In support of @BlackInImmuno and #BlackInImmunoWeek,  Candice Limper and Jessica Elmore interviewed one of the co-founders. Tune in to hear from Alexis Mobley, as she describes why and how they got started. Check out their website if you want to contribute to their organization. Alex Mobley Intro/middle/outro: Dr. Scarlett Lee Interview of Alex Mobley: Candice Limper and Jessica Elmore Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License ..read more

Have you ever wondered how an antiviral drug kills a virus? Have you heard of remdesivir and other antivirals in the news and wondered how they might kill SARS-CoV-2? Have you ever wondered why antibiotics are more common than antivirals?    Today, we answer these questions and more in our interview with Dr. Luis Schang, professor of chemical virology at Cornell's Baker Institute for Animal Health. His research focuses on discovering broad-spectrum antiviral drugs, and his lab has recently started to investigate the use of such antivirals to treat SARS-CoV-2 ..read more

Various factors determine how, why, and the extent at which we perceive information. In fact, you and I could hear one message and have vastly different interpretations.   Katherine McComas, Ph.D. and is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. Her research focuses on risk communications and is studying environment and health factors to determine why some follow risk recommendations and how individuals perceive risk.    Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License ..read more

Not only does SARS-CoV-2 infect people, but it is also impacting the world of money. In this episode, you will hear from Dr. Andrew Karolyi. He is the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management and the Deputy Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs at SC Johnson College of Business. In this interview, Dr. Karolyi describes the three different shocks (supply, demand, and financial) that we are experiencing due to this pandemic.   Music credit: Swing Lo by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License ..read more

Are you interested in learning the wildlife origins of SARS-Cov2? Did you know that this new virus can potentially affect other animals such as gorillas? Do you want to know how we can prevent further emergences of viruses from wildlife while simultaneously protecting wildlife? In this episode, Dr. Scarlett Lee interviews Dr. Steve Osofsky. Dr. Osofsky is a wildlife veterinarian and directs the Cornell Wildlife Health Center. Here, Drs. Lee and Osofsky discuss the importance of being culturally sensitive when considering changing market dynamics with the goal of protecting the world from ..read more

Dr. Alison Stout holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and is pursuing a Ph.D. at Cornell University, where she is studying virology. Dr. Stout works in the lab of Dr. Gary Whittaker at Cornell University. Dr. Whittaker is a world-renowned coronavirus researcher. The Whittaker lab is currently one of the few research labs that have remained open in the Ithaca campus. In this lab, she studies various coronaviruses and investigates the mechanism of how they infect cells In this episode, Dr. Stout shares 1) insights into the mechanism of how COVID-19 invades cells, 2) provides tips on how to avoi ..read more

Scarlett Lee is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Ph.D. Candidate in Drs. Brian Rudd and Brian VanderVen research labs at Cornell University. I am happy to announce that Dr. Lee is committing to helping make future podcasts, which means there will be more content come out faster. In this episode of Excellsior, Dr. Scarlett Lee is interviewing a medical doctor (MD) to get a first-hand account of what is happening in a hospital where she works.  Additionally, we have welcomed another person to this podcast Lauren Rosenthal. Lauren is a radio producer and an award-winning reporter pr ..read more

Dr. Javier Jaimes is a virologist who is studying the novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2). He is trying to understand how this virus causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in humans. Dr. Jaimes works in the lab of Dr. Gary Whittaker's at Cornell University. Dr. Whittaker is a world-renown coronavirus researcher. The Whittaker lab is currently one of the few research labs that have remained open in the Ithaca campus. Music credit: Blue Dot Sessions, Throughput, Holyoke, 2019, instrumental, Glen Huchkins, Blue Dot Studio ..read more

Scarlett Lee is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and a Ph.D. Candidate in Drs. Brian Rudd and Brian VanderVen research labs at Cornell University. In this episode of Excellsior, she describes who is susceptible to being infected by the novel coronavirus.  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30198-5/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR2D2B9587LGFjnLdtdrAUwbzsMPgy8Lxi-wcxr-031xdKyTTll7KgXFupE https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464619302452?fbclid=IwAR2WLdzhjw1QLrSKPB5ur7JpAa-GOkoXKbv90QJTOFA9cgfYEhjP_yK43P0 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/conte ..read more

For this episode, we are covering the poliovirus. Through a historical reenactment of the 1950s, we describe what it was like to be in fear and be infected with this virus. Our hopes from this episode are to show the general public how the development of vaccines has and can protect us from getting sick. Most of the world no longer fears the poliovirus thanks to the polio vaccine . . . Thank you, scientists! Contributors: Candice B. Limper (Host/Producer/Rose) | Justin T. Limper (co-host) | Jonathan Fuller (Frank) | Matt Gonzales (Jack) | Nick Segerson (co-editor) Music Credits:  blue dot ..read more