Top Swiss virologist relies on BINDER freezer

After Prof. Dr. Volker Thiel was able to produce the first synthetic clone of a coronavirus at the end of March, the virologist has become world famous. The professor has been working on coronaviruses for many years, researching their effects and risks. In his laboratory in Mittelhäusern, he relies on optimal and, above all, safe laboratory equipment.

Safety and optimal storage are essential

Since March, Professor Thiel and his team have been conducting almost continuous research on real coronaviruses in a high-security laboratory and working with pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine.

"We produce mucous membranes, infect them with the virus and try to find out at what temperatures these viruses multiply," Thiel says. Safety and ideal storage play the biggest role here. The virologist has long relied on the equipment and freezers from the world market leader BINDER, which provide exactly the right storage conditions for the viruses at - 80 °C. 

Doubts about the vaccine before 2021

Despite the fact that he and his team are making good progress in their research, the professor has doubts about the availability of a vaccine that can be distributed to the general population without risk before 2021. Still, he advocates vaccination, as do many of his virologist colleagues. He, too, would get vaccinated because "without the vaccine, nothing will change from the current situation." 

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