Viruses: Threats in a Tiny Package
SftPublic Public Science Lectures
November 06, 2014, Robbins Library Arlington MA. Sponsored by PLUGGEDiN
John Connor, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine. Connor Lab
Viruses have become an increasingly common topic in the news. From Ebola to MERS-CoV, well-known and previously unknown viruses are migrating across borders and around the globe in our highly connected world. The continuing emergence of new viral diseases underscores the fact that humanity will likely contend with viruses for many years to come. How viruses are transmitted, how infections are recognized and how outbreaks can be contained are the concerns of the John Connor Lab at Boston University. Dr. Connor explains virus infections and how medical research and new technologies are working to control the health threat of viruses.
SftPublic mini-documentary about the Connor Lab Understanding Viruses
Recent articles about or referencing Dr. Connor's work
- New York Times, Sept 26, 2014 John Connor & Elke Muhlberger
- Quest for Ebola Drug Intensifies as Doctors Struggle to Treat Patients
- articles about the John Connor Lab at BU School of Medicine
- Researchers Race to Develop Field Tests to Confirm Ebola
- Battling Ebola: How Ebola Kills
- Drug Found Effective Against Virus Similar to Ebola
- Challenges Remain for Technologies to Fight Ebola
- Ebola Control Suffers from Lack of Fast Detection Tool
- Disease Control Suffers Lack of Fast Detection Tool