Physics Colloquium: The Covid-19 pandemic – where do we go from here?
Time
Tuesday, 22. November 2022
15:15 - 16:45
Location
R 513 with coffee and tea afterwards
Organizer
FB Physik / Prof. Dr. Clemens Bechinger
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürkle / University of Konstanz, FB Biology
While the present coronavirus pandemic seems to come to its end, the basics of molecular genetics and virology shall be briefly reviewed, and the course of the pandemic shall be discussed, including the occurrence of viral mutants (“variants”), the basic strategy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, as well as some recent, exciting advances in antiviral drug development.