It seems like there’s no shortage of news about the novel coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. But if you’re like me, you’re paying special attention to any and all information about the race to develop a vaccine — a crucial step that will save lives and (hopefully) restore life back to something like pre-pandemic times. Recently, Stanford biochemist Rhiju Das, PhD, joined the global effort to create a safe, widely available vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, with a new project called OpenVaccine.