by Minty Hand | Apr 29, 2021 | In Vitro Safety, XCellR8 News
Dr Fiona Jacobs joined the XCellR8 team in October 2017 as Study Director. She looks after most of the non-GLP studies that our clients ask for, focusing primarily on in vitro genotoxicity tests using the BlueScreenTM method, adapted to use animal-free reagents. We...
by Carol Treasure | Apr 14, 2021 | Animal-free testing, News, XCellR8 News
XCellR8 was born from a passion for science and a lifelong dream to protect animals Our Founder, Dr Carol Treasure, grew up with a love of animals dating back to childhood nature-watching trips. As a young research scientist in the 1980s, she became convinced there...
by Minty Hand | Feb 17, 2021 | Animal-free testing, News, XCellR8 News
Prize will help laboratory adapt existing OECD Test Guidelines to animal-product-free conditions We are thrilled to have been awarded £100K of funding to carry out a six-month proof-of-concept study to develop in vitro tests free from animal-derived reagents. The...
by Minty Hand | Jan 7, 2021 | News, XCellR8 News
Well, it’s been quite a start to 2021 hasn’t it! Is it still appropriate to say Happy New Year? We wanted to let you know that our lab is continuing to operate at full capacity despite the new national Covid-19 restrictions here in the UK. There are no...
by Minty Hand | Dec 14, 2020 | News, XCellR8 News
Despite the difficulties of this Covid-19 influenced year, the changes to our personal, working and social lives have often helped us discover new and better ways of being. Remembering the wild goats who reclaimed the deserted streets of Llandudno back in March, we...
by Minty Hand | Oct 21, 2020 | Animal-free testing, News, XCellR8 News
Wheeler Scholarship Will Help Laboratory Develop Non-Animal Test Methods We are thrilled to have been awarded a first-of-its-kind research grant by animal welfare organisation, PETA. The $5,000 award will support our scientists to develop effective methods of testing...
