The COVID-19 pandemic has provided poignant evidence that vaccines are one of biomedicine’s most remarkable achievements. In this year’s F. Rucker Lecturer in Biology and Medicine, vaccine pioneer Peter Kim (Class of 1979) explores how vaccines work and provides an overview of some of the most influential vaccines in history. He will examine the scientific breakthroughs behind the development of vaccines for cervical cancer and COVID-19, and discuss the continuing challenge of why an HIV vaccine remains elusive.
The lecture, “Preventing Disease with Vaccines,” will be held on Thursday, October 3, at 7 p.m. in Room G10 of the Biotechnology Building. The lecture is free and the public is welcome to attend. A reception will follow at 8 p.m.
“We are especially excited that this year’s Rucker Lecturer is Peter Kim, whose discovery of the mechanism by which viral membranes fuse with cells as a critical first step in viral infection later became the basis for the development of COVID-19 vaccines,” said Richard Cerione, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of molecular medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Kim will deliver a scientific lecture titled “New Frontiers in Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases” at 4 pm on Friday, October 4, at the G10 Biotechnology Building. A reception will be held at 5 pm.
Please see the full text on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences website.
