Understanding Immune Responses to Covid-19

Event Description

International Guest Lecture on Immunology and Pathogenesis
Live from UC Berkeley and Universitas Pelita Harapan

“Understanding Immune Responses to Covid-19”

Topics covered:

• A brief introduction to the Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2)
• IgM vs IgG antibodies
• Serological tests
• Why antibody responses take some time to establish after infection: Innate vs Adaptive Immunity, MHC, T cells
• Cytokines storm in critical Covid-19 patients
• How to generate human antibodies as drugs to fight against Covid-19: B cells from humanized mice and convalescent humans

Saturday, July 25th 2020, 8-10 AM WIB live on Zoom and Youtube Live Streaming

Speaker:
Prof. Astar Winoto, Ph.D (Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Williams Endowed Chair of Biological Sciences)

Panelist:
Prof. Dr. dr. Iris Rengganis, SpPD, K-AI (Professor of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Chairman of Indonesian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Provocator:
Prof. Dr. Dr. dr. Eka J. Wahjoepramono, Ph.D, SpBS(K) (Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan)

MC & Moderator:
Dr. dr. Stevent Sumantri, DAA, SpPD (Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan)