- Collaborative Evaluation with Barts Health of Next Generation PCR technology
- Set up a Laboratory in East London with purpose of increasing our Testing capacity with no reliance on Labs servicing the NHS and reducing our reliance on existing private Labs.
- Research into looking at groups at higher risk such as BAME.
- Developing:
- Extraction free methods to speed up the PCR turnaround time
- Alternative sample types eg Saliva
- Starting a UK and Southern Ireland Laboratory Network with a partner in Dublin to support the development of new models for testing other diseases from the COVID-19 testing experience.
- Other home self administering tests
- Mobile units
- Drive through principle
- Have set up a collaborative Genomics program:
- Any strategy to combat SARS-CoV-2 will be underpinned by testing, the vaccination and a Genomics program to understand the variants.
- We are currently working with Equine Genomics experts and translating the technology to SARS-CoV-2
- Evaluating other testing technologies including Artificial Intelligence