Case Study: OpenCell Labs develops open-source COVID-19 diagnostics with Twist Bioscience RNA controls

OpenCell Labs builds open-source COVID-19 diagnostics in a shipping container with Twist Bioscience

Twist Bioscience provided essential tools to OpenCell Labs, a London-based research organization facing the challenge of rapidly developing diagnostic capabilities at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Their goal was to create a much-needed, open-source diagnostic lab inside a shipping container to meet the emerging SARS-CoV-2 threat.

The solution implemented by Twist Bioscience involved supplying their RNA controls, which played an essential role in the development and validation of the mobile lab. This support from Twist Bioscience enabled OpenCell Labs to successfully design and deploy this critical, open-source resource to help address the pandemic.

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