Sarah Gilbert on how her team is making the Oxford coronavirus vaccine

By Michael Le Page

Last week was a big one for Sarah Gilbert at the University of Oxford, leader of the team that created the “Oxford vaccine”, a front runner in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. On 20 July, her team published results showing that the vaccine produces the desired immune responses in people.

Gilbert says she took a moment to pause ahead of the announcement – she had most of the day before, a Sunday, off.

That is a …