FREE Webinar
Friday, August 14, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time
For years, virologists predicted that coronaviruses would jump from animals to humans, causing new diseases. Unfortunately, those fears have been realized and SARS-CoV-2 now spreads across the globe. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, research on the origins and spread of coronaviruses is taking center stage. In this webinar from The Scientist, coronavirus experts will describe how SARS-CoV-2 came to infect humans. Linda Saif will give a historical overview of SARS spillovers from animals to humans, and Neville Sanjana will describe recent work on a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variant that increases human infectivity.
Topics to be covered
Meet the speakers:
Linda J. Saif, PhD
Distinguished University Professor
Food Animal Health Research Program and the College of Veterinary Medicine
Co-Director
Virus and Emerging Pathogens Program, Infectious Disease Institute
OARDC/The Ohio State University
Neville Sanjana, PhDCore Faculty Member, New York ...
