Complex Systems Seminar | SARS-CoV-2 invasion dynamics and disease development: insights from viral sequences
Katie Koelle | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution | Emory University
ROOM 747 Weiser Hall
This talk will be hybrid, with improved function.
ZOOM https://umich.zoom.us/j/96616169868
Password: CSCS (all caps)
Abstract : The unfolding of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to tremendous sequencing efforts, with tens of millions of viral sequences now publicly available on platforms such as GISAID for quantitative analysis by researchers worldwide. These sequences can be informative of the timing of viral emergence in regions, patterns of geographic spread, epidemiological dynamics, and viral adaptation. They can also be informative of the ways in which viral populations evolve at various scales, from within-host, to between-host, to the host population level. In this talk, I will first present some of my group’s recent work on using SARS-CoV-2 sequence data to infer early viral invasion dynamics into a region when viral genetic diversity is still extremely limited. I will then present our research focused on using SARS-CoV-2 sequence data from established transmission pairs to quantify natural exposure doses and therewith to assess the plausibility that dose could impact the severity of a COVID infection.
This talk will be hybrid, with improved function.
ZOOM https://umich.zoom.us/j/96616169868
Password: CSCS (all caps)
Abstract : The unfolding of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to tremendous sequencing efforts, with tens of millions of viral sequences now publicly available on platforms such as GISAID for quantitative analysis by researchers worldwide. These sequences can be informative of the timing of viral emergence in regions, patterns of geographic spread, epidemiological dynamics, and viral adaptation. They can also be informative of the ways in which viral populations evolve at various scales, from within-host, to between-host, to the host population level. In this talk, I will first present some of my group’s recent work on using SARS-CoV-2 sequence data to infer early viral invasion dynamics into a region when viral genetic diversity is still extremely limited. I will then present our research focused on using SARS-CoV-2 sequence data from established transmission pairs to quantify natural exposure doses and therewith to assess the plausibility that dose could impact the severity of a COVID infection.
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
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| Event Type: | Workshop / Seminar |
| Tags: | Biosciences, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology, epidemiology, Natural Sciences |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from The Center for the Study of Complex Systems, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Department of Physics |
