Columbia University researchers and clinicians are invited to join these regular virtual symposia on COVID-19. Researchers and clinicians at all career stages are welcome to educate themselves about Columbia’s efforts against this unprecedented threat to our society.

Please register here with your Columbia UNI.

**Please note: due to intellectual property concerns including the showing of unpublished data, only Columbia affiliates may attend the live symposium. Videos and written summaries of select talks are available on the main Symposium page.**

Symposium Agenda

8:30 am: Andrea Califano, PhD, Eric Greene, PhD, Andrew Marks, MD, Introductory Remarks

8:35 am: Wenhong Zhang, MD, PhD, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, "Weather the storm, our choices at different crossroads"

9:05 am: Zev Williams MD, PhD, "Rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 detection using optimized isothermal amplification for direct diagnostic testing of clinical specimens without the need for RNA purification"

9:25 am: Noga Shalev, MD, "Clinical characteristics and outcomes in people living with HIV hospitalized for COVID-19"

9:45 am: Andrés Bendesky, MD, PhD, "Daily home test for SARS-CoV-2 infection and its deployment for safely returning to work"

10:05 am: BREAK

10:20 am: Harrison Hong, PhD, "Implications of stochastic transmission rates for managing COVID-19 risks"

10:40 am: Sagi Shapira, PhD, "A functional and genetic link between complement and coagulation functions and SARS-CoV-2 clinical outcome"

11:00 am: Tomas Cihlar, PhD, Vice President of Virology at Gilead Sciences, "Remdesivir: Broad-spectrum antiviral for treatment of coronaviruses and other emerging viral infections"

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Symposium Organizers:

Andrea Califano, PhD, Departments of Chemical and Systems Biology
Eric Greene, PhD, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Andrew Marks, MD, Departments of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics and Molecular Physiology (in Medicine)

The organizers would like to thank volunteers from Columbia Researchers Against COVID-19 for their help in symposium logistics, the Zuckerman Institute for web support and the Mailman School of Public Health for webinar support.