In Other News… Do Vets Need To Worry About The Novel Coronavirus?
You can’t watch the news these days without hearing about the new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. The reports are scary and getting scarier. It is getting very hard to distinguish fact from fiction. On this episode, Dr. Jen and Dr. Jason Chatfield are joined by virologist and coronavirus expert, Dr. Gary Whittaker, from Cornell University who explains all and tells us where we can go for accurate information.
BIO:
Dr. Whittaker is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and has been associated with the department since 1996. He received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Leeds University U.K. where he studied the molecular biology and biochemistry of equine herpesvirus. He obtained postdoctoral training at Yale University in the laboratory of Dr. Ari Helenius, studying the cell biology of influenza virus replication. Dr Whittaker's laboratory is focused on the entry of influenza viruses, rhaboviurses and coronaviruses into host cells and is funded by research grants from the National Institutes of Health.