Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 35 minutes ago

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The Rockefeller University
Virtual Discussions with Genuine Experts Webinar Series
April 21, 2020

Speakers:
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Carson Family Professor, The Rockefeller University

Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D.
Zanvil A. Cohn and Ralph M. Steinman Professor, The Rockefeller University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Rockefeller University experts in infectious disease, immunology, biochemistry, structural biology, and genetics have projects underway that are aimed at understanding, preventing, and treating the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is responsible for the current global COVID-19 pandemic. In this first of a new series of webinars, President Richard P. Lifton provides an overview of this research and immunologist Michel Nussenzweig reports on his efforts to develop an antibody-based treatment for the prevention and control of COVID-19.
For more information, visit: https://covid-19-research.rockefeller.edu