• Question: Are you guys working on a vaccine for COVID-19

    Asked by anon-253689 on 8 May 2020. This question was also asked by anon-253474, anon-254110, anon-255397, anon-256872.
    • Photo: Shriram Bhosle

      Shriram Bhosle answered on 8 May 2020:

      Good question, I am not directly working on it however involved in analysing the DNA sequence data of virus which helps in finding the underlying variations in virus genome and may aid in identifying vaccine candidates.

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      Laura Durrant answered on 11 May 2020: last edited 11 May 2020 9:44 am

      I am not personally working on vaccinations, but there are numerous research groups around the world who are working very hard to do just that! Here’s a link to a news feature from Nature that summarises where we’re currently at with COVID-19 vaccinations. Hope this helps 🙂
      https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01221-y

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  • Photo: Ellie

    Ellie commented on :

    There are people in the next door department who are working on a vaccine but our department isn’t. What I am doing is helping to make some of the biological bits that are used in some of the diagnostic tests – these are the tests that will tell us whether someone has (or had) the virus. I’m working as part of a big team and once we’ve made the bits for the test kits (which is a protein) we pass it onto another lab who is working on the test its self.

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    Vishi commented on :

    Although I am not participated in any work related to Covid-19 (SARS-CoV2). Our institute is testing the vaccine in pigs, which is in collaboration with the Oxford University and Public Health England.

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