The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research’s fourth annual symposium brought together dozens of researchers from across The Rockefeller University to share the latest on pioneering research aimed at preventing and disrupting the spread of disease. Topics included a method for identifying new antibiotics in soil, llama-derived nanobodies aiding in a test for Lyme disease, and cat-to-human pathogen transmission.
“We’ve entered a new phase,” said institute director and Nobel Prize winner Charles Rice of the SNF Institute’s work. “We’re now building on the scientific and organizational foundations we established early on in order to advance research from discovery toward clinical and global impact.”
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Building on a longstanding relationship between SNF and Rockefeller and more proximately on SNF’s support during the pandemic for COVID research, the institute was established in 2023 with a landmark grant made as part of SNF’s Global Health Initiative (GHI).