Go behind the scenes with the researchers developing a COVID-19 vaccine as they take you on a tour of their lab and chat about how their candidate vaccine works. Intrigued to hear more from researchers Anna and Paul? They recently took part in an 'Ask Me Anything' on Reddit. Find the questions and their answers here.

Be inspired and humbled by the brave and wholly caring Imperial students who graduated early to help on the NHS frontline at the height of the pandemic in the Spring. This event took place as part of Imperial Lates Online.

In June 2020 we launched a clinical trial of a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Professor Robin Shattock, Dr Katrina Pollock and Dr David Owen explain how the vaccine works, how it’s being tested, and plans to help it reach populations around the world, if it proves to be effective in protecting people against COVID-19.

Our vaccine works differently to traditional vaccines. It’s also cheap, highly scalable and could be available next year, should the current human trials succeed. But how does this work? How is it different from a normal vaccine? When might we see results? And what’s it been like working on COVID-19?

Research shows that people from Black and Asian ethnic groups are more likely to catch COVID-19 and up to twice as likely to die from the disease than their White British counterparts. Researchers posit that “historic racism and poorer experiences of healthcare or at work” could make groups less likely to ask for care or to insist on having PPE. How can we understand the full picture and tackle these inequalities?

Since the start of the new coronavirus outbreak, our researchers have been working hard to understand the epidemic. Join three researchers who've been using mathematical models to predict the spread of the virus and help us understand patterns in data that inform the outbreak response.