Rachel Edgar: Does the time of day change our susceptibility to infection?

The CVR Presents Research Goes Viral

Season 3 Episode 9: In this episode of Contagious Thinking Jack and Elena are talking with Dr Rachel Edgar about about her research investigating how the circadian clock of a host can affect viral infection, and how viruses can exploit our body clocks to aid their replication and spread. She also discusses her career so far, and gives advice to PhD and early career researchers. You can find our previous content on at cvrblog.myportfolio.com, email us at [e-mail] or tweet us @CVRblog. Featuring: Dr Rachel Edgar, Jack Hirst and Dr Elena Sugrue Editing: Elena Sugrue Music: Siesta - Jahzzar - freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar Photograph: Elihu Aranday-Cortes