Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Wednesday, 26 Mar 2025 - 18:00

How Do Vaccines Work?

a vial of the MMR vaccine

Vaccination has changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history – not to mention its critical role in ending the Covid-19 pandemic.

This lecture explores how a vaccine actually works, why mRNA vaccines are truly groundbreaking and why we can’t simply vaccinate against everything. 

Professor Robin May

Professor Robin May

Professor of Physic

Gresham Professor of Physic, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Birmingham, Professor Robin...

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