VIU Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity
Mar
16
When: Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021, 12:00PM - 12:45PM
Where:
Add to CalendarZoom into Lunch & Learn about "Applied Phylogeography - Searching for the Origins of Ebolaviruses"03/16/2021 12:00 PM03/16/2021 12:45 PMMM/DD/YYYYAmerica/VancouverfalseaYqCFcQpUzxLBYhTummH26494

While it seems that the whole world is holding its breath and fighting COVID-19, it is easily forgotten that other pathogens have not disappeared. Especially Africa continues to suffer from epidemics with multiple infectious agents, many of them more feared and deadly than COVID-19. Dr. Christian Lange works at Metabiota (based in Nanaimo) in the field of analyzing and mitigating risks of infectious diseases to prepare governments and enterprises for future outbreaks.