touchIMMUNOLOGY meets Dr Pia Kvistborg at the Virtual 2020 ESMO Congress to discuss the presentation of her late-breaking abstract ‘The ORF1ab of SARS-CoV-2 encodes an immunodominant epitope restricted by HLA-A*01:01’ (LBA73) and initial findings from her recent study.
Questions
- How did your collaboration with Andrea Cossarizza on SARS-CoV-2 come about? (0:12)
- How have you applied cancer research technology to elucidate structural components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus? (1:04)
- Could you give us an overview of the aims and design of your recent study? (2:40)
- What were the main findings of your study? (4:48)
- What are the implications of these findings on vaccine design? (10:55)
Speaker Disclosure: Pia Kvistborg has nothing to disclose in relation to this interview.
Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd.
Filmed in coverage of the Virtual 2020 ESMO Congress.