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We also rapidly repurposed our lab space at the start of the pandemic, to set up a coronavirus testing facility in a matter of weeks. Our testing service helps ten local hospitals and 150 care homes to remain open and safe for staff and patients. It has also allowed us to safely continue vital research. COVID-19 in the lab Crick experts in virology, immunology, bioinformatics and imaging also continue to improve our understanding of COVID-19 and the way it interacts with the human body. Together, they’re tackling questions including: How can we compare and improve testing methods? Why are some cases so much worse than others? How does the virus interact with our cells? How is coronavirus evolving and being transmitted? How is coronavirus affecting people who are already ill? OUR RESEARCH Crick group leader Adrian Hayday is leading a team from the Crick, King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital. The multidisciplinary team are studying how patients' immune systems respond to the virus to understand why some people show no symptoms, while others have to be hospitalised and require critical care. Clinical group leader Samra Turajlic is working with Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to determine the impact of the pandemic on cancer patients, including how vaccination may affect people with cancer. David LV Bauer, Rupert Beale, and Kate Bishop are co-project leads, as part of a national research project, to study the effects of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Paul Bates has joined forces with supercomputing firm Hadean to contribute to their mathematical models of virus transmission, tracking how viruses move within and between cities. Steve Gamblin's group are using cryo-electron microscopy to study a structure on the surface of the virus, answering questions about how the virus interacts with our cells and how it made the leap from animals to humans. 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