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CIIID Spring Quarter Seminar: Pei Yong Shi, Ph.D.

May 29, 2019
10:00am

SLU, Brotman Auditorium

Event Date: 
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 10:00am

PresenterPei-Yong Shi, Ph.D., I.H. Kempner Professor of Human Genetics, Vice Chair for Innovation and Commercialization, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of Texas Medical Branch

Talk Title"Zika virus: Emergence and Vaccine Development"

Summary:

"Zika virus has recently emerged and caused explosive epidemics. I will present how viral genetic changes drive efficient transmission and disease severity. I will also present the current status of Zika vaccine development."

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