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Most Americans had not heard of coronaviruses until a few months ago, but Penn's Professor Susan Weiss has been studying them for decades.

She and collaborators at Penn Medicine have a permit from the CDC to study samples of the COVID-19 virus in a Biological Safety Level 3 laboratory.

What makes this virus different from other pathogens? What is it like working with infectious diseases in a highly secure laboratory? What are the major scientific obstacles to treatments and vaccines? How can scientists and policymakers work better together?

Join us for this virtual edition of The World Today for a wide-ranging conversation with Susan Weiss on the race to understand COVID-19. Sign up for this event, and details of how to take part will be in your order confirmation email.

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Susan Weiss obtained her Ph.D. in Microbiology from Harvard University and did postdoctoral training in retroviruses at University of California, San Francisco. She is Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology,and Co-Director of the Penn Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Her long-term research interest is in pathogenesis of murine and human coronaviruses, with current focus on virus interaction with the host innate immune response. Additional research interests include Zika virus-host interactions and pathogenic effects of host endogenous dsRNA.