17 April 2023
Ellen Phiddian
Ellen Phiddian is a science journalist at Cosmos. She has a BSc (Honours) in chemistry and science communication, and an MSc in science communication, both from the Australian National University.
Sophie Calabretto
Dr Sophie Calabretto is a mathematician specialising in fluid mechanics. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and Honorary Associate Professor, at the ACE Research Group, University of Leicester.
Scroll through a list of ingredients in your average COVID, influenza, or MMR vaccine, and you’ll see some things you recognise – and some you won’t. So what exactly is in vaccines, and what are they doing there?
In this episode of The Science Briefing podcast, Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Ellen Phiddian about some of the most interesting vaccine ingredients, and how they got into the vials.
Read more:
- Explainer: COVID vaccine ingredients: what’s in each jab?
- Explainer: How to make a vaccine
- A look inside BioCina’s bacterial factory
- Inside the Adelaide facility that could make mRNA
The Science Briefing is a LiSTNR podcast