No.183 Seminar ： Structural studies on RNA viruses using electron microscopies
- Assistant Professor Yukihiko SUGITA（Hakubi 10th batch,Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences）
- 2020/07/07 5:00pm
- ZOOM (Closed)
- English (some Japanese)
Summary
A virus is a microscopic organism, which sometimes causes disease to the host.There are many pathogenic human viruses with RNA genomes such as influenza, measles, Ebola, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, and corona viruses.Understanding virus structures is important to clarify their formation mechanism and to develop anti-viral drugs. However, structural analysis of RNA viruses is challenging because most of them have a flexible and fragile nature. In this seminar, I will give a brief introduction of my structural studies using electron microscopies on influenza and Ebola viruses and a little on SARS-CoV-2.
Opening talk
Make invisible COVID-19 risk visible utilizing mathematical/statistical/epidemiological modelings
- Speaker：Assistant Professor Kenji MIZUMOTO（Hakubi 9th batch,Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability）
- Date：7th July 2020 (Tuesday), 16:30-
- Venue：Zoom (Closed)
- Presentation Language：English (some Japanese)
Summary
Since COVID-19 transmission started, a variety of epidemiological methods and statistical/mathematical modelling has been applied into health related policies to confine its spread in Japan and worldwide. In this opening talk, I will introduce not only my recent research activities, but also refer to the activities in emergency operating center in Ministry of Health.