The 2026 Berg Lecture will be presented by Vincent Racaniello, Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Medical Center. The lecture begins at 5:15 p.m., with a reception to follow, 6:15-7:15 p.m.

Racaniello has received the Irma T. Hirschl, Searle Scholars, Eli Lilly, Julius Youngner and NIH Merit awards. He has also been a Harvey Society Lecturer at Rockefeller University and the Hilleman Lecturer at the University of Chicago. He served as the 2015 president of the American Society for Virology.

Racaniello is the host of various podcasts, including This Week in Virology, and the MicroTV YouTube channel.