Eric Topol & Andrew Ward: how spike protein discoveries drove coronavirus vaccine design

Episode 24

December 22, 2020

Another special edition featuring an extended conversation between Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and Andrew Ward in the Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology at Scripps Research. Listen as they talk about structural biology as a gamechanger in coronavirus research, what makes the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein crucial for vaccine design, and what the latest coronavirus mutations mean for the pandemic.