General information
The mission of the Biopolymer/Genomics Core Facility is to enable and foster institutional science by providing the expertise, state-of-the-art resources, and the training necessary to promote cutting edge genomic research. The Facility and the personnel that staff it, are committed to maintaining technologically advanced instrumentation and providing an educational environment to instruct faculty, staff, fellows, and students on the latest technologies and how they can positively impact on their research.
Sequencing instruments used
- ABI 3730xl
- Pacific Biosciences RS II
- Illumina MiSeq & MiSeq Dx
- Illumina HiSeq4000 & HiSeq2500
- Oxford Nanopore MinION
Prices
Full Service
- $8.00 per reaction for single reactions
- $600 per 96 well tray
Ready To Run Samples
- $3.00 per sample (Maximum of charge of $75.00 if all submitted at once)
- $75 per 96 well tray
Sample requirements
If you have a template that contains a high G/C content please indicate it on the order form. Place 25 µL of sterile water in all unused wells of a 96-well tray to prevent damage to the sequencing machine.
Plasmids
- A minimum of 300ng for each run
PCR products
- a minimum of 50ng for each run
Primers
- A minimum of 3.5 µL per run at 1 µM
Sample turn around time
- 24 hours
International orders
- Not Listed
GLP DNA sequencing
- Not Listed
Other DNA sequencing related services offered
- de novo Whole Genome Sequencing
- Comparative Genome Resequencing
- Human Genome Sequencing
- Transcriptome (mRNA, miRNA, and ncRNA) Sequencing
- Exome and Custom Targeted Capture Sequencing
- ChIP-Sequencing & Methylation Sequencing
- Base Modification Detection
- Ecological and Organismal Metagenomic Sequencing
- Amplicon Sequencing
Contact Information
Biopolymer/Genomics Core Facility
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Bressler Research Building (BRB)
Room 7-037
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(410)706-3339 or (410)706-8553
Fax: (410)706-0287
Comments
The facility has had over 15 years experience in sequencing DNA, over this time the facility has built up a stockpile of not only primers, but knowledge and expertise to handle any sequencing project that you might have.
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