We made it! The first batch of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine that is being used in the clinical trials here in Oxford was manufactured by my marvellous team at the CBF. We take no credit for the conception or the design, but we will take credit for having gone from DNA construct to...

...GMP certified product into trial in 65 days. A phenomenal effort from the whole team who deserve a name call: Ioana Baleanu, Alex Batten, Eleanor Berrie, Emma Bolam, Elena Boland, Tanja Brenner, Brad Damratoski, Chandra Datta, Omar El Muhanna, Rich Fisher, Pablo Galian-Rubio..

...Gina Hodges, Fred Jackson, Shuchang Liu, Lisa Loew, Roisin Morgans, Sue Morris, Vicki Olchawski, Cathy Oliveira, Ian Pardo, Helena Parracho, Emilia Reyes Pabon, Robert Smith, Nathany Stollmeier, Abdou Tahiri-Alaoui, Richard Tarrant, Keja Taylor...

...Oto Velicka, Paul Williams and Dalila Zizi. Every one of these dedicated people made a contribution to the outcome. I couldn't ask for a better team. We made it!!