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Asked by Codename_Jaguar on 7 Jan 2022.
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Jonny Coates answered on 7 Jan 2022:
For me it initially stopped all lab work. But this allowed me to switch to a new (independent) project looking at how we were sharing COVID research, it’s quality and how it was being used. This work was covered by different news organisations and has been a huge boost to my career. Now the labs are back open I’m doing lab work during the day and independent work on evenings.
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Lucy Garner answered on 8 Jan 2022:
I was quite lucky in that I do a lot of computer work (analysing big datasets), so I could continue working from home. However, all of our meetings were online and we didn’t get as many interactions with our colleagues, which was a shame.
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Chris Budd answered on 8 Jan 2022:
COVID has led to perhaps the busiest and possibly most important part of my career so far. I form part of a group called V-KEMS (the virtual forum for knowledge exchange in mathematics) which is working flat out to help to use mathematics to solve COVID problems. We do things like mathematical modelling of the impact of COVID in various situations. For example safety on trains, in schools and universities, large events, theatres and even carol services. Next week we are looking at the impact of COVID in the homeless population. Things that we might have taken months to do in the past we now do in days due to the urgency of the situation. This has been a lot of work, but the team and the community spirit in doing this is fantastic. My students have also been working flat out on these problems and they have done amazing things.
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Valerie Vancollie answered on 8 Jan 2022: last edited 8 Jan 2022 1:11 pm
At the time for the first lockdown, I was on a team that was winding down ahead of closing. So for this team, it meant condensing work on campus down into 1 day a week, with the rest done remotely.
Afterwards, covid affected my job search as not a lot of places were advertising when I was looking, so my options were more limited. It did mean, however, that when I moved into genome sequencing, I quickly became involved in sequencing SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19. This then lead me to moving onto the main Covid Genomic Surveillance team that’s part of the UK wide effort to track variants.
So, now, covid has become my job.
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Amy Mason answered on 10 Jan 2022:
Covid impacted my job a couple of ways.
Firstly, I now work from home. Luckily this is really good for me, it gives me the flexibility to manage my health and nap or have baths during the day and it means I don’t have to commute. Also conferences, which are a large part of academic jobs, became accessible to me and I have given international academic talks for the first time in a couple of years.
It also redirected a lot of the research in my department. My work wasn’t directly affected, but many people who used to work on cardiovascular problems are now working more on how covid will impact cardiovascular issues in the future. This means there have been fewer people will free time for me to collaborate with, as many are so busy on Covid work.
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Melanie Krause answered on 11 Jan 2022:
Hi,
I had to stop working for three months.. at the moment we can pretty much work as normal except with masks and testing like most people. But often we can’t get some lab supplies such as pipette tips or gloves because so many of them are needed in testing labs right now.. so our work is a bit slower because we are waiting on reagents for so long
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