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COVID-19 and the Holidays

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As COVID cases and hospitalizations rise around the country, many states are implementing stricter guidelines for the upcoming holiday season.

Hear from two leading virologists on the state of the pandemic and the latest updates on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Learn more about prevention, new testing technology, and the forthcoming vaccine.

Cut through the noise and bring your questions directly to Gladstone experts.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Gladstone scientists rapidly pivoted the focus of their research labs to the novel virus, SARS-CoV-2. Over the last several months, they have been leveraging their established tools, unique infrastructure, and diverse expertise in virology to develop improved diagnostics, identify targeted treatment strategies, and invent preventative approaches.

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Dec 11, 2020 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Dec 11, 2020 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: COVID-19 and the Holidays Register in advance for this webinar: https://gladstone.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g-zK8GeuQ0yzj8ytWvRpQg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Warner Greene, MD, PhD (Director, Center for HIV Cure Research @Gladstone Institutes) Areas of Expertise: Virology and Immunology Warner Greene and his team seek to understand the interactions between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the cells it infects with the goal of providing new approaches for therapy and prevention. Using a combination of molecular, biochemical, cell biological, and immunological techniques, the lab pursues two main goals. First, they want to mitigate the inflammation and loss of immune cells that are the hallmark of HIV infection. Second, they want to overcome the persistent obstacles to curing HIV/AIDS by controlling or eradicating the pool of HIV virus that hides in a subset of cells known as the latent reservoir. Melanie Ott, MD, PhD (Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology @Gladstone Institutes) Areas of Expertise: Chromatin Biology, Immunology, Organoids, Virology Melanie Ott’s lab focuses mainly on two viruses: the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) and the hepatitis C virus. HIV infects immune cells known as CD4+ T cells, wreaking havoc on the body’s immune system. However, the virus can also remain dormant in CD4+ T cells and re-emerge later to initiate a new round of infection. The hepatitis C virus targets liver cells, where it uses fat droplets to propagate itself while compromising the cells’ fat and energy metabolism. Ott’s team strives to understand the molecular interactions between these viruses and their target cells to yield targets for new therapeutic drugs. The lab also studies the Zika virus and its interaction with host RNA control pathways.

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