Biodiversity Research Seminar Series (BRS)

BRS: Raina Plowright "Pathogen spillover: lessons learned from emerging bat viruses"

October 7, 2020, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

2212 Main Mall

Topic: Dr. Raina Plowright - "Pathogen spillover: lessons learned from emerging bat viruses"
Start Time : Oct 7, 2020 11:45 AM

Meeting Recording:
https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/xVwgfd3xfovxwV9grppck642tjhgtdPobb2xLL6Uy…

please email Katie (brcadmin@biodiversity.ubc.ca) for the passcode to view the recording. 

host: Claire Kremen

Abstract: The rapid, global spread and human health impacts of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; the agent of COVID-19 disease) have demonstrated humanity’s vulnerability to zoonotic disease pandemics from bats. While most emerging zoonotic infections originate in wildlife, mechanisms driving this process are rarely elucidated. We show how pathogens are transmitted from bats to humans in different contexts. We show one system where loss of winter habitat interacts with climatic factors to drive henipavirus spillover from fruit bats to livestock and how habitat restoration could stop spillover. 

  • Biodiversity Research Seminar Series (BRS)

Biodiversity Research Centre

2212 Main Mall
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E-mail biodiversity.centre@ubc.ca

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