What Could Cause the Next Pandemic?

 LIVE Symposium

Monday, April 24, 2023
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time

In the aftermath of the pandemic, scientists are looking at how SARS-CoV-2 arose and how humanity responded to the virus to better prepare for the next potential pandemic. 

In this symposium brought to you by The Scientist’s Creative Services Team, researchers will highlight the conditions that make a pathogen more likely to cause a pandemic, what precautions can be taken from scientific, diagnostic, and therapeutic perspectives, and the role of public health in pandemic preparedness.

Symposium program

11:00 AM – Introduction

11:10 AM – The best offense is a good defense: emerging zoonotic virus preparedness in the lab and in the field

Jason Kindrachuk, PhD

11:45 AM – Viruses with pandemic potential—what do we know and what do we need to know

Florian Krammer, PhD

12:20 PM – SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test: from bench to discovery at bedside

Chee Wah Tan, PhD

1:30 PM – Open panel Q&A session
Deanna MacNeil from The Scientist’s Creative Services Team will be joined by the entire panel in an open question and answer session where presenters will address questions posed by the audience.

Florian Krammer, PhD Professor of Vaccinology, Department of Microbiology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Principle Investigator Sinai-Emory Multi-Institutional Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Center Co-Director, Mount Sinai Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness (C-VARPP)

Chee Wah Tan, PhD Senior Research Fellow Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases Duke-NUS Medical School