Abstract
Bioanalytical research and training in academia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
The world is currently facing a crisis of unimaginable proportions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this novel coronavirus continues to pile misery on people of all ages, all across the world, and from all walks of life
This article highlighted some of the impact on an industrial bioanalytical setting, and here we aim to complement their work by elaborating on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of bioanalytical research and training in an academic laboratory
‘wet lab’ bioanalytical research came to a complete standstill at several universities, and the resulting circumstances thereby contrast with the situations in many industrial bioanalytical laboratories where laboratory activities could be continued, albeit in modified forms taking into account strict precautions
Summary
The world is currently facing a crisis of unimaginable proportions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this novel coronavirus continues to pile misery on people of all ages, all across the world, and from all walks of life. For example, was halfway through teaching an introductory practical class for first-year pharmacy students when on-site teaching was suspended During this course, students were taught some analytical chemistry basics, which could be moved online with relative ease and without having to make too many compromises. Impact on permanent staff Permanent staff members, including research technicians, instrumentation engineers and electrical engineers, are the persons who keep research groups and projects going, and they are vital links in most, if not all bioanalytical laboratories Their assistance may be less required for resolving issues caused by research students who implemented experiments with any errors, yet they can play important roles in preparing for a restart of research activities when the coronavirus-related measures are eased. Ensuring safety of permanent staff must be high priority and will likely represent the beginning of restarting any activity in a bioanalytical research laboratory
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