City Calendar

Tuesday

November 22

• 12:00 PM

  Designing Universal Flu Vaccines

  Online,

  Influenza viruses are constantly mutating, which is why we need a new flu shot every year. Researchers are working on developing universal flu vaccines, which target regions that are the same across all flu viruses. A universal flu vaccine would eliminate the need for a yearly flu shot and would also be readily available to help protect people during future influenza pandemics. In this talk, Dr. Lingwood will discuss his lab’s research on B cell antibody responses and influenza vaccine design. Daniel Lingwood, PhD, is a core member of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard and is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, received his doctorate from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, MD before becoming a professor at HMS. His lab studies B cell responses to HIV and influenza. Registration is required. This is a virtual event, and the Zoom link will be sent to registrants one hour before the event starts.

• 4:30 PM

  All About Medicare: Info Session and Q&A (Hybrid)

  Come learn about Medicare from representatives from AARP and Paine Senior Services. This Cambridge Forum event is co-sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library. AARP will begin by giving a brief overview of Medicare, including what it is and what it does and does not provide for retirees. This will be followed by a slide presentation from Maureen Harty of Paine Senior Services, who will talk about the latest changes in Medicare provisions and the current period of open enrollment, which enables users to make changes to their coverage. A Q&A will follow the presentations. Please register below to attend this event in person or follow this link to register on Zoom. There will be refreshments provided before the event at 4:30 p.m. All are welcome! Cambridge Forum records its free events for broadcast on the NPR network and for podcast. GBH Forum Network edits and uploads CF’s videos onto YouTube. CF is made possible by generous grants from Lowell Institute, Mass. Cultural Council, Cambridge Community Foundation, and through generous public donations.