Release Date: January 26, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Although COVID-19 vaccination efforts are ramping up across Western New York, for many people, questions about vaccines remain.
To answer their questions, the Â鶹´«Ã½o Genome, Environment, and Microbiome Community of Excellence (GEM) and Buffalo Museum of Science will host Conversations in Science: COVID Vaccines, a free online event that will allow the public to present questions and lingering concerns to researchers and health care workers.
What: Conversations in Science: COVID Vaccines
When: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 6-7 p.m.
Where: To receive a Zoom link to the free event, guests must .
Why: Learn how vaccines work to help our immune systems, what is immunity and herd immunity, and more. To submit questions in advance, please email ggraham@sciencebuff.org.
Speakers include Thomas Melendy, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology; Jill Tirabassi, MD, clinical assistant professor of family medicine; Manmeet Pal Singh Bhalla, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology; and Rasheen Powell, doctoral candidate in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, all in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB. Jennifer Surtees, PhD, UB GEM co-director and associate professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, will moderate.
The event is part of Conversations in Science, a series, presented by RP Oak Hill Building Company, which offers scientists and researchers an opportunity to informally chat with the community about trending science topics.
Marcene Robinson is a former staff writer in University Communications. To contact UB's media relations staff, email ub-news@buffalo.edu or visit our list of current .
