BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1561@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210215T180000 DTSTAMP:20210213T225416Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/covid-19-origins SUMMARY:COVID-19 Origins - - 15 Feb 21 17:00 DESCRIPTION:UArizona's Michael Worobey to Discuss COVID-19 Origins\n \; University of Arizona researcher \;Michael Worobey \;will give a t alk on "The Origins of the COVID-19 Pandemic" as part of the monthly Preci sion Wellness in the Time of COVID-19 lecture series\, featuring medical a nd scientific experts from the UArizona BIO5 Institute and Precision Nutri tion &\; Wellness Initiative.\n\n When: \;Monday\, Feb. 15\, 5-6 p .m.\n Where: \;The talk will be presented via Zoom. \;Registratio n is required.\n\nTUCSON\, Ariz. – \;Michael Worobey\, head on the U niversity of Arizona \;Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\ , will discuss the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic during a free online s eminar on Monday\, Feb. 15.\n\nWorobey uses genomes of viruses to trace th e evolution of major communicable diseases. While his previous work has fo cused on HIV/AIDS and influenza\, Worobey quickly pivoted his research at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to address the origins and transmission of SARS-CoV-2.\n\nIn the last year\, Worobey has been quoted in numerous news stories about COVID-19 and has written several analyses and research articles on the virus. He and colleague \;David Baltrus\, associate pr ofessor in the UArizona School of Plant Sciences\, were awarded a BIO5 see d grant for their genetic approach to studying the origin and spread of CO VID-19 in Southern Arizona.\n\nWorobey's lecture is part of a five-part se ries hosted by the \;BIO5 Institute \;and \;The Precision Nutr ition &\; Wellness Initiative.\n\nComplete schedule of speakers:\n\n F eb. 15: \;Michael Worobey\, head of the UArizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\n March 15: \;Michael Hammer\, UArizona Gen etics Core director and UArizona Cancer Center Genomics Shared Resource co -director\n April 19: \;Floyd (Ski) Chilton\, director of the The Pre cision Nutrition &\; Wellness Initiative and associate director of BIO5 \n May 17: \;Yves Lussier\, associate vice president and chief knowle dge officer for UArizona Health Sciences\n June 21: \;John M. Ruiz\, UArizona associate professor of clinical psychology and director of the So cial Risk and Resilience Factors Lab\n\nThe symposia series is part of the BIO5 Institute's \;DISCOVER BIO5 \;event series\, designed to hig hlight the innovative bioscience and biomedical research at UArizona and t o share the ways BIO5 members are preparing the next generation of scienti sts to tackle the world's greatest mysteries.\n\nAnyone interested in atte nding the virtual symposia series\, including Worobey's talk\, can registe r for each event at the \;PNWI website.\n\nRecordings will be availabl e immediately following each session. Contact Brittany Uhlorn\, UArizona B IO5 Institute coordinator of marketing and communications\, at bforte2012@ bio5.org(link sends e-mail).\n# # #\n \;\nMedia contact:\nBrittany Uhl orn\nBIO5 Institute\n214-783-7397\nbforte2012@bio5.org(link sends e-mail)\ n\nThe University of Arizona\, a land-grant university with two independen tly accredited medical schools\, is one of the nation's top 40 public univ ersities\, according to U.S. News &\; World Report. Established in 1885 \, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Departm ent of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2019 in research expenditures among all public universities\, according to the National Sci ence Foundation\, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $734 millio n in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers o f interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a memb er of the Association of American Universities\, the 65 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. It benefits the state with an e stimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually. For the latest on the U niversity of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus\, visit the univers ity's \;COVID-19 webpage. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200216T170000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR