![\"Link](\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/__data\/assets\/image\/0014\/315302\/link-to-electron-micrograph-of-coronavirus-737488.png\")
<\/a>Features beautiful images of the new coronavirus taken using electron microscopes in Australia. (ABC News, 28 April 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-3.png\")
<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-4.png\")
<\/a>Summarises what we know so far about the basic properties of the virus and how it interacts with the body. (eLife, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/nanographics-coronavirus-picture-737491.png\")
<\/a>From Dr Janet Iwasa’s animation research lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-5.png\")
<\/a>How scientists are figuring out what the coronavirus proteins look like and how they work. (C&EN, 2 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-7.png\")
<\/a>List of all the proteins that make up the coronavirus and what each protein looks like and does. (The New York Times, 3 April 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-8.png\")
<\/a>How a medical illustrator at the CDC helped to create the iconic representation of the novel coronavirus. (The New York Times, 1 April, 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-9.png\")
<\/a>How different artists have decided to make pictures of the coronavirus based on scientific information and artistic licence. (The Paris Review, 18 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-10.png\")
<\/a>Experiments show that the COVID-19 illness affects not just the lungs but many different organs and cell types. (The Scientist, 29 April 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Testing for Coronavirus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/covid19-nasopharynx-swab_250-738918.png\")
<\/a>Coronavirus testing – how does it work?<\/a>
Check out our explanation of how the PCR coronavirus test in New Zealand works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"Link](\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/__data\/assets\/image\/0026\/300779\/link-to-guardian-testing-article-737736.png\")
<\/a>Coronavirus tests: how they work and what they show<\/a>
About coronavirus tests. (The Guardian, 20 April 2020) Coronavirus and the race to distribute reliable diagnostics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-11.png\")
<\/a>Coronavirus and the race to distribute reliable diagnostics<\/a>
How international teams quickly made tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus available at the beginning of the outbreak. (Nature Biotechnology, 19 February 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-12.png\")
<\/a>SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic pipeline<\/a>
List of all SARS-CoV-2 tests commercially available or in development for the diagnosis of COVID-19 (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-13.png\")
<\/a>Here are the coronavirus testing materials that are in short supply in the US<\/a>
Description of the test for coronavirus and the materials needed for the it. (Quartz, March 26, 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/crispr-cas-test-article-737740.png\")
<\/a>First CRISPR test for the coronavirus approved in the United States<\/a>
About a new test for coronavirus that uses the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas. (Nature, 8 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"Link](\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/__data\/assets\/image\/0019\/308251\/link-to-verge-antibody-testing-article-737741.png\")
<\/a>The disappointing truth about antibody testing<\/a>
How antibodies work, and whether tests for antibodies against coronavirus are useful. (The Verge, 7 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGenetics of the Coronavirus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Link](\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/__data\/assets\/image\/0031\/274189\/link-to-nextstrain-737742.png\")
<\/a>Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus – global subsampling<\/a>
Website that collects genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 viruses from around the world, tracks the mutations that arise, and shows in pictures the evolutionary relationships of different strains as the pandemic continues. (Nextstrain, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-14.png\")
<\/a>The NZ strains: How the virus got here<\/a>
Description of the stories of how different strains of the coronavirus travelled to New Zealand. (Newsroom, 8 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-15.png\")
<\/a>The problem with stories about dangerous coronavirus mutations<\/a>
Article looking at the evidence behind claims that different strains of the new coronavirus exist and are more dangerous. (The Atlantic, 6 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-16.png\")
<\/a>COVID-19 data portal<\/a> Website that lets researchers share SARS-CoV-2-related data, including virus sequences, virus protein structures, which types of cells the virus infects, and what these cells do when they are infected. (EMBL-EBI, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nPossible coronavirus treatments and vaccines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Link](\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/__data\/assets\/image\/0029\/283754\/link-to-biorender-list-737746.png\")
<\/a>COVID-19 vaccine & therapeutics tracker<\/a>
Website that lists all vaccines and therapeutic drugs being developed for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). (BioRender, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-17.png\")
<\/a>How a llama can neutralise coronaviruses<\/a>
A scientific paper describing how scientists isolated antibodies from a llama immunised with coronavirus spikes and used them to neutralise coronaviruses. (Cell, 5 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nOther coronavirus stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n![\"Link](\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/__data\/assets\/image\/0028\/290872\/link-to-spinoff-animations-737748.png\")
<\/a>The bumper Toby Morris & Siouxsie Wiles Covid-19 box set<\/a> Animations to help teach the community about the virus and what we need to do to stop infections, created by Toby Morris and Siouxsie Wiles. (The Spinoff, 19 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-18.png\")
<\/a>Coronavirus<\/a>
Coronavirus coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-19.png\")
<\/a>COVID-19 coronavirus resources<\/a>
Resources and 3D structures of COVID-19 proteins including posters, videos, and colouring in activities. (PDB-101, updated occasionally)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-20.png\")
<\/a>Coronavirus and COVID-19 updates<\/a> Website linking to the latest news and research highlights on the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. (Nature, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/files\/2025\/10\/image-21.png\")
<\/a>Coronavirus: the science explained<\/a>
Website providing evidence and facts about the virus, the disease, the epidemic, and its control. (UKRI, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nOther useful links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otago Biochemistry website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nOtago Biochemistry school resources<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More information about the new coronavirus As the Covid19 pandemic progresses, we learn more and more about SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid19. Here is a collection of links to useful websites that explain what the virus looks like, how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32571,"featured_media":0,"parent":4074,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4081\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>Check out our explanation of how the PCR coronavirus test in New Zealand works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>About coronavirus tests. (The Guardian, 20 April 2020) Coronavirus and the race to distribute reliable diagnostics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>How international teams quickly made tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus available at the beginning of the outbreak. (Nature Biotechnology, 19 February 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>List of all SARS-CoV-2 tests commercially available or in development for the diagnosis of COVID-19 (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Description of the test for coronavirus and the materials needed for the it. (Quartz, March 26, 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>About a new test for coronavirus that uses the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas. (Nature, 8 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>How antibodies work, and whether tests for antibodies against coronavirus are useful. (The Verge, 7 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Genetics of the Coronavirus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus – global subsampling<\/a>
Website that collects genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 viruses from around the world, tracks the mutations that arise, and shows in pictures the evolutionary relationships of different strains as the pandemic continues. (Nextstrain, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>The NZ strains: How the virus got here<\/a>
Description of the stories of how different strains of the coronavirus travelled to New Zealand. (Newsroom, 8 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>The problem with stories about dangerous coronavirus mutations<\/a>
Article looking at the evidence behind claims that different strains of the new coronavirus exist and are more dangerous. (The Atlantic, 6 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>COVID-19 data portal<\/a> Website that lets researchers share SARS-CoV-2-related data, including virus sequences, virus protein structures, which types of cells the virus infects, and what these cells do when they are infected. (EMBL-EBI, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nPossible coronavirus treatments and vaccines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>COVID-19 vaccine & therapeutics tracker<\/a>
Website that lists all vaccines and therapeutic drugs being developed for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). (BioRender, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>How a llama can neutralise coronaviruses<\/a>
A scientific paper describing how scientists isolated antibodies from a llama immunised with coronavirus spikes and used them to neutralise coronaviruses. (Cell, 5 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nOther coronavirus stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>The bumper Toby Morris & Siouxsie Wiles Covid-19 box set<\/a> Animations to help teach the community about the virus and what we need to do to stop infections, created by Toby Morris and Siouxsie Wiles. (The Spinoff, 19 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Coronavirus<\/a>
Coronavirus coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>COVID-19 coronavirus resources<\/a>
Resources and 3D structures of COVID-19 proteins including posters, videos, and colouring in activities. (PDB-101, updated occasionally)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Coronavirus and COVID-19 updates<\/a> Website linking to the latest news and research highlights on the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. (Nature, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Coronavirus: the science explained<\/a>
Website providing evidence and facts about the virus, the disease, the epidemic, and its control. (UKRI, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nOther useful links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otago Biochemistry website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nOtago Biochemistry school resources<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More information about the new coronavirus As the Covid19 pandemic progresses, we learn more and more about SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid19. Here is a collection of links to useful websites that explain what the virus looks like, how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32571,"featured_media":0,"parent":4074,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4081\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>Website that collects genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 viruses from around the world, tracks the mutations that arise, and shows in pictures the evolutionary relationships of different strains as the pandemic continues. (Nextstrain, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Description of the stories of how different strains of the coronavirus travelled to New Zealand. (Newsroom, 8 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Article looking at the evidence behind claims that different strains of the new coronavirus exist and are more dangerous. (The Atlantic, 6 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Other useful links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Otago Biochemistry website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Otago Biochemistry school resources<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More information about the new coronavirus As the Covid19 pandemic progresses, we learn more and more about SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid19. Here is a collection of links to useful websites that explain what the virus looks like, how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32571,"featured_media":0,"parent":4074,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4081\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/thesheet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Possible coronavirus treatments and vaccines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>
Website that lists all vaccines and therapeutic drugs being developed for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). (BioRender, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>
A scientific paper describing how scientists isolated antibodies from a llama immunised with coronavirus spikes and used them to neutralise coronaviruses. (Cell, 5 May 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOther coronavirus stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/a>
Coronavirus coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>
Resources and 3D structures of COVID-19 proteins including posters, videos, and colouring in activities. (PDB-101, updated occasionally)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a>
Website providing evidence and facts about the virus, the disease, the epidemic, and its control. (UKRI, updated regularly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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