Stock Photo - 04 March 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heidelberg: Theresia Bauer (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, M), Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Science, sits on the podium between Peer Bork (r), Director of EMBL-Heidelberg, and Hans-Georg Kräusslich, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Member of the Board of Heidelberg University Hospital, at a press conference at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). In an EMBL laboratory, positive SARS-CoV-2 samples are systematically examined for mutations. The aim is to rapidly identify mutations that pose a particular risk in terms of transmissibility, disease severity and vaccine efficacy. Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa. - Heidelberg/Baden-Wuerttemberg/Germany