General Information
The DNA sequencing facility in the Biochemistry Department was started in 1993 at the University of Cambridge that offers sequencing services to anyone.
DNA Sequencing Instruments Used
- Applied Biosystems 3730xl
- Illumina MiSeq
- Roche 454 GS FLX
DNA Sequencing Prices
- £5 per reaction
DNA Template Requirements
Plasmids
- 100ng/µl
Cosmid
- 150ng/µl
PCR products
- 20ng per 100 base pairs
Primers
- 10µM
Other information
The facility provides common primers free of cost.
Sequencing turn-around time
24- 48 hours
International orders
Yes
GLP DNA sequencing
Not mentioned
Other DNA sequencing related services offered
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Library Preparation
- Fragment Analysis
- Genotyping
Contact Information
John Lester, Manager
DNA Sequencing Facility
Department of Biochemistry
University of Cambridge
80 Tennis Court Road
Old Addenbrookes Site
Cambridge CB2 1GA
UK
Phone: 01223 (3)33660 | 01223 (7)66311
Email: jbl21@cam.ac.uk | biocsdna@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dnasequencing
Comments
The facility offers a basic price of £5 per reaction for all customers. Large sequencing orders qualify for a discount, contact facility for further details. Each reaction potentially gives up to 800 nucleotides of sequence.
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