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Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-developer of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Green is an associate professor at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, and head of the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility.
Known for: Vaxxers: The Inside Story of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine and the Race Against the Virus
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Vaxxers: The Inside Story of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine and the Race Against the Virus
Vaxxers is a firsthand account by Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr. Catherine Green, the scientists behind the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The book recounts the urgent scientific, logistical, and emotional challenges of developing a vaccine during the global pandemic, offering insight into the teamwork, innovation, and determination that made it possible.
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Early Warning
I remember the quiet of January 2020. The news of a mysterious pneumonia spread cautiously through scientific channels. At first, we thought it might pass — perhaps another localized outbreak. But the reports multiplied, and the genomic sequences soon arrived. I spent that night looking at data on m...
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Vaccine Platform
Our strength lay in having technology ready before the storm hit. The ChAdOx1 platform — a harmless chimpanzee adenovirus modified to carry genetic instructions for the coronavirus spike protein — was not new to us. For years it had been the foundation of experimental vaccines for influenza, MERS, a...
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About Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green
Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-developer of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Green is an associate professor at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, and head of the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility. Both pla...
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Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-developer of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Green is an associate professor at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, and head of the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility. Both pla...
Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-developer of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Green is an associate professor at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, and head of the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility. Both played key roles in the rapid development and production of the vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and co-developer of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Catherine Green is an associate professor at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, and head of the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility.
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