COVID-19: Investigating a viral phenomenon
Do you want to learn about the ongoing pandemic from a scientific perspective?
The Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Students Union at the University of Toronto proudly present "COVID-19: Investigating a Viral Phenomenon," the 9th installment of our annual conference series.
Join us on January 9th, 2021 as we take a deep dive into the amazing research conducted by renowned scientists on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The conference will shed light on different perspectives of a pandemic and will focus on topics such as the isolation of the virus, diagnostics and treatment, epidemiology, and the genetics of COVID-19.
Our goal is to educate our attendees on the latest research surrounding an issue that has severely affected the global community.
Agenda
| 09:00 | Opening remarks |
Keynote speakers |
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| 09:15 |
Isolating SARS-CoV-2 in the Lab Samira Mubareka, MD Robert Kozak, PhD |
Diagnostics and surveillance |
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| 11:00 |
Epidemiological studies to fight the COVID pandemic Prabhat Jha, MD, Dphil |
| 12:00 |
Responding to COVID-19: an emerging role for synthetic biology and low-cost hardware Keith Pardee, PhD |
| 13:00 |
Convalescent plasma: what we have learned via COVID-19 Michael Joyner, MD |
Treatment |
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| 14:00 |
Interferon treatment for COVID-19 Eleanor Fish, PhD |
| 15:00 |
CONCOR-1: will convalescent plasma change outcomes for patients with COVID-19? Jeannie Callum, MD, FRCPC |
| 16:00 |
Structural Genomics Consortium: the genetics of COVID-19 Aled Edwards, PhD |
| 17:00 | Concluding remarks |
How to attend
The conference is FREE to attend and will be hosted on a Zoom webinar.
You must register on Eventbrite in order to receive the Zoom webinar link near the event date.
If you have any other inquiries, please email us at lmpexecs@gmail.com.
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