MassCPR Scientific Seminars and Symposia
COVID-19 Vaccines and Pathogenesis - March 31, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines and Pathogenesis
March 31, 2021 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm E.T.
Member, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Management - March 30, 2021
COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Management:
Where are we now, where are we going?
March 30, 2021 | 8:00 am - 9:00am E.T.
Vaccines and Animal Models - July 14, 2020
MassCPR Scientific Symposium on Vaccines and Animal Models
July 14, 2020 | 9:00am - 10:00am E.T.
Scientists discuss emerging innovations in COVID-19 vaccines and the role of animal models for studying COVID-19 as part of the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) Vaccines and Pathogenesis Working Groups.
Introductions: Galit Alter (MGH), David Knipe (HMS), Andrea Carfi (Moderna)
Presenters:
Anthony Griffiths (BU): Alternative pathways for licensing medical countermeasures: is there a role for Animal Rule with SARS CoV-2?
Dan Barouch (BIDMC): Hamster and NHP Models of COVID-19
Mandy Martinot (Tufts): Comparative Pathology of COVID-19 in NHPs and Humans
Doug Lauffenburger (MIT): Translation of Preclinical Data to Humans
Discussion (All): Role of Animal Models for Studying COVID-19 Immunology, Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Vaccines
COVID-19 Therapeutics and Clinical Management - May 8, 2020
COVID-19 Therapeutics and Clinical Management
May 8, 2020 | 10:00am - 11:30am ET
Presenters: Hari Arthanari, Rob Davey, Joseph Loscalzo, Richard Kaufman, Wayne Marasco, Boris Juelg, John Stone
Institutions: Harvard Medical School, Boston University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ragon Institute of MGH, Harvard, and MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Hosts: Bruce Walker, Arlene Sharpe, Mark Namchuk, Lindsey Baden, Raj Gandhi, Jonathan Abraham, and other Faculty Co-Leaders of MassCPR
SARS-CoV-2 Virus Detection Methods - May 1, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Virus Detection Methods
May 1, 2020 | 10:00am - 11:30am ET
Presenters: Connie Cepko, Jim Collins, Lee Gehrke, Marc Lipsitch, Pardis Sabeti, Michael Springer, David Walt, and Feng Zhang.
Institutions: Harvard Medical School, MIT, The Wyss Institute, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Broad Institute.
Hosts: Bruce Walker and Arlene Sharpe, Faculty Co-Leaders of MassCPR
SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies - April 17, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies: Prospects for therapy, vaccines and return to work
April 17, 2020 | 7:30am - 9:00am ET
Presenters: Bruce Walker, Michael Mina, Galit Alter, David Walt, Linqi Zhang, Jincun Zhao, Megan Murray,
Institutions: Ragon Institute, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Wyss Institute, Tsinghua University, Guangzhou Institute for Respiratory Health, and Harvard Medical School.
Hosts: Bruce Walker and Arlene Sharpe, Faculty Co-Leaders of MassCPR
Click this link to view the livestream recording.
MassCPR Clinical/Research Specimens Discussion - April 16, 2020
MassCPR Clinical/Research Specimens Discussion
April 16, 2020 | 6:00 - 7:00pm ET
Scientists discuss guiding principles, protocols, specimens to be collected in the large cohort studies, baseline assays to be performed, procurement, storage, distribution process, database, funding and immediate needs for SARS-CoV-2 specimen samples as part of the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR).
Presenters: Lindsey Baden, Dan Barouch, David Golan, Howard Heller, Karen Jacobson, Michael Jordan, Jon Li, Gyongyi Szabo, David Walt, Scott Weiss, Dan Worrall, and Xu Yu
Institutions: Harvard Medical School, MIT, The Wyss Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tufts, Boston University, Partners Biobank, and the Broad Institute.
Hosts: Bruce Walker, MD and Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD, Faculty Co-Leaders of MassCPR
A Coordinated, Boston-wide Response - March 12, 2020
A Coordinated, Boston-wide Response to COVID-19
March 12, 2020 | 8:00am - 9:00am ET
Organized as part of the MGH Medical Grand Rounds
Presenters: Bruce D. Walker, Marc Lipsitch, Pardis Sabeti, Galit Alter, Mark Namchuk, Dan Barouch, and Mark Schwartz.
Institutions: Ragon Institute, TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Broad Institute, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Hosts: Bruce Walker and Arlene Sharpe, Faculty Co-Leaders of MassCPR
Click this link to view the livestream recording.