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During the COVID-19 pandemic, global collaborations have been critical to rapidly develop scientific approaches to combat the pandemic. The learnings of these collaborations can now be leveraged to prepare ourselves for new post-pandemic challenges.
This is the topic of the 2021 virtual international conference organized by the Biosafety Level 4 Zoonotic Laboratory Network (BSLZ4Net).
Virus cells and DNA strand. Picture by Shutterstock/ Kjpargeter
I recently spoke with Dr. Suneil Malik about genomics and outbreak preparedness.
This is the second part of our conversation, in which we were discussing the benefits and potential downsides of the so-called “omics”-revolution, which consists of new technologies such as transcriptomics and proteomics that are changing the field of medicine.
Suneil Malik, PhD. Photo courtesy of McGill University, Canada
I recently spoke with Dr. Suneil Malik about genomics and outbreak preparedness.
Dr. Malik is a Manager and Team Leader for Toxicology at Health Canada, a government agency directed by the Canadian Minister of Health. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.