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A Joint Symposium co-hosted by PCSSM and the Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses (PSOM) on Climate & Emerging Diseases

Date: March 26, 2026  Time: 10am-4pm
Location: BRB Gaulton Auditorium, 3700 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Please join the Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses (PCREV), and the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media (PCSSM) for a joint symposium on climate and emerging diseases. This symposium will include speakers from across the university, a keynote discussion, and a networking session open to the Penn Community and collaborators. Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and PCSSM Director, Dr. Michael Mann, and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Dr. Peter J. Hotez will be giving the keynote discussion.

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The inhabitants of Earth are mostly microbes, and their activities are central to human welfare. Microbes can cause disease, but a properly functioning microbiome is essential for health. Microbes spoil food, but drive many forms of food production. Microbes mediate organismic decay, but catalyze numerous geochemical processes essential for life on Earth.

Research in the Penn Microbiology Department focuses on infectious agents that threaten global health, with an emphasis on understanding molecular mechanisms and developing key new methods. Areas of focus include SARS-CoV-2, HIV, pathogenic bacteria of the airway and gut, cancer causing viruses, emerging infectious diseases, and the human microbiome. On the host side, faculty study many areas of immunology related to infection, including innate and adaptive immunity, tumor immunology and vaccine development.

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