Lab Equipment

The Genomics Core offers in house next generation sequencing services on the MiSeq™ Personal Sequencing System™ from Illumina. We are able to generate up to 15 Gb of data per run with up to 50 M high quality, 2 X 300 Paired-End Reads. The Genomics Core Facility also offers Illumina’s full line of sample preparation, library construction, in addition to Custom NGS tools.

Illumina MiSeq Sequencing Services

• Sanger Sequencing
• Fragment Analysis
• 16 Capillaries
• 3130 Pop-7 polymer separation matrix
• Multiple dye detection

ABI 3130 Genetic Analyzer Services

• DNA Fragmentation
• Compound Formation
• Chromatin fragmentation
• High0throughout chemistry
• RNA extraction
• Tissue disruption and homogenization
• Cell spore and organelle lysis
• Sample extraction for metabolic and protemic profiling
• Nanoparticle formation
• ADME/Tox extractions
• Coumpound dissolution

• Collect narrow and even fragment distributions
• Flexibility to collect wide ranges of fragments with minimal effort
• Pulsed-field electrophoresis for resolving and collecting high molecular weight DNA

•  RNA, DNA, and protein sample QC, including sample loading, separation, and imaging.
• Scalable throughput
• Reproducibility

• Fully integrated real-time PCR detection system
• Real time and plate read
• State-of-the-art thermal cycler
• Real-time quantitative detection and analysis software

• Integrated TMX module to shake, heat or cool samples.
• Loaded and unload with the gripper. Pipetting to the mixer is possible before and after mixing steps.
• The TMX module is fully software-controlled enabling pipetting on other worktable positions while the mixer is in operation.
• Ready to go Plug'n'Prep® methods provide instant automated purification results
• Immunoassays
• Cell assays
• Nucleic acid preparation
• PCR, real-time PCR and sequencing set-up
• Serial dilutions
• Hit picking
• Concentration normalisation

• Single channel absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence microplate reader.
• DNA quantification in 96 or 384 well format
• 16 sample micro-volume quantification
• Kinetic cell growth

• Swing bucket rotor
• 48 X 1.5/2mL microcentrifuge tubes
• vacufuge, centrifuge, and desiccator
• 4 heating levels (room temperature, 30°C, 45°C, 60°C)
• 3 application modes (aqueous, alcohol or high vapor pressure)