York Biomedical Research Institute is excited to present 'Pathogenesis and Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Disease'. A 2 hour session with three influential speakers; Prof Power (Queen's University Belfast), Prof Shattock (Imperial College London) and Dr Bayrakat (Welcome Trust Sanger Institute). The session is open to all and the full agenda is below.

Hosts: Prof Deborah Smith, Prof Charles Lacey and Dr Dimitris Lagos

14:00 - 14:05 Welcome (Professor Deborah Smith, University of York)

14:05 - 14:40 Professor Ultan Power (Queen's University Belfast) 'SARS-CoV-2 infection of the airway epithelium – an important battleground in COVID-19 disease?'

14:40 - 15:15 Professor Robin Shattock (Imperial College London) 'Development of a self-amplifying RNA COVID-19 vaccine'

15:15 - 15:50 Dr Omer Bayraktar (The Wellcome Sanger Institute) 'Using spatial genomics to discover COVID-19 pathology'

15:50 - 16:00 Closing remarks (Professor Charles Lacey and Dr Dimitris Lagos, University of York)