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Our final ComSciCon interview is with Aaron Devanathan.\\xa0 Aaron studies HIV infection and elimination in the Department of Pharmacy at UNC Chapel Hill in the Angela Kashuba Lab.\\xa0\\xa0HIV, or Human Immuno-deficiency Virus, is the virus that causes AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.\\xa0\\xa0While modern medicine has done wonders in treating the symptoms of an HIV infection, current drugs fail to eliminate the virus entirely.\\xa0\\xa0This is because HIV is dispersed widely throughout the body.\\xa0\\xa0Aaron studies how to hunt down HIV and destroy it, ultimately working towards an HIV cure.

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Learn more on the Angela Kashuba lab\'s\\xa0website

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Read about Angela Kashuba and her research on her UNC profile\\xa0

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This episode was recorded at\\xa0ComSciCon Triangle, the convention for science communicators in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.\\xa0 ComSciCon-Triangle is a\\xa0conference organized by graduate students,\\xa0for graduate students, focused on developing science communication skills.\\xa0 Special thanks to RTI international for hosting us!\\xa0 Follow ComSciCon on\\xa0Twitter\\xa0and check out this recently-published\\xa0journal article\\xa0on science communication training penned by two (former and current)\\xa0committee\\xa0members.

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