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Senior Investigator, Eric Delwart, interviewed for This Week in Virology. Hosts Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit travelled to BSRI to speak to Dr. Delwart about his work on virus discovery. To listen to this netcast visit http://www.twiv.tv and select episode #86.

Delwart lab findings gain mention in This Week in Virology blog and netcast. The host, Professor Vincent Racaniello, outlines the methods and results found in the Delwart lab's latest collaborative publication "Viral nucleic acids in live-attenuated vaccines: detection of minority varients and an adventitious virus" in the Journal of Virology. To listen to the netcast visit http://www.twiv.tv and select episode #77.

The Herbert Perkins Scientific Lectureship and Award has been established by Blood Systems, Inc. to honor the major contributions to transfusion medicine, cellular therapy and to the education and training of scientists, fellows, physicians and medical technologists in these fields by our founder, Herbert Perkins, MD. The award will sponsor a distinguished scientific speaker at the California Blood Bank Society (CBBS) annual meeting.

RECIPIENTS
  • Susan Stramer, PhD, Executive Scientific Officer at American Red Cross (2010) - "TTD-Emerging Pathogens-Where are We Going?"Stramer 2010 Perkins Lectureship recipient
  • James C. Zimring, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology at Emory University School of Medicine (2009) - "Transfusion Induced Bone Marrow Transplant Rejection: Cellular Immunity to Minor Histocompatibility Antigens on RBCs."

Eric Delwart, Ph.D., Senior Investigator at BSRI is featured in a film extra entitled Cautionary Tale: The Science of I Am Legend which can be found on the extended DVD release of the motion picture I Am Legend. Dr. Delwart was interviewed for the short film that explores the science behind Legend's plot, a viral outbreak. The short film features experts from various disciplines who discuss the possibility and probability of a worldwide viral pandemic.