The Science Scoop: Joe DeRisi

The Science Scoop

Please join us for the inaugural session of a quarterly public lecture series hosted by UCSF Basic Sciences. Discovery for ALL!

We invite you to learn about how curiosity-driven research is leading to critical medical advances. Through engaging lectures geared towards a lay audience, premier researchers at the University of California, San Francisco will share the challenges and joys of making scientific discoveries and their impact on bettering human health. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the talk.

Speaker:

Dr. DeRisi is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF and President Emeritus of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub SF. He employs an interdisciplinary approach combining genomics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, and bioengineering to study parasitic and viral infectious diseases in a wide range of organisms, for the purpose of discovering and studying novel or unrecognized diseases. His current work extends his focus beyond infections to include autoimmune disease as well. Early work in his lab contributed to the identification of the SARS coronavirus in 2003.