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Monday Jan 23, 4pm – Dr Eddie Holmes, University of Sydney- “The origins of COVID”

Professor Eddie Holmes, author on the first paper publishing the SARSCoV2 genome from Wuhan, is known for his work on the evolution and emergence of infectious diseases, particularly the mechanisms by which RNA viruses jump species boundaries to emerge in humans and other animals. He has studied the emergence and spread of such pathogens as SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus, dengue virus, HIV, hepatitis C virus, myxoma virus, RHDV and Yersinia pestis.

Friday Feb 10, 12pm – Dr Drew Skidmore – Center for Global Health, University of New Mexico

Dr. Skidmore is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Global Health at the University of New Mexico where he works on hantaviruses looking at correlations between the mouse’s microbiome and viral spillover events with Sin Nombre virus.

Friday March 10, 12pm – Dr Rich Condit – University of Florida, “A history of vaccination”

Dr Condit is retired but was a Professor at the University of Florida where he worked on and is still considered to be an expert in poxvirus biology.  I’m hoping he can talk a bit on Monkeypox, where it came from and what happened with that last year.

Monday April 3, 1pm – Dr Arvind Varsani, Arizona State University

Studies viral dynamics in Ross Sea (Antarctica) ecosystem effects of climate change on viral evolutionary dynamics as a consequence of climate change.