Decoding and understanding the coronavirus and detecting mutations

Incidence rates are dropping. The number of vaccinated and convalesced people is rising. Everyone hopes for an end to the pandemic, but news of rampant mutations with faster virus transmissibility and higher mortality rates darkens the prospects for a return to "normality".  

Why do viruses mutate? Are all mutations dangerous and how can we identify mutations? What do the mutations mean for the current vaccinations? Biomedical Genomics researcher Dr. Anna Poetsch will expand on the topic of virus decoding by genome sequencing and answer frequently asked questions in the 4^th TUD Lecture.

The event will take place on 13.10.2021 at 18:00. You can dial in with this link:https://tu-dresden.zoom.us/j/84766098532?pwd=S3JBRWxMTWFzOS91TDU0RlNBaVE0dz09

Dr. Poetsch is a research group leader at the Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of TU Dresden and the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) funded by the Mildred Scheel Young Investigator Center (MSNZ). She is one of the researchers who have been working with a team of volunteers since the outbreak of the pandemic to sequence the coronavirus and try to understand its evolution.