Dr. Ruth Wrightsman – Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 12 p.m. on Zoom
The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Virus, the Vaccines and the Variants
After one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, where are we now and where are we headed? Dr. Ruth Wrightsman will discuss the biology of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, how the COVID-19 vaccines work, and the race between vaccination and the emergence of genetic variants.
About Dr. Ruth Wrightsman
Dr. Ruth Wrightsman obtained her Ph.D. in cellular biology at the University of California –Irvine. She spent 25 years in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at UC-Irvine studying the immunology of the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. Dr. Wrightsman has been a community college educator for over 30 years and has taught a range of biology courses, including general biology, microbiology, genetics, and cell and molecular biology. In addition to teaching at FVCC, Dr. Wrightsman, along with her colleague, Dr. Mirabai McCarthy, leads an undergraduate research team on a project entitled “Antibiotic Potential of Flathead Valley Flora and Fungi” aimed at discovering new sources of antibiotics.