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What’s in a COVID-19 vaccine? COSI’s president sheds light on vaccine ingredients Micah Karr © Will Jones The first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine (a two-dose regimen) is administered to frontline health care workers at Miami Valley Hospital. Photo provided by Premier Health. There are fewer ingredients in a COVID-19 vaccine than there are in a candy bar or in a can of soda, Fredric Bertley, the president and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry said. Bertley, an immunologist, spoke in a short video about the ingredients in the vaccine to encourage Ohioans...

In recognizing the importance of diversity in the world of science, the Center of Science and Industry will welcome Miss America 2020 winner Camille Schrier for the center's The Color of Science Digital Series from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. Schrier, 25, who impressed the judges at the Miss America competition by performing a catalytic experiment that showcased the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide — also known as “Elephant Toothpaste” — will be interviewed by COSI President and CEO Frederic Bertley during the monthly series.  Airing the first Thursday of each month, the digi...

Immunologists say the speed of development of Covid-19 vaccines has been amazing. Now people need to take the vaccine.

Covid-19: Squeezing 10 years of medical research into one Laurie Allen Faced with a voracious virus that sickens and kills more people every day, science detectives around the world and here in Columbus have had to push through uncharted territory to understand and contain the perpetrator, and they’ve needed help from the public. “With the exception of HIV, we have never been in a situation where we’re flying the plane while we’re building it,” says COSI President and CEO Frederic Bertley, a specialist in immunology and vaccine development. Speaking of the work done on the life-chan...

During the first such festival held in 2019, educational programs and events and experiments happened in venues across Franklin County in an effort to make science more accessible. It all culminated with a huge celebration outside COSI on West Broad Street.  Various businesses, schools and universities, science leaders, nonprofits, museums and representatives from local diverse communities are all working with COSI again on the free programming for the festival, which COSI says is the largest STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) event in the state. Several central Ohio cities...