The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will host a COVID Seminar Series event on March 2: "Hindsight is 2020". The Community Science and Technology Seminar Series was launched to help the general public better understand and explore how science transforms our world. During this inaugural COVID-19 seminar series talk, Dr. Steven Wiley will discuss the differences
The National Academies will host an expert discussion on Identifying and Accounting for Vulnerabilities in U.S. Chemical Weapons Detection, Identification, and Tracing Capabilities on March 4, 2021. The meeting is open to the public in virtual format and is part of a larger 2-day meeting of the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. The Chemical
The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group will host a webcast on Integrating Inflammation and Coagulation in COVID-19 on March 4, 2021. About the Speaker Yogen Kanthi, M.D., NHLBI Lasker Scholar, NIH Speaker Yogen Kanthi is a cardiologist and clinical vascular medicine specialist. His laboratory aims to understand how inflammation and coagulation contribute
The 2021 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) will be held March 6-10, 2021 in a virtual format. The synergy of basic science and clinical investigation has been a major contributor to the success of the meeting. CROI has facilitated the presentation of important discoveries in the field, thereby accelerating progress in HIV and
Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies: Applications for Biology—A Workshop will be held March 8-10, 2021 via virtual format. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is organizing this workshop on the research and development needs to advance biological applications of quantum-enabled sensing and imaging technologies. This event is open to
The Transportation Research Board will host a Visualizing Effects of COVID-19 on Transportation: A One-Year Retrospective webinar on March 8, 2021 that will delve into the pandemic’s effect on transportation. Presenters will discuss visualizations of where these impacts have been especially notable, including the drastic reduction in road and air traffic and in public transit
The Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies will convene a virtual committee meeting on the Current Global Governance Landscape for Influenza on March 9-11, 2021. This first meeting of the committee will serve for the committee to begin to analyze the major global frameworks, regulations, and partnerships for influenza vaccine preparedness and response.
The National Academies will host a committee meeting on Rapid Response by Laboratory Animal Research Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from March 9-10, 2021. Rapid (and Precise) COVID-19 Vaccine Development Barney Graham, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Triumphs and Challenges of Vaccine Development and Use
A virtual presentation on “Ethics in Vaccine Development, Testing and Use Making a COVID-19 Vaccine” will be held on March 9, 2021 as part of the 2021 Demystifying Medicine Series. The 2021 Demystifying Medicine Series, which is jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, will begin January 12 and includes the presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis
