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The Rockefeller University
Virtual Discussions with Genuine Experts
February 9, 2021

Speakers:
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Carson Family Professor
Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics
The Rockefeller University

Paul Bieniasz, Ph.D.
Professor
Laboratory of Retrovirology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hope is mounting as COVID-19 vaccines are deployed, but our optimism is tempered by the arrival of new viral strains that are more contagious and possibly vaccine resistant. In this webinar, virologist Paul Bieniasz and President Richard P. Lifton addressed critical questions about SARS-CoV-2 variants, such as “Why are variants suddenly appearing almost simultaneously, but thousands of miles apart?” and “Can lab research predict the types of variants that will emerge?”

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