The 2026 Berg Lecture will be presented by Dr. Vincent Racaniello,Higgins Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of CUNY . The lecture begins at 6 p.m., with a reception to follow, 7-8:30 p.m.

Dr. 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, the Hilleman Lecturer at the University of Chicago, and university lecturer at Columbia University. He served as the 2015 president of the American Society for Virology.

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