Marlene Dreux and the interferogenic synapse

The CVR Presents Research Goes Viral

Season 2 Episode 7: Today Connor's following on the theme of innate immunity started by Greg and Adam in the last two episodes and is joined by Dr Marlene Dreux, Team Leader in immunovirology at the Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI) in Lyon, France. Marlene combines cell biology, viruses and immunity to find out how our cells sense viral infections, like dengue, chikungunya and hepatitis C virus, to keep us safe. The Dreux lab very recently published a study identifying a new cell communication structure, the 'interferogenic synapse' that acts to block viral infection. See the pre-print here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/374496v1 Listen to her tell us how she became interested in this anti-arbovirus immunity by starting out working on HCV in France and then in the USA. You can find our previous content on antivirus immunity over at cvrblog.myportfolio.com, email us at [e-mail] or tweet us @CVRblog. Join us next week when we're sticking looking at one of the CVR's own researchers, resident evolutionary virologist Dr Rob Gifford. Featuring: Connor Bamford & Marlene Dreux Editing: Connor Bamford Music: Inspire - Benjamin Tissot - www.bensound.com