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Empty P1 buffer bottle with lid used in early vaccine development

Inventory Number 18536


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18536

Brief Description
The bottle was used in the early development of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Jenner Institute. See the accompanying Donor's statement from Sue Morris ("Susan M.") and Narrative about the early vaccine development process below (click Find out more about this item).
Subject
COVID-19
Item type
Object
Makers
Qiagen
Provenance
Donated by the Jenner Institute.
Primary inscriptions
Buffer P1/P2/P2 Resuspension/Lysis/Neutralization buffer 500ml [printed on label]
Other inscriptions
RK/Sue/Liz [handwritten on label]
Object type
Bottle
Dimensions
Diameter: 70mm Height: 165mm Weight: 0.057kg
Inventory No
18536
Accession Number
2022-36/2

Description

Empty P1 Qiagen buffer bottle with lid used in early development of the ChAdOx1 vaccine, labelled P1, P2 and P3. Handwritten with the names of the viral vector development team (Sue Morris, Elizabeth Allen (Liz) and Reshma Kalaith (RK))