This episode covers how RNA binding proteins can be targeted to antagonise viral infection, the challenges of host-directed therapies against HIV and promising future directions in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Kate Dicker, a PhD student in Infection, Immunology and Translational Medicine at the University of Oxford, shares her research.

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Music: "Fossiles" from the Carnival of the Animals (Saint Saëns). Recording by Seattle Youth Symphony, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

This episode explores how genomics can be used to study ancient viruses, how viruses have provided benefits to their hosts over the course of evolution and how knowledge of virus evolution could have applications in genetic engineering and pandemic preparedness.

I interview José Gabriel Niño Barreat, a DPhil candidate in Zoology at the University of Oxford. 

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Music: "Fossiles" from the Carnival of the Animals (Saint Saëns). Recording by Seattle Youth Symphony, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.