James S Porterfield Prize in International Virology 2017

The Prize has been awarded to three students this year

  • Marios Koutsakos, a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, whose Proposed Project is entitled “CD8+ T cell responses to Influenza B viruses in children”, and will be with Paul Thomas, at St Jude’s Children Hospital, USA
  • Raquel Medialdea-Carrera, studying for a PhD at University of Liverpool, whose Proposed Project is entitled “Investigation of the spread of Zika Virus in the State of Rio de Janeiro since 2013”, and will be at the Flavivirus Reference Laboratory – Oswaldo Cruz Institute – Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL)
  • Christopher Roundy, studying for a PhD at University of Texas Medical Branch, whose Proposed Project is entitled “Microbiome and Immune Factors Related to Vector Competence of Aedes aegypti for Zika and Chikungya Virus”, and will be at Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil