This course consists of 13 lectures by leading experts, all of them Tuesday 11:30-12:30 Eastern Time. If you miss a lecture you can watch it later.
The lectures will be streamed free to the public. (But only MIT students can ask questions.)
Tomorrow’s lecture is by Bruce Walker, one of the best scientists studying AIDS.
Here is the information and links:
John
PS: If people are interested I’m willing to set up Zoom meetings to discuss the course among ourselves, and answer each other’s questions. Let me know if you want to join these.
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John S. James
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7.00 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic
Tuesdays 11:30-12:30
Units: 1-0-1
Grade: P/D/F
Course description: Lectures by leading experts on the fundamentals of coronavirus and host cell biology, immunology, epidemiology, clinical disease, and vaccine and therapeutic development. This is an exploratory subject, open to undergraduate and graduate students.
Faculty: Richard Young, Facundo Batista and guest faculty, including Drs. David Baltimore, Victoria Clark, Kizzmekia Corbett, Anthony Fauci, Britt Glaunsinger, Akiko Iwasaki, Eric Lander, Michael Mina, Michel Nussenzweig, Shiv Pillai, Arlene Sharp, Skip Virgin, and Bruce Walker.
Teaching Assistant: Lena Afeyan
September
1 COVID-19 and the pandemic Bruce Walker, Ragon, MIT, MGH
8 Coronavirus biology Britt Glaunsinger, HHMI
15 Virology and lessons from the AIDS pandemic David Baltimore, MIT/Caltech
22 Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic Anthony Fauci, NIAID
29 Viral immunology Michel Nussenzweig, Rockefeller
October
6 Target cells and the innate response Shiv Pillai, Ragon, MGH
13 No lecture
20 The patient Victoria Clark, Whitehead/MGH
27 Epidemiology Michael Mina, Harvard
November
3 Immunology: T cells Arlene Sharpe, HMS, Brigham
10 Vaccines Kizzmekia Corbett, NIH
17 Immunology: antibodies Akiko Iwasaki, Yale
24 No lecture: Thanksgiving
December
1 Therapeutics discovery Skip Virgin, Vir
8 Rapid Research Response in a Pandemic Eric Lander, Broad Institute