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Brilliant plans to eliminate pandemics

Swine flu, bird flu, SARS, Hanta virus, Ebola virus… regularly we hear of a new virus which threatens to strike down humanity. We’re becoming familiar with the threat of epidemic. Does that make us blasé about the risks? When t... Read More »


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Soapbox Science – Dressed to kill

Oxford Martin School’s Sunetra Gupta (Institute for Vaccine Design) and Kathy Willis (Biodiversity Institute) recently took part in Soapbox Science on London’s South Bank. This event brought together some of the UK’s top women sc... Read More »

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Career juggling - Sunetra Gupta on life as a scientist and novelist

Professor Sunetra Gupta, James Martin Senior Fellow at the Institute for Vaccine Design, has parallel careers as both a scientist and a novelist. Her fifth novel, So Good in Black was published in February 2009. She was named as the winn... Read More »

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Back to basics

While science and industry draw ever closer, we must not forget the purest, curiosity-driven research, emphasises James Martin Senior Fellow, Institute for Vaccine Design, Professor Quentin J Sattentau. The outcomes of scientific enquiry have... Read More »