This is the first SPECIAL episode of The Viral Talk. It was recorded in Liverpool at the UK-International Coronavirus Network Early Career Researchers symposium.

The Viral Talk team was invited to take part to a fantastic initiative organized by the UK-ICN to encourage young scientists to share knowledge, hopes, dreams and to network in Liverpool on the 1st of March 2024.

Three early career researchers were chosen to come on the show and talk about their experience, their projects, and their hopes for the future. The guests were:

-Bobbie-Anne Turner, a third year PhD student at the University of Liverpool in Prof. Julian Hiscox lab, trying to identify which cellular proteins bind and interact with a specific structural protein of many human coronaviruses.

-Carla Ruiz, a first year PhD student from IRTA CReSA (Barcelona) trying to establish a model organism for 'Long' COVID-19

-Nuno Santos, a postdoc at the Francis Crick Insitute in Dr David Bauer lab studying the evolution of coronaviruses and the way their genetic code (RNA) changes.

What is the UK-ICN?

https://uk-icn.co.uk/

Who are the speakers?

Bobbie-Anne Turner - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bobbie-anne-turner

Carla Ruiz - https://es.linkedin.com/in/carla-ruiz-casas-92a0971a1?trk=people-guest_people_search-card

Nuno Santos - https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/find-a-researcher/nuno-santos

Follow the viral talk on X - https://twitter.com/The_Viral_Talk

On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_viral_talk_/

On Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-viral-talk/