Alumni
Timely Topics: Your immune System vs. COVID-19
12 p.m.
The Evolutionary Arms Race between Antibody-mediated Immunity and SARS-CoV-2
More than three years later, COVID-19 is still making headlines amidst concerns about new variants and a late-summer surge of infections. As SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve, so does our understanding of COVID-19 immunity.
Join Timothy Bates, Ph.D. ’23 and Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D. for a deep dive into their cutting-edge research on COVID-19 immunity in this ever-changing landscape. Learn about the effect of combined vaccination and infection, also known as hybrid immunity, and how factors like age, timing, and variants impact antibody response.
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Timothy Bates, Ph.D. ’23 is a postdoctoral fellow and recent graduate of OHSU’s Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. His dissertation work focused on antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination, and his research findings have been used to inform public vaccination policy around the world.
Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at OHSU. He received his Ph.D. from Utrecht University, Netherlands and completed postdoctoral studies at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (MIT) in the lab of Hidde Ploegh. Before joining OHSU, Dr. Tafesse was an Instructor in Medicine at the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
This virtual event is presented by the School of Medicine Alumni Association.
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