TWiV 448: Mavis the Structure Maven

From ASV 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin, the complete TWiV team speaks with Mavis Agbandje-McKenna about her career and her work solving virus structures by x-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Mavis Agbandje-McKenna

 

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Vincent - Research!America

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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