This presentation will examine the subject of RNA technology and insights into its potentials of creating vaccines and medications. Specifically, we will delve into the realm of mRNA vaccine technology, learning how they are manufactured and the platform they are based on. In addition, we will investigate how the immune system responds to these vaccines and their potential therapeutic purpose in infectious diseases as well as other potential therapeutic applications of the RNA technology.
Please note this webinar will NOT be recorded.
Speaker
Dr Satwik Kar, National Medical Science Liaison – United Kingdom, Moderna
Dr Kar is an immunologist with a particular interest in the innate and adaptive immune responses to respiratory viruses and vaccines. His other expertise includes T-cell biology and human challenge trials. Dr Kar has gained his experience from working both in the pharmaceutical industry and academia, including his time at Imperial College London.
He is currently part of the Medical Affairs team at Moderna in the UK.
Chair
Harish Nair, Co-Head of the Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute
Professor Harish Nair is Co-Head of the Centre for Global Health and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Health Research and Training. He leads the Respiratory Viral Epidemiology research programme at the University of Edinburgh. He has led several large collaborative projects on global child health and infectious diseases. He currently leads (and is the co-ordinator of) the Preparing for RSV Immunisation and Surveillance in Europe (PROMISE), REspiratory Syncytial virus Consortium in EUrope (RESCEU) and the Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network (RSV GEN). He also leads the Infectious Diseases Research Programme in the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE). He is a co-founder of ReSViNET. In 2019, Professor Nair was awarded the Principal’s Medal for Exceptional Service by the University of Edinburgh; and the Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award by the NRI Society of India.
