Created and hosted by Rudi Anschober and Elisabeth Weilenmann, the podcast “2040 – The Future Can Be So Beautiful” features a new guest every Thursday. Each episode presents a personality who shares their perspective on the future, their current work, and their life. The podcast seeks to inspire optimism, create new perspectives, and highlight the positive developments that could shape our world in the years ahead.
About Florian Krammer…
“I am from Styria, grew up in a small village, and was very interested in nature, which somehow led me to virology. I now work in Austria, at the Medical University of Vienna, and head the Ignaz Semmelweis Institute, which I am helping to establish. I also teach at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.”
When I think about 2040…
“So after the Americans rejoined the WHO, a concept emerged whereby virus monitoring was carried out worldwide in wild animals, but also in farm animals, using sequencing. We have perfected these methods to such an extent that all we need are the sequences we see from these viruses in different animal species, and then we can actually deduce from the sequences whether or not this could be a problematic virus for humans. And if it is, measures are automatically taken to contain the virus while it is still in the animal so that it does not jump to humans at all.”
(The Podcast is only in German available)
Guest appearance: Florian Krammer on “2040 – The Podcast” by Rudi Anschober & Elisabeth Weilenmann.
