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    Contact us

    We encourage our police customers to contact the scientist allocated to their case or their dedicated Account Manager.

    Alternatively please call our switchboard directly on 01235 528609 and who will put you through to someone who can help you with your enquiry.

    Alternatively you can contact us by email with general forensic enquiries, or if you are a member of the police and need to quickly establish whether any skeletal remains that have been discovered are human or animal please email our dedicated BonesID Service.

    • General forensic enquiries
    • BonesID Service

    If you are interested in a career at Cellmark please see our latest vacancies here, alternatively you can email us your CV using the link in the right hand column.

    • Email us your CV
  • AAE & DVI

    AAE

    Cellmark’s dedicated team provides forensic anthropology and archaeology expertise, supported by access to an extensive range of environmental evidence analysis. The team delivers a comprehensive and integrated service for the search, recovery and identification of human remains, capitalising on our world leading high sensitivity DNA analysis.

    • Anthropology
    • Archaeology
    • Ecology

    DVI

    Cellmark has been involved in numerous DVI incidents both within the UK and overseas, including being selected as the sole UK DNA analysis provider for the DVI response to the Asian tsunami of Boxing Day 2004.

    • DVI

    SAMS

    Cellmark’s dedicated forensic recovery team has developed our Search Assessment & Mapping Service (SAMS) as a cost efficient service to accelerate the discovery of buried human remains, weapons, and drugs hides.

    • SAMS Service
  • Casework

    Casework

    Cellmark is one of the largest providers of forensic casework services to the police forces in England and Wales. From specialist forensic provision at crime scenes, to the delivery of expert witness testimony at court we provide a comprehensive forensic assessment, evidence recovery, laboratory analysis and evaluative interpretation service incorporating a wide range of forensic biology and chemistry disciplines.

    We employ some of the country’s most experienced forensic scientists, working in a laboratory environment with leading edge technology and validated, accredited analytical services so that they can best use their talents to assist our police customers in investigating and solving crime.

    • BPA
    • Cold Case Reviews
    • Fibres & Damage
    • Fire & Accelerants
    • Footwear
    • Glass
    • Gunshot Residue
    • Hair
    • Paint
    • Scene Attendance
    • Tools & Toolmarks
    • Tyres
  • DNA Services

    DNA Services

    Cellmark’s forensic laboratories operate within quality systems accredited to ISO17025 and certified to ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001. Cellmark is an accredited supplier of crime scene and reference DNA profiles to the UK National DNA Database.

     

    • Crime Scene DNA
    • Major Crime DNA
    • PACE
    • DNA-17

    Specialist Services

    Cellmark uses a range of specialist accredited techniques to extract DNA and produce valuable DNA profiling information for our police customers. Cellmark has a proven reputation for its expertise and success in obtaining DNA profiles from a range of forensic submissions including the most challenging samples. Working for customers in the UK and overseas we regularly produce profile information from samples that have proved less informative elsewhere.

    We work in partnership with our customers to deliver DNA services and forensic strategies tailored to their investigative requirements.

    • Overview
    • High Sensitivity DNA Analysis
    • Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing
    • Y-STR Profiling
    • Wildlife Forensics
    • Animal Species Testing
    • Cold Case Reviews
    • Sexual Offences Service
  • About Us

    About Cellmark

    Established in 1987, Cellmark has three decades‘ experience of providing police forces with high quality, specialist forensic services. As one of the largest forensic and DNA testing companies in the world, Cellmark has a proven reputation for quality, reliability and service excellence.

     

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    • Abingdon Laboratory
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    IDENTIFICATION INTERPRETATION INNOVATION

    A pioneer in the development of forensic analytical services with an international reputation for excellence.

    From presenting the first DNA evidence at the Old Bailey in 1987 to pushing the boundaries of sensitivity in numerous high profile forensic cases, our innovative analytical work has established our reputation for quality and technical excellence.

    Driven by quality, we have held international ISO quality certification since 1990 and have been accredited to submit DNA profiles to the UK’s National DNA Database® since 1998. From the design of our facilities to the expertise of our staff, our quality culture supports the accuracy and reliability of our results.

    Cellmark has broad commercial experience from many years of delivering specialist laboratory analysis. Cellmark employs 500 people in its UK operation, and has invested in some of the most advanced forensic laboratories in the world designed for the rapid delivery of the highest quality forensic testing.

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Casework Services
  • CASEWORK SERVICESLaboratory services
  • BPABlood Pattern Analysis
  • COLD CASE REVIEWSThere is no time limit to define a cold case
  • FOOTWEARFootwear and footwear marks
  • FIRE INVESTIGATIONIdentifying origin, cause and development
  • GLASSOne of the most common sample types to be submitted
  • GSRGunshot Residue
  • PAINTProvides effective, often conclusive evidence
  • TEXTILES - FIBRES & DAMAGEAn important & specialised part of forensic casework
  • HAIRProvides valuable clues to identity
  • TYRE MARKSTyre wear and damage can provide vital evidence
  • TOOLS & TOOLMARKSEach tool has a unique microscopic character
  • SCENE ATTENDANCEA nationwide service
Cellmark is a leading provider of forensic casework services to police forces in England and Wales.

 

 

Cellmark is one of the largest providers of forensic casework services to the police forces in England and Wales. From our state-of-the-art forensic facilities in Oxfordshire and Lancashire, we provide our police customers with a 24/7/365 forensic call-out service to provide expert forensic analysis at crime scenes, and deliver a wide range of laboratory based forensic services.

With a team of more than 400 forensic scientists, DNA analysts and laboratory support staff we offer a comprehensive forensic assessment, evidence recovery, laboratory analysis, and evaluative interpretation service across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. Our forensic casework teams support the investigation of a wide range of volume and major crimes, including rape and sexual offences, assaults and murders.

Comprehensive casework service

• Scene attendance
• Strategy assessment and case management
• Evidence examination, search and recovery
• Body fluid presumptive testing
• Blood pattern analysis
• Chemical enhancement
• Specialist extraction techniques
• DNA profiling
• High sensitivity DNA analysis
• Fibres and hairs
• Footwear
• Glass, paint and particulate analysis
• Toolmarks and damage interpretation

• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Ecology
• Accelerants
• Fire scenes
• Firearms and ballistics
• Gunshot residue
• Drugs
• Toxicology
• Noxious substances
• Document examination
• Enhanced sexual offence service
• Cold case reviews

 

[Some services are provided through partner organisations]

Cellmark forensic casework scientists provide regular, responsive communication at each stage of an investigation: they will attend police and CPS strategy meetings and provide ongoing advice and expertise to support a developing investigation. Our scientists report their results and findings as interim reports and evidential statements to meet the requirements of investigation and the criminal justice system, and are trained as expert witnesses for the presentation of evidence in court. In complex multidisciplinary cases, a lead scientist will coordinate the forensic work and provide a single point of contact.

Cellmark’s range of specialist forensic services can be accessed on an as and when required basis to provide a second opinion which can lead to case progress.

Click the link to download our brochure for an overview of this service.

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DNA

  • PACE
  • Crime Scene DNA
  • Major Crime DNA
  • Specialist DNA Services

SPECIALIST DNA SERVICES

  • Sexual Offences
  • Cold Case Reviews
  • Species RNA
  • Overview

CASEWORK

  • Blood Pattern Analysis
  • Fire Investigation
  • Tools & Toolmarks
  • Scene Attendance

AAE & DVI

  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • DVI
  • SAMS service
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