The Viral Network
The Viral Network is a student-led virology blog showcasing the people, science, and stories of our community. From interviews with our faculty and students and in‑depth features on emerging viruses to highlights from program events and student achievements, we aim to make virology accessible and personal. Explore our posts to meet the researchers behind the work and stay connected with what’s happening in the lab and beyond.
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EVE-rybody ought to know about the Placenta
The placenta is one of the first organs to form during pregnancy. It sustains the fetus by exchanging nutrients, gases and waste between the fetus and its mother. But the placenta is also the interface between two genetically distinct individuals whose...
It’s heating up - the rise of arboviruses
As the summer wound down to a close, news headlines across the U.S. warned of continued mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. News outlets urged individuals to not forgo the bug spray on their outings, and virus names–West Nile virus, dengue virus–were thrown...
Dr. Hao Wu, PhD
Halfway through her medical training at Beijing, China, Dr. Hao Wu discovered her love for scientific research. Now, the Wu lab at Harvard Medical School focuses on innate immunology, where they use structural biology as a tool to understand molecular and...
Luochen Liu - Wu lab
Luochen, a fifth-year PhD student in the Virology Program and a member of Dr. Hao Wu’s lab, did not always envision a career in science for herself. Originally drawn to music, she discovered that research offered the same creativity and originality she...
Dr. Sadie Antine, PhD
Just over a year ago, Sadie (now Dr. Antine!) was finishing her PhD in Dr. Philip Kranzusch’s lab, where a cryo-EM ‘blob’ she once barely knew how to interpret grew into the foundation of her thesis project. Today, she’s traded bacteria for cancer biology...
From Moon Shot to Arm Shot: The Story of the Measles Vaccine
Measles is a highly infectious childhood disease caused by the measles virus (MeV). Symptoms include fever, cough, and the infamous blotchy red rash . The cough is doubly dangerous, as it can transmit the virus through respiratory droplets where the virus...
Meet Bundibugyo – Ebola’s Understudied Relative
As the summer progresses, cases of Ebola virus continue to soar in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. With over 3500 cases to date and over 1500 deaths, this is the fastest growing outbreak of Ebola to date and stands as the third...
Accolades
Congratulations to... Cori Isbell for receiving the NSF GRFP fellowship Vicky Apostolou for receiving the Boehring Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship Hendrik Michel, whose paper “PASTA: Versatile Tyramide-oligonucleotide Amplification for Multi-modal Spatial...
Lamount Evanson - Schmidt lab
As a child, Lamount Evanson , a PhD candidate in the Virology Program (G3), imagined a very different future for himself. It took a very special journey for him to find his passion in virology, from his family’s hotel in Antigua to an art installation at...
Dr. Aaron Schmidt, PhD
If someone were to hand Dr. Aaron Schmidt the answer to just one mystery in virology, it would be to know the origin of viruses. This fascination with life's biggest unknowns has shaped their career, from studying dengue virus entry during their PhD, to...
