Behind the Lab Door: A MacTalks Event featuring Karen Mossman and Gretchen Reynolds

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Join us for a conversation that takes us inside the leading-edge research that’s making a difference in the fight against COVID-19 Karen Mossman is a molecular virologist and professor of pathology and molecular medicine. Earlier this year, she and her McMaster team with their partners isolated the new coronavirus to fight the pandemic. Mossman’s research efforts have also focused on therapeutic viruses used to fight cancer. As McMaster’s Vice-President Research (Acting), she is responsible for the university’s research activities and partnerships designed to capitalize on McMaster’s significant research strengths. She is a member of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research and the McMaster Immunology Research Centre and chair of the McMaster Innovation Park board of directors. Gretchen Reynolds is a New York Times columnist and author who is the inaugural journalist in residence for McMaster’s Faculty of Science. Her Phys Ed column is among the most-read and shared features in The New York Times. Her book, The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, and Live Longer, was a New York Times non-fiction bestseller and finalist for the Books That Make a Difference Award.