Vincent travels to the University of Texas in Austin to speak with speak with Jason McLellan about his career and his research on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, including the effect of adding two proline residues, its effect on other viral spike glycoproteins, and general approaches to vaccine design.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Guest: Jason McLellan

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• The New City by Dickson Despommier
• Prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spikes (Science)
• Structure-based vaccine design (Curr Opin Immunol)
• Prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 S2-only antigen (Nat Comm)
• Stabilized coronavirus spike stem elicits broadly protective antibody (Cell Rep)
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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