This week I had the pleasure of hearing about the projects of my fellow researchers in the form of Chalk Talks. Everything was very interesting and it was exciting to hear about different types of research going on around campus. I found Griffin’s chalk talk to be very interesting.
His project, which you can read more about here, is about modifying poxviruses to create an HIV vaccine. I found it interesting that there were so many ways to modify the invasive measures that have been created by nature for a good cause, such as disease prevention. It was also impressed with the complexity of the issues of reengineering the viruses so that they are safe for use. For example, looking into the modification of certain genes to avoid pathogenic consequences.
Griffin also did a very good job presenting the information. His diagrams were easy to follow, which made the understanding of the process of his research project easy to follow as well. I enjoyed his talk very much.
