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Understanding the Immune Battlefields of Genital Herpes

View Recording Here Dr. Jia Zhu is a research professor at the University of Washington Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Her research studies the tissue-based immune response to herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in humans. She has spent most of her career focused on understanding intricate interactions between HSV and the local immune responses in humanContinue reading "Understanding the Immune Battlefields of Genital Herpes"

Dr. Simon Delagrave: The HSV Vaccine Pipeline Needs New Ideas – a More Technical Discussion of HSV Vaccinology

Please join us December 5th for a special presentation on HSV Vaccines and what is in the pipeline! Dr. Simon Delagrave Simon is a life sciences R&D executive, consultant, and board member whose 28 years of professional experience span infectious diseases and gene therapy, deploying various technologies such as viral vectors, vaccines, antibodies, structural biology,Continue reading "Dr. Simon Delagrave: The HSV Vaccine Pipeline Needs New Ideas – a More Technical Discussion of HSV Vaccinology"

HVTN Partnership: HSV Association with Alzheimer’s Disease

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ruth Itzhaki Professor Ruth Itzhaki is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. Professor Itzhaki is a research scientist. She graduated as a physicist, then carried out research for an MSc and PhD in Biophysics – all London University degrees. She subsequently moved to Cambridge, to the DepartmentContinue reading "HVTN Partnership: HSV Association with Alzheimer’s Disease"