Georgina Ferry interviews Brian Marsden, Associate Professor for Data Management and Research Informatics, 3 February 2023.
Professor Brian Marsden
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Topics discussed include (00:00:46) early interest in science, degree studies at Cambridge, DPhil at Oxford in Biochemistry, work at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego and BioFocus; (00:02:29) computational chemistry; (00:07:35) Structural Genomics Consortium; (00:18:34) first awareness of COVID-19; (00:19:56) ELISA assay development for surveillance, including development of database and web platform; (00:26:59) COMBAT project; (00:35:00) collaboration between institutions during the pandemic; (00:36:10) current projects, including collaboration on early stage drug discovery; (00:37:00) impact of the pandemic on work life; (00:38:34) wellbeing support; (00:39:11) personal threat from COVID-19; (00:40:05) communications with civil servants; (00:41:10) wellbeing and working on COVID-19 projects; (00:43:37) changes in approach to work as a result of the pandemic, hopes for the future.
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The Collecting COVID oral history project captures the University of Oxford's research response during an unprecedented time, revealing the professional and personal stories of a diverse range of individual researchers and teams. Since November 2021, science writer and broadcaster Georgina Ferry has interviewed researchers and support staff from across Oxford’s academic divisions, capturing the story of the pandemic, as seen through the eyes of those at the forefront of research...