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Dr Stephanie Ascough is a scientist who normally investigates the body’s response to viral respiratory infections like influenza. When COVID-19 hit the UK she responded to a call from the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) for scientists with molecular biology skills to help in the testing centres. Since April she has been working in a diagnostics testing centre at Milton Keynes. Today she will describe the scientific principles behind the test that detects if you currently have the virus, and the new tests that will test if you have antibodies against the virus and thus are likely to be protected from future infection. She is joined by Emma Bergstrom, a clinical research nurse who normally plays a critical role in Stephanie’s research, as she is responsible for recruiting participants to clinical trials and collecting patient samples, however in recent months she has been back on the wards treating COVID-19 patients.
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