Professor who tweeted the coronavirus genome, paving the way for new vaccines, scoops major Australian science award
- Written by: Cathy Foley, Australia's Chief Scientist, Office of the Chief Scientist
Louise Cooper/University of SydneyThe role played by University of Sydney Professor Edward Holmes in the COVID pandemic is already the stuff of legend. His decision to tweet the genome of SARS-CoV-2 on January 11 2020, making the data freely available to everyone, sparked urgent work in labs around the world to develop a test and a vaccine.
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