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SUMMARY:CSAR lecture: Celebrating the contribution of viral sequencing to 
 the COVID-19 pandemic response. - Professor Sharon Peacock\, Professor of 
 Public Health and Microbiology\, University of Cambridge\; Director and Ch
 air of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:How sequencing became a cornerstone for scientific evidence on
  viral spread\, immune evasion and disease severity.\n\nMicrobial sequenci
 ng allows us to define the genetic code of individual microbes as well as 
 microbial communities. Already a well-established research tool by the tim
 e that the COVID-19 pandemic took hold\, this was translated at pace to tr
 ack viral evolution at an unprecedented scale. In this talk\, I will give 
 an overview of how genomic data were used to guide the pandemic response a
 t a national and global scale. I will provide a birds-eye view of the reas
 ons behind viral evolution as well as the practical reality of tracking va
 riants. I will also describe what it took to translate and embed this tech
 nology into the UK response during a national emergency.\n\nOpen to all. M
 ore details "here":https://www.csar.org.uk/lectures/2024-2025/20241021_pea
 cock/ .
LOCATION:Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, and Zoom
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