UCLA Core DNA Sequencing Facility

Review of UCLA core DNA sequencing service. Includes information on price, location, sequencer, template needs, and other sequencing services

General information

The UCLA Sequencing and Genotyping Core Facility at the University of California, Los Angeles, offers DNA sequencing and genotyping services to both UCLA and outside researchers.

Sequencing instruments used

Applied Biosystems 3730xl, 3700 and a pyrosequencing instrument

Prices

Single sample

Full service | $12.00
Ready-to-run | $5.00

96 well tray

Ready-to-run | $150.00

Sample requirements

Plasmids

200 ng/µl | 8µl minimum

PCR products

20 ng/µl | 8µl minimum

BAC

230 ng/µl | 11 µl minimum

Primers

5 - 10 pmol/µl | 5 µl minimum
Common universal primers are provided free.

Other

Sample and primer names are limited to 6 characters. Ready-to-run service offered where the sequencing reactions are prepared and cleaned by the user.

Sample turn around time

1 - 2 business days. Delays may occur under unusually heavy loads or due to equipment failure.

International orders

Unknown

GLP DNA sequencing

No

Other DNA sequencing related services offered


Contact Information

UCLA Sequencing and Genotyping Core Facility
5309 Gonda Center
695 Charles Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
ph. 310 825 6204
fax. 310 794 5446
email. uma@ucla.edu

Comments

UCLA offers excellent sequencing prices. The full tray, ready-to-run service is a real bargain at $150.00 for outside researchers.

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