We discuss SARS-CoV-2 'new variants' and try to clear up some of the confusion around all the names flying around. Hopefully this helps to give some insights into the various names you hear, but probably by the time you listen the whole thing will have changed again since this field moves so rapidly. Andrew apologises in advance for all the errors that will be found in this podcast!

If you want to read a bit more theres an interesting news item on Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00097-w

An academic librarian and a computer scientist talk about supporting academic research from totally different perspectives.  We lift the lid and chat about how it all works under the hood, demystifying some of the things that go on in the background to make the academic machine work, from tackling the world of information and managing the tidal wave of Big Data through to developments in scholarly communications to research assessment.

Ep8 Explaining SARS-CoV-2 new variant naming