Alex has been busy this month promoting the Ploss Lab’s work far and wide! On September 13^th, he gave two talks in Japan: the first titled “Deciphering host range restrictions of human viral pathogens” at the 18^th Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity in Awaji Island, and the second titled “New insights into hepatitis E virus” at the Institute for Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Osaka.