Photographer Jane Barlow was granted exclusive access to the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research where scientists continue to work on cells infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, in order to determine the genetic makeup of the virus, in the Richard Elliott Biosafety Laboratories (REBL), Containment Level 3 Facilities.
. An image created with a confocal microscope
An image created with a confocal microscope shows cell nuclei (blue) being infected by SARS-CoV-2 (red areas), the virus which causes COVID-19, Photo: Jane Barlow
. Microbiological Safety Cabinet
Dr Kieran Dee works in a Class II Microbiological Safety Cabinet with a sample of cultured cells that have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, to determine the genetic makeup of the virus, Photo: Jane Barlow
. cell solution infected with SARS-CoV-2,
Dr Vanessa Herder handles a cell solution infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, which has been grown to determine the amount of virus, in the Richard Elliott Biosafety Laboratories (REBL), Containment Level 3 Facilities, at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Photo: Jane Barlow
. Dr Ana da Silva Filipe
Dr Ana da Silva Filipe, head of Genomics at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Photo: Jane Barlow
. using a UV microscope
Dr Wilhelm Furnon uses a UV microscope to detect, observe and track the spread of a GM fluorescent-tagged virus in a cell culture to assess the efficacy of vaccine-induced antibodies at blocking SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, i Photo: Jane Barlow
1. Microbiological Safety Cabinet
Dr Kieran Dee works in a Class II Microbiological Safety Cabinet with a sample of cultured cells that have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, to determine the genetic makeup of the virus, Photo: Jane Barlow
2. cell solution infected with SARS-CoV-2,
Dr Vanessa Herder handles a cell solution infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, which has been grown to determine the amount of virus, in the Richard Elliott Biosafety Laboratories (REBL), Containment Level 3 Facilities, at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Photo: Jane Barlow
3. Dr Ana da Silva Filipe
Dr Ana da Silva Filipe, head of Genomics at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Photo: Jane Barlow
4. using a UV microscope
Dr Wilhelm Furnon uses a UV microscope to detect, observe and track the spread of a GM fluorescent-tagged virus in a cell culture to assess the efficacy of vaccine-induced antibodies at blocking SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, i Photo: Jane Barlow