Edinburgh Infectious Diseases is hosting series of webinars focussing on the response of Edinburgh academics and clinicians to the Covid-19 pandemic. All webinars are hosted on the Blackboard Collaborate platform. Please note that Collaborate works best using Chrome or Firefox browsers, and that Internet Explorer 11 is not supported. Video recordings of the webinars will be made available after each event. Webinar 4: Tuesday 9 June, 1 pm Engineering solutions for Covid-19 challenges Speaker: Dr Katherine Dunn, Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering Listen again to Katherine's webinar Immunity, immunopathology, serology and vaccines for Covid-19 Speaker: Prof Eleanor Riley, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences Listen again to Eleanor's webinar Webinar 3: Tuesday 26 May, 1 pm Phylogenetic insights into the global spread of SARS-CoV-2 Speaker: Dr JT McCrone, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences Listen again to JT's webinar The trials and tribulations of therapeutic strategies for Covid-19 Speaker: Prof David Dockrell, Centre for Inflammation Research Listen again to David's webinar Webinar 2: Tuesday 12 May, 1 pm The social life of COVID-19 testing Speaker: Dr Alice Street, School of Social and Political Science Listen again to Alice's webinar Listen to the Q&A session Read a summary of Alice's talk SARS-CoV-2 in Edinburgh: Clinical situation and ongoing research Speaker: Prof Jürgen Haas, Infection Medicine Listen again to Jürgen's webinar part 1 Listen again to Jürgen's webinar part 2 Listen to the Q&A session Webinar 1: Tuesday 28 April, 1 pm Title: Generation of a human ACE2-epressing pig as a model of Covid-19 Speaker: Finn Grey, Senior Research Fellow, Roslin Institute Listen again to Finn's webinar Read a summary of Finn's webinar Title: Pandemic 'nowcasting': on the blind spots of covering Covid-19 in real time Speaker: Lukas Engelmann, Chancellors Fellow in the History and Sociology of Biomedicine, School of Social and Political Science Listen again to Lukas's webinar Read a summary of Lukas's webinar This article was published on 2024-08-28
