARS-CoV-2 result in reduced replication of SARS-CoV-2. We discuss the potential for the real world impact of this, how it feels to get your re

How did SARS-CoV-2 spread across Scotland?
January 20, 2021

It is almost one year since the first positive case of COVID-19 confirmed in Scotland, and in this episode we talked with Clinical Research Fellow James Shepherd about how COVID-19 was introduced in Scotland from mainland Europe (https://www.nature.com/ar

Geoff Smith - meet the expert
October 25, 2015

The CVR meets Professor Geoff Smith, FRS FMedSci FIBiol, head of the department of pathology at the University of Cambridge, to talk about his work on poxviruses and regulation of the innate immune response. Image credit: Geoff Smith website (http://www