clock to process more than 50,000 swabs a day – a figure that’s increasing all the time. Carol Clugston (above), the chief operating officer for the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, has been involved with the megalab since its launch. “The day we started, in April, we did 41 tests,” she recalls, “Now we’ve just passed 2.5 million cumulative tests.” As demand grew, the lab joined forces with R&D lab BioClavis. “It’s amazing what people can do,” says director Harper Van Steenhouse (below). “We’ve taken a bunch of bright, motivated people and given them a singular focus: basically attempting to save the world.