Today, Dr. Brianne Barker, Associate Professor of the Biology Department at Drew University, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how her undergraduate research group studies how innate immune mechanisms of cells recognize viral invasion.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- A video describing the immune system, both innate and adaptive.
- More of a focus on mechanisms of innate immunity, the focus for today.
- A description of basic immune cells.
- An introductory video describing the viral reproductive cycle in general.
- A description of PRRs (pattern recognition receptors) and MAMPs (microbially associated molecular patterns)
- An overview of interferons and disease.
- An introductory video overview of programmed cell death, called apoptosis.
- The role that retroviruses play in producing blue eggs in chickens. Here is a very introductory summary.
- The role that retroviruses play in placental mammals, including humans.
- How do cells recognize invading DNA during viral infection?
- A research paper by Dr. Barker’s research group.
- Dr. Barker on This Week in Virology.
- Dr. Barker’s faculty website.
- Dr. Barker’s research group website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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