Seminar: Leveraging the molecular biosciences for global public health
Seminar Abstract: In the early 20th Century, at the height of Belgian colonialism, HIV began spreading via human-to-human contact in Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo. A century later, history repeated itself as the mpox virus, once largely a rare, zoonotic infection, produced consistent human-to-human spread in Central Africa before spreading globally in 2022. In this talk, I will discuss the social, political, and biomedical forces that allowed these two viruses to spread globally, as well as the rapid response molecular biology and interventions currently in place to monitor outbreaks and immediately inform and protect the most impacted communities.
If you'd like to join virtually on Zoom, visit:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68648851715?pwd=bkYxWFpVTERIUFpKYXVFQlJSR25lQT09
Meeting ID: 686 4885 1715
Passcode: 644825
About the Speaker: Joseph Osmundson (http://www.josephosmundson.com) is a scientist and writer based in New York City. He has a PhD from The Rockefeller University in Molecular Biophysics. His book of essays, VIROLOGY, is forthcoming in 2022 from W.W. Norton. His research has been supported by the American Cancer Society, published in leading biological journals including Cell and PNAS, and he's currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology at NYU. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME Magazine, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Gawker, The Kenyon Review, The Rumpus, The Lambda Literary Review, and The Feminist Wire, and elsewhere, too.
His activism has been covered in The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine (as part of the TIME Next 100), and he’s been featured on NPR, PBS, and MSNBC talking about viruses and queer health.
His book, Capsid: A Love Song won the POZ Award for best HIV writing (fiction/poetry) and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His second book, INSIDE/OUT is now out from Sibling Rivalry Press (January, 2018). He is represented by Kent Wolf at Neon Literary. With three other queer writers, he co-hosts a podcast, Food 4 Thot, covering dicks drama, and discourse.
LSC 3 (Life Sciences Institute - 2350 Health Sciences Mall) MBIM itsupport@microbiology.ubc.ca America/Vancouver publicSeminar: Leveraging the molecular biosciences for global public health
Seminar Abstract: In the early 20th Century, at the height of Belgian colonialism, HIV began spreading via human-to-human contact in Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo. A century later, history repeated itself as the mpox virus, once largely a rare, zoonotic infection, produced consistent human-to-human spread in Central Africa before spreading globally in 2022. In this talk, I will discuss the social, political, and biomedical forces that allowed these two viruses to spread globally, as well as the rapid response molecular biology and interventions currently in place to monitor outbreaks and immediately inform and protect the most impacted communities.
If you'd like to join virtually on Zoom, visit:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68648851715?pwd=bkYxWFpVTERIUFpKYXVFQlJSR25lQT09
Meeting ID: 686 4885 1715
Passcode: 644825
About the Speaker: Joseph Osmundson (http://www.josephosmundson.com) is a scientist and writer based in New York City. He has a PhD from The Rockefeller University in Molecular Biophysics. His book of essays, VIROLOGY, is forthcoming in 2022 from W.W. Norton. His research has been supported by the American Cancer Society, published in leading biological journals including Cell and PNAS, and he's currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology at NYU. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME Magazine, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Gawker, The Kenyon Review, The Rumpus, The Lambda Literary Review, and The Feminist Wire, and elsewhere, too.
His activism has been covered in The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine (as part of the TIME Next 100), and he’s been featured on NPR, PBS, and MSNBC talking about viruses and queer health.
His book, Capsid: A Love Song won the POZ Award for best HIV writing (fiction/poetry) and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His second book, INSIDE/OUT is now out from Sibling Rivalry Press (January, 2018). He is represented by Kent Wolf at Neon Literary. With three other queer writers, he co-hosts a podcast, Food 4 Thot, covering dicks drama, and discourse.