Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Seattle’s UW Medicine Virology Lab has been at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic since its beginnings in the U.S. The lab developed its own test for COVID-19, assessed potential therapeutics such as hydroxychloroquine. At the time of this tour in October 2020, the lab was beginning a project to test 7,000 people repeatedly for the virus and antibodies.
This event was part of a public program, "COVID-19 Science and Coverage," organized by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and National Association of Science Writing. UW Medicine scientists gave viewers a rare inside look at a lab that's typically off limits to visitors owing to biohazard concerns and featured a Q&A with the scientists.
Speakers are:
--Geoffrey Baird (@uwpathology), acting chair of UW Medicine's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, who moderates the Q&A;
--Alex Greninger (@GreningerLab), assistant director of the UW Medicine Virology Lab;
--Keith Jerome (@UWVirology), director of the lab and head of the Virology Division at the University of Washington School of Medicine; and
--Pavitra Roychoudhury (@pavitrarc), acting instructor at UW Medicine's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and research associate at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
--The event was introduced by Susan Gregg, director of media relations at the University of Washington, and features a video produced by Randy Carnell of the UW media relations office.
Seattle’s UW Medicine Virology Lab has been at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic since its beginnings in the U.S. The lab developed its own test for COVID-19, assessed potential therapeutics such as hydroxychloroquine. At the time of this tour in October 2020, the lab was beginning a project to test 7,000 people repeatedly for the virus and antibodies.
This event was part of a public program, "COVID-19 Science and Coverage," organized by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and National Association of Science Writing. UW Medicine scientists gave viewers a rare inside look at a lab that's typically off limits to visitors owing to biohazard concerns and featured a Q&A with the scientists.
Speakers are:
--Geoffrey Baird (@uwpathology), acting chair of UW Medicine's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, who moderates the Q&A;
--Alex Greninger (@GreningerLab), assistant director of the UW Medicine Virology Lab;
--Keith Jerome (@UWVirology), director of the lab and head of the Virology Division at the University of Washington School of Medicine; and
--Pavitra Roychoudhury (@pavitrarc), acting instructor at UW Medicine's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and research associate at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
--The event was introduced by Susan Gregg, director of media relations at the University of Washington, and features a video produced by Randy Carnell of the UW media relations office.
