Therapy Acceleration Lab (TAL)
Facility Team
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Eyelet Morrow
Senior Laboratory Manager
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Paresh Vyas
Professor of Haematology
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Joana Silva
Biomarker Manager
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Lucian Mshote Mwikamba
LIMS Manager
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Horace Gumba
Quality Manager
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Marlen Metzner
Next Generation Sequencing Lead
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Batchimeg Usukhbayar
Biobanking Lead
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Sadia Malik
Biomarker Specialist
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Gargi Pandey
Biomarker Specialist
For an initial informal discussion about how the TAL might be able to contribute to your trial, please get in touch using our form:
imm.ox.ac.uk/facilities/tal/get-in-touch
LEAF Gold Award 2025
The Therapy Acceleration Lab (TAL) is a state-of-the-art facility offering a comprehensive range of specialist laboratory tests for clinical trials in the UK and abroad.
The Therapy Acceleration Laboratory, Medical Laboratory No. 28562, is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 15189 - Medical laboratories: Requirements for quality and competence.
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TAL receives Gold LEAF Award for 2025
The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) aims to support research laboratories to embed sustainability into their work. The Therapy Acceleration Lab is proud to have achieved a Gold LEAF Award in 2025.
Read moreTherapy Acceleration Lab granted UKAS accreditation
In February 2025, the TAL at the MRC WIMM was recently accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the ISO 17025:2017 Standard as a testing laboratory, No. 28562.
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TAL receives Bronze LEAF Award for 2024
The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) aims to support research laboratories to embed sustainability into their work. The Therapy Acceleration Lab is proud to have achieved a Bronze LEAF Award for 2023/24.
Read moreThe Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust visit the Therapy Acceleration Laboratory
In October 2022, the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine hosted a visit from the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, who have supported the establishment of the new Therapy Acceleration Laboratory (TAL) at the Institute.
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The TAL has been generously funded by the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, the Medical Research Council and the Radcliffe Department of Medicine.