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This #WorldHealthDay

we want to recognise & celebrate the many UofG staff & students working round the clock in the fight against #COVID19

Follow the thread for a quick recap of the UofG response so far

#WeAreTogether #UniSupport #UofGHeroes #TeamUofG

This #WorldHealthDay we want to recognise & celebrate the many UofG staff & students working round the clock in the fight against #COVID19 Follow the thread for a quick recap of the UofG response so far #WeAreTogether #UniSupport #UofGHeroes #TeamUofG

On 3rd March scientists at our @CVRinfo were able to sequence #SARS_COV_2 from Scotland’s first #Covid19 case. In <24hrs researchers were able to share the data worldwide - a crucial process in informing vital research #WorldChangingGlasgow

https://twitter.com/CVRinfo/status/1234902216009535490?s=20

https://twitter.com/CVRinfo/status/1234902216009535490?s=20

Shortly after, @CVRinfo were named as one of 13 key centres in the £20m #COVID19 Genomics UK Consortium, continuing their work on whole genome sequencing from confirmed Scottish patients as a crucial part of the UK-wide scientific alliance

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_716530_en.html

Shortly after, @CVRinfo were named as one of 13 key centres in the £20m #COVID19 Genomics UK Consortium, continuing their work on whole genome sequencing from confirmed Scottish patients as a crucial part of the UK-wide scientific alliance https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_716530_en.html

UofG's Professor Massimo Palmarini and @emcat1 invited @TomClarke_ITV from @itvnews into the @CVRinfo to show how they were approaching this critical research

follow the link to watch

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-23/one-british-labs-race-to-track-the-coronavirus/

UofG's Professor Massimo Palmarini and @emcat1 invited @TomClarke_ITV from @itvnews into the @CVRinfo to show how they were approaching this critical research follow the link to watch https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-23/one-british-labs-race-to-track-the-coronavirus/

On 2nd April, we announced the establishment of a major new #COVID19 testing centre at our Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow. Over 500 skilled UofG scientists, technicians & staff singed up to volunteer #UofGHeroes

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_717601_en.html

On 2nd April, we announced the establishment of a major new #COVID19 testing centre at our Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow. Over 500 skilled UofG scientists, technicians & staff singed up to volunteer #UofGHeroes https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_717601_en.html

“Together we are going to beat the virus and help the NHS”

Head of @UofGMVLS Prof Dame Anna Dominiczak @UofGVPAnna expresses her gratitude to the #UofGHeroes volunteering to make the major Testing Centre happen

https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1245781178835251201

https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1245781178835251201

Students and staff from across UofG stepped up to support the #NHS in the fight against #COVID19

#UofGHeroes

https://twitter.com/UofGMVLS/status/1247080579910242304

https://twitter.com/UofGMVLS/status/1247080579910242304

This striking image from @UofGMedSchoolAS shows a former @UofGDental student and current UofG colleague donning the PPE to join the fight against the #COVID19 virus

https://twitter.com/UofGMVLS/status/1243521216163561473