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Join a presentation on PANDEMICS: ORIGINS, RESPONSES AND ETHICS by Professor Sriyal Malik Pieris   A topic of critical relevance today The General President, The Council and The Ethics Committee of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)  invites you to a webinar with Professor Sriyal Malik Peiris, Fellow of the Royal Society, Légion d’Honneur, who will deliver the 23rd S R Kottegoda memorial oration online on the 16th October at 5 PM Sri Lanka time. Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/Kottegoda2020 Professor Sriyal Malik Peiris Chair Professor – Department of Microbiology, the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong Biography Professor Malik Peiris is a clinical and public health virologist with a particular interest in emerging virus disease at the animal-human interface using a “One Health” approach, including influenza, coronaviruses (SARS, MERS) and others. His current research encompasses the pathogenesis, innate immune responses, transmission, ecology and epidemiology ...