BLiSc Science Cafe: Viruses & Vaccines with Prof. Sudhir Krishna
Building teams to tackle viruses in India and Africa:
From HIV to Ebola, there have been multiple viral threats that have emerged in recent times. These infectious diseases pose common challenges to the biomedical community in both India and Africa. This talk will delve into some of these challenges and the unique role India can play in countering them.
Emerging technologies and approaches are key to tackling these viruses. This includes collaborative efforts, such as seeding an Indo-African virome project as part of the Dengue vaccine initiative. You will hear about this and more questions of innovative biomedicine and collaboration in India.