Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have been working around the clock to develop vaccines to prevent fatalities and the spread of the disease through the global population. Today, there are several different types of vaccines that have been licensed for use. How do these different types of vaccines work? How do we know they are safe? How flexible are they for adapting to new variants of the virus? 

In this episode we interview Professor Teresa Lambe, associate professor at The Jenner Institute, over the past year her research group has been pioneering working on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.  She speaks to her PhD student, Ciaran Gilbride, to answer our Covid Questions about vaccines. 

This interview took place on 21st March 2021.

Episode credits:

• Producer: Atreyi Chakrabarty
• Interview: Ciaran Gilbride
• Editor: Roberta Wilkinson
• Research: Anka Lucic, Laura Steel
• Series producer: Emily Georgiades
• Music from https://www.zapsplat.com
• Artwork by https://lizmaygeorge.wixsite.com/mysite 

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