{"id":2241,"date":"2020-03-13T13:01:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2020-11-06T12:06:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T12:06:08","slug":"developing-the-coronavirus-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/2020\/03\/13\/developing-the-coronavirus-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing the Coronavirus Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fighting Covid-19 at Imperial<\/h2>\n<p>I visited the Section of Immunology of Infection where Professor Robin Shattock&#8217;s team are developing a vaccine for the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"447\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/c751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London<\/span><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/r.shattock\">Professor Robin Shattock<\/a> blocks the path of your pandemic with his vaccine team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/b751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Robin with research technician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/l.mcfarlane\">Leon Mcfarlane<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2227 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_052.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Senior Research Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/p.mckay\">Dr Paul McKay<\/a> was instrumental in the development of the Vaccine, working here in the lab space created exclusively to do battle with Coronavirus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/11\/new_751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_047.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Paul at the fume hood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/11\/new_751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_090.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A plate culture Paul used to develop the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2224 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Senior Research Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/p.mckay\">Dr Paul McKay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_085.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2228 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_085.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The vaccine &#8216;broth&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2514 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/11\/new_751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_098.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The contents of these very cold boxes could potentially be very useful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/11\/new_751_0200312_shattock_lab_covid19_coronavirus_100.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Coronavirus vaccine, human trials are expected to begin in April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/200212_karnyart_samnuan_wai_2020_005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/photography\/files\/2020\/03\/751_200212_karnyart_samnuan_wai_2020_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Image \u00a9 Thomas Angus, Imperial College London\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/equality\/activities\/women-at-imperial\/women-at-imperial\/women-at-imperial-2020\/karnyart-samnuan\/\">Karnyart Samnuan<\/a> is a PhD Student also working in the lab.\u00a0&#8220;My research focuses on the optimization of the production and function of self-amplifying RNA vaccines in order to improve immunogenicity and cost-effectiveness. The main goals are to enable local production of RNA vaccines across the world as well as to develop a platform that can be used to rapidly respond to outbreaks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>View all the images from this set<\/h2>\n<p>Imperial staff and students can view all the original images from this shoot on the <a href=\"https:\/\/asset-library.imperial.ac.uk\/assetbank-imperial\/action\/browseItems?categoryId=43491&amp;categoryTypeId=2\">Imperial College London Asset Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Learn more about photography<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\/Photography-Night-Low-Light-tutorials\/Introduction-Photography\/376379-2.html?srchtrk=index%3a6%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3aphotography+framing+for+beginners%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2\">Watch this &#8216;introduction to photography&#8217; video course on Linkedin learning <\/a>(College users have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/staff-development\/od-courses\/online-learning\/linkedin-learning\/\">free access to Linkedin learning courses<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting Covid-19 at Imperial I visited the Section of Immunology of Infection where Professor Robin Shattock&#8217;s team are developing a vaccine for the Coronavirus. 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