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Pia Kvistborg, ESMO 2020 – The ORF1ab of SARS-CoV-2 Encodes an Immunodominant Epitope Restricted by HLA-A*01:01

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Published Online: Oct 21st 2020

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

  1. How did your collaboration with Andrea Cossarizza on SARS-CoV-2 come about? (0:12)
  2. How have you applied cancer research technology to elucidate structural components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus? (1:04)
  3. Could you give us an overview of the aims and design of your recent study? (2:40)
  4. What were the main findings of your study? (4:48)
  5. 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.

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