ICTP SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM

 

 

11:00, Friday, 19 March 2010

Main Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building, ICTP

 

 

 Professor Raul Rabadan

Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Columbia University, USA

 

 

 

Swine, avian and human influenza and the origins of 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain

 

 

 

 Abstract:

Evolution is a dynamical process that shapes the genomes of viruses and their hosts. We will talk about patterns in mutations and reassortments, selection and pathogenesis, in the context of the recent influenza A (H1N1) pandemic strain.