Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeVaccine queen Sarah Gilbert is pictured with fellow biology students nearly 40 years before she led the Oxford University team that developed the AstraZeneca jab. And the snap of the microbiologists’ Christmas meal in 1982, is among several memories Dr Emily Gardner recalls from studying with Prof Gilbert at University of East Anglia. “I do remember one occasion where wine was drunk from lab flasks to celebrate the end of exams,” said the 58-year-old from Ealing, West London. “I don’t know how much wine you could fit in one but it was quite a lot.”What is your view? “The pandemic has really brought science in general - and biology and diagnostic testing and vaccine science – into the spotlight.

Source: Daily Mirror June 12, 2021 21:17 UTC