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Science and Survival. a Focus on SARS-Cov-2 and Connections Science and Survival. A focus on SARS-CoV-2 and connections between large-scale risks for life on this planet and opportunities of science to address them Proceedings of the Plenary Session 7-9 October 2020 J. von Braun, M. Sánchez Sorondo (eds) Acta 26 Vatican City 2020 e-pub Welcome and Introduction to the Plenary Joachim von Braun Welcome and Message from Pope Francis Msgr. Marcelo Sa#nchez Sorondo Session 1: SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 and other infections – scientific insights and health policy Introduction by Chair Wolf Singer Global health policy responses to current and future pandemics Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Update on testing and on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine Francis Delmonico and Ann Woolley Discussion The genetic code translation machinery as a therapeutical target Ada Yonath Discussion Cardiovascular risk factors in SARS-Cov-2 infection: prevention and treatments Salvador Moncada Discussion Issues to be considered when implementing the standardized Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in a setting with Routine Tuberculosis Contact Invitation: An experience from the Kisumu County, Western Kenya, 2014-2015 Barbara Burmen Discussion Final Discussion Session 1 Session 2: SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 - 1 - Global health, bio-/digital transformations, and health for all Introduction by Chair Joachim von Braun Science and Survival – with a focus on SARS-CoV-2 and opportunities of science Francis Collins Science systems responses to pandemics Marcia McNutt Discussion Controlling pandemics – science and public health Chen Chien-Jen Discussion Announcement of Mario Molina's passing Role of academies of science in promoting international collaboration in health sciences Mohamed Hassan Discussion Photodynamic Therapy in the Context of Covid-19 Vanderlei S. Bagnato Discussion A Marshall Plan for Urban Health in Africa’s Cities: Health-proofing the future: a planetary health foresight approach to post-COVID-19 reset in rapidly growing cities Tolu Oni Discussion Final Discussion Session 2 Session 3: SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 Science and the understanding of risks and uncertainties Introduction by Chair Martin Rees Statistical analyses of risks and uncertainties related to pandemics David Spiegelhalter Discussion Future public health systems Ara W. Darzi Discussion Science and survival: insights from Astronomy Ewine van Dishoeck Discussion TB control in the Covid19 era Mohlopeni Marakalala Discussion Discussion and conclusions Closed Session for Academicians - 2 - Self-presentations of new Academicians Frances H Arnold David C. Baulcombe John D. Barrow Self-presentation and Commemoration (+ 27 September 2020, Physics and Mathematics) Martin Rees Elaine Fuchs Fabiola Gianotti Stefan W. Hell Jürgen A. Knoblich Eric S. Lander José N. Onuchic Stefano Piccolo Maryanne Wolf Commemorations of deceased Academicians Frank Press (+ 29 January 2020, Earth and Environmental Sciences) V. Ramanathan Manfred Eigen (+ 6 February 2019, Chemistry, Nobel Prize 1967) Gerhard Ertl George V. Coyne (+ 11 February 2020, Astrophysics) Brother Guy Consolmagno Daniel Adzei Bekoe (+ 5 September 2020, Chemistry–X-ray Cristallography) Govind Swarup (+ 7 September 2020, Astrophysics) Pierre Le#na Mario Molina (+ 7 October 2020, Chemistry) Ulrich Pöschl - 3 -.
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