Tailored preclinical research
Your research deserves more than standard protocols.
Every scientific project is different. So are the questions, challenges and decisions behind it.
MTTlab works alongside biotech and pharmaceutical innovators to design and execute tailored preclinical research, combining scientific expertise, flexible experimental strategies and direct collaboration throughout the project.
20+ years
in vivo research experience
80+
studies completed
2015
MTTlab founded
The MTTlab difference
Research should never feel like a black box.
When you entrust an experiment to an external partner, you should not have to wait until the final report to understand what is happening.
At MTTlab, you work directly with the scientists responsible for your study. We stay close throughout the project, sharing regular updates, data and graphs so that you can follow the experiment as it develops.
If something unexpected happens, we discuss it.
If the data suggest a different direction, we evaluate it together.
The goal is to make you feel as close to the experiment as if it were running in your own lab.
How we work
We start with the question, not the protocol.
Before proposing a study, we take the time to understand your project, your objectives and the decisions the data will need to support.
Understand
We start with a scientific discussion to understand your project, its context and its challenges.
Design
We develop an experimental strategy around your scientific question rather than fitting it into a predefined workflow.
Execute & Share
We perform the study and keep you close to its progress through direct communication and regular data updates.
Interpret
We discuss the results with you, including unexpected findings, limitations and their implications for the next step.
Next decision
We connect the evidence to the decision your development program needs to make next.
Expertise
From experimental strategy to preclinical evidence.
Preclinical In Vivo Research
Non-GLP toxicology, pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and efficacy studies, including xenograft, allograft and orthotopic oncology models and selected disease models.
Advanced In Vitro Research
From conventional cell-based assays to advanced human-relevant models, including barrier systems and dynamic fluidic approaches.
Translational Study Design
Scientific support to select models, define experimental endpoints and build integrated strategies around the questions that matter to your development program.
Integrated Research Programs
When a project requires additional expertise, we coordinate complementary scientific capabilities through selected collaborators and technology partners.
News & events
Meet MTTlab at the centre of the scientific conversation.
Where to find us, the collaborations shaping our platform and recent moments from the life science community.
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Meet in Italy for Life Sciences 2026
MTTlab will be attending Meet in Italy for Life Sciences 2026, joining companies, researchers and innovators from across the life science ecosystem.
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Advancing dynamic in vitro research.
MTTlab and IVTech have established a collaboration to develop and integrate advanced dynamic in vitro technologies within preclinical and translational research programmes.
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XXXII AISAL National Congress
MTTlab will attend the XXXII National Congress of AISAL — the Italian Association for Laboratory Animal Science — in Naples.
Scientific excellence
Experience meets new scientific perspectives.
MTTlab combines hands-on preclinical experience with an expanding network of scientific expertise.
Meet our founding Scientific Advisors, Dr Laura Calvillo and Dr Johnny Roughan, and learn how their independent perspectives inform MTTlab’s scientific development.
Scientific integrity
We don’t promise positive results.We commit to reliable ones.
Research does not always produce the result we hope for. Our responsibility is to design and perform each study with scientific rigor, communicate openly when something unexpected happens and generate data you can trust when deciding what comes next.
Experience
Built on experience. Driven by curiosity.
MTTlab was founded in 2015, building on more than a decade of previous hands-on experience in in vivo research.
Since then, we have completed more than 80 studies for academic groups and European biotech companies, supporting projects from early experimental validation through preclinical development.
2015
MTTlab founded
80+
Studies completed
20+
Years of in vivo research experience
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From preclinical research to the clinic
Start a conversation
Have a scientific question?
Let’s start there.
Tell us about your project, what you need to understand and where you are in development. We’ll start with a scientific conversation.