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Author Talk: Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity

A Library and Labyrinth Livestream Event

2021-02-18 19:00:00 2021-02-18 20:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk: Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity Virtual Princeton Public Library - Crowdcast

Thursday, February 18
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2021-02-18 19:00:00 2021-02-18 20:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk: Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity The authors will explore how viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work. Virtual Princeton Public Library - Crowdcast

The authors will explore how viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work.

Throughout history, humans have contended with pandemics. History is replete with references to plagues, pestilence, and contagion, but the devastation wrought by pandemics had been largely forgotten by the twenty-first century. Now, the enormous human and economic toll of COVID-19 offers a vivid reminder that infectious disease pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats to humanity.

The authors, both experts in immunology, interweave explanations of scientific principles and ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19 with stories of the people behind the science. 

This book provides an accessible explanation of how viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work—concepts that provide the foundation for our public health policies.


About the Authors: 

Arup K. Chakraborty is Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Physics and Chemistry at MIT, where he also served as the Founding Director of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. He is a founding member of the Ragon Institute.

Andrey S. Shaw, an immunologist, is Staff Scientist in Immunology and Oncology at Genentech and holds adjunct professorships at Washington University in St. Louis and at the University of California, San Francisco.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Presentations | Author Talks |

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This talk will be hosted on the library's Crowdcast Platform. Please register here