Scientific Director: Yoav Gilad, PhD
Operational Director: Pieter W. Faber, PhD
Technical Directors:
Pieter W. Faber, PhD — Next-Generation Sequencing and Microarrays
William J. Buikema, PhD — Sanger Sequencing and Genotyping
Websites:
fgf.bsd.uchicago.edu
cancer-seqbase.uchicago.edu
(Read an article about this core in Pathways to Discovery.)
The Genomics Core Facility provides state-of-the-art microarray, DNA sequencing, and genotyping platforms with specialized databases for storing, managing, and manipulating both clinical information and diverse types of genetic and genomic data. Services are for biomedical researchers as well as experts seeking sophisticated hardware, software, programming solutions, database solutions, or interdisciplinary collaborations. All genomic and bioinformatics analyses are completed at the highest possible speeds.
Main Services
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Next Generation Sequencing (Lifetech SOLiD and Illumina)
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High-throughput gene expressions and genotyping arrays (Illumina, Affymetrix and Agilent)
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Sanger Sequencing (including plasmid preparation)
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Sequenom genotyping
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Agilent Bio-Analyzer validation of sample quality (RNA, next gen libraries)
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Covaris DNA shearing (next gen libraries)
