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.
5. An electron microscope image
An electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 particles created at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Photo: Jane Barlow
6. A 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 Photo: Jane Barlow
7. Class II Microbiological Safety Cabinet
Research assistant Arthur Wickenhagen works in a Class II Microbiological Safety Cabinet growing up SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, to study the virus Photo: Jane Barlow
8. Class II 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