Events at Stanford
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16:00 Oct 12, 2021
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2021. 6:00 PM. Location: Zoom Description: This evening will be a special LASER, a fireside chat with Stanford virologist Catherine Blish on Covid-19 and the Virusphere. Register here: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4mh9Hg4pSkO_hho6XM0pBA Catherine Blish is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine and an Assistant Director of the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program. Her clinical focus is on infectious diseases. She received her PhD in Immunology from the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she then pursued a fellowship in Infectious Disease, with a research focus on immune correlates of HIV-1 infection. Her current research aims to understand the successes and failures of the immune system in order to better harness it to prevent infections. Her lab is perhaps best known for redefining our understanding of the diversity of human natural killer cells, a critical first line of defense against vi...