3.3.2022 - DSC - Combating COVID-19 and Preparing for the Next Pandemic

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In this Argonne Director's Special Colloquium, researchers from multiple institutions discuss the national response to COVID-19 including how decades of mRNA research contributed to the development of effective vaccines against the disease.

Since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Argonne have been at the forefront in the fight against the disease, turning our powerful scientific facilities and world-leading researchers to the tasks of tracking, treating, and helping stop the spread of COVID-19.

The scientific breakthroughs made during the COVID-19 pandemic are already guiding how infectious diseases are studied, ensuring that the response to the next outbreak will be even faster.

Speakers include:

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Drew Weissman, Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Panel Discussion

Michelle Buchanan, Senior technical advisor to the deputy director for Science Programs Department of Energy, Office of Science

J. Patrick (Pat) Fitch, Associate laboratory director for Chemical, Earth and Life Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Patrick Wilson, Incoming professor of pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine

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