COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT) Virtual Symposium

Virtual Conference
March 21, 2021

COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT) Virtual Symposium

Please join us for our anniversary event, a free virtual symposium on Wednesday, March 31st featuring 16 short talks on all aspects of COVID-19 research from COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT) scientists plus keynote talks from Dr. Duncan MacCannell (CDC, SPHERES) and Prof. Sharon Peacock (COG-UK, University of Cambridge), and more!

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. David Jaffray (D3CODE, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Dr. Sharon Peacock (COG-UK, University of Cambridge)
Dr. Duncan MacCannell (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance [SPHERES])

Moderators:

Dr. Todd Treangen (Rice University)
Dr. Kyle Hernandez (University of Chicago)
Dr. Eve Wurtele (Iowa State University)
Dr. Afshin Beheshti (NASA/KBR)

Speakers:

Dr. Afshin Beheshti (NASA/KBR)
Dr. Elena Casiraghi (University of Milan)
Dr. Catharine “Cassie” Conley (NASA Ames Research Center)
Dr. Pilar Gallego (University of Vigo)
Dr. Francisco Enguita (University of Lisbon)
Dr. Michael Jochum (Baylor College of Medicine)
Dr. Robert Meller (Morehouse School of Medicine)
Reza Rassool (Real Networks)
Dr. Mauricio Rigo (Rice University)
Dr. Peter Robinson (Jackson Laboratories)
Brian Schimmoller, (Signature Science)
Dr. Deanne Taylor (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
Dr. Todd Treangen (Rice University)
Dr. Nídia Trovão (Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health)
Dr. Sonia Villapol (Houston Methodist)
Dr. Doug Wallace (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania)
Dr. Eve Wurtele (Iowa State University)