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TribLIVE: Pitt researchers find 4 coronavirus mutations arrived early in Pittsburgh, say pandemic could have been much worse in region
University of Pittsburgh researchers are studying tiny…
TribLIVE: Pitt expert, others warn coronavirus remains lethal despite falling numbers
Suggesting the coronavirus is less lethal now than it was two months ago would be a mistake…
CEBaM Member, Fadi Lakkis, publish in Science
CEBaM Member, Fadi Lakkis, along with Martin Oberbarnscheidt, Xian Li (Houston Methodist Research Institute), investigators at the Starzl Transplant Institute and the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh,…
Ambrose lab receives pilot grant on SARS-CoV-2 research
The Ambrose lab received one of the 17 pilot grants awarded by the University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) on basic SARS-CoV-2 research. SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus that causes…
CARTA Presents Online-Event: Impact of Infectious Disease on Humans & Our Origins
Event Date (Pacific Time): May 16, 2020 -1:00pm to 5:00pm Event Summary:As the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, infectious diseases can have profound influences on their host populations. Human evolution has unquestionably been shaped by…
Ongoing evolution of the #COVID19 virus
Ongoing evolution of the #COVID19 virus Is the #COVID19 virus evolving? How many strains are there? What do the mutations mean? Should I worry (no!)? What can we learn from…
Evolution of SARS-CoV-2
An Educational Video By Dr. Vaughn Cooper Where did #COVID19 come from? Where’s it going? This video discusses: source of SARS-CoV-2, relatedness to other CoV, how it’s currently evolving but…
Happy Valentine’s Day – Genetics Based Digital Dating
GENETICS-BASED DIGITAL DATING: SCIENCE BEHIND GENETIC MATCHMAKING Author: Stefan Andjelkovic This article originally appeared as a student blog post from the Evolutionary Biology of Human Disease class. At the turn…
Announcing the 2020 CEBaM Catalyst Award
The Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine (CEBaM) is pleased to announce its Catalyst Award Program. The Mission of the Center is to advance the fields of evolutionary biology…
New Spring 2020 Course: Evolutionary Biology of Human Disease
Evolution is a fundamental unifying principle of biology. This class takes a broad approach to illustrate…