Materials Science for COVID-19: A Global Discussion Between Scientists

COVID-19 has clearly affected all aspects of life, from schools and universities shutting down to full scale government implemented quarantines to an alarming number of deaths. While the world is struggling to get back to some sort of normalcy and waiting for a vaccine, scientists all over the world have been designing new SARS-Cov-2 diagnostic kits, methods to inhibit spreading, and therapeutic treatments despite lab closures and other research resrictions. This webinar will bring together researchers from all around the world to discuss novel material science approaches for stopping the COVID-19 pandemic and to how we can be better prepared for the next one.

Talk Presentations:

• COVID-19: A Global Discussion Between Scientists
  Thomas Webster
  Talk begins at 5:18
     
• Summary of Clinical Efficacy of Convalescent Plasma for Treatment of COVID-19
  Loganathan Rangasamy, Vellore Institute of Technology
  Talk begins at 35:40
     
• Physiological polyanions interacting with the SARS-CoV-2 virus-cell-docking machinery: A successful approach to block binding of the virus to the target cells
  Werner Muller, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
  Talk begins at 1:03:59