The evolutionary potential of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain

Jesse Bloom
Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00pm
Virtual
Invited Speaker Seminar
Abstract: 
Hopes for ending the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic rely largely on vaccines that are designed to elicit neutralizing antibodies that target the viral spike. Here I describe my lab’s work to understand how these antibodies target the spike’s receptor-binding domain, and the potential for viral mutations to affect recognition by these antibodies.
Host: 
Student: Steven Chen
Dept of Cell and Systems Biology