Genome Center

Nowadays DNA sequencing technologies can be used to tackle a very broad (and continuously increasing) range of biological problems, like de novo genome assemblies, metagenomics, nucleic acid and protein interactions, chromatin structure, single-cell expression patterns, and much more, in a wide variety of organisms.

The Genome Center provides advice on experimental design and support in sample preparation for DNA sequencing. We also provide low to mid throughput sequencing services with diverse technologies (Illumina for short-read sequencing and Pacific Biosciences for long-read sequencing), and support the development of new applications and protocols. The facility also trains researchers in preparing libraries, assists with technical equipment for library preparation and quality control, and provides dedicated lab space.

Mission

• Support researches on experimental design, troubleshooting and, when possible, library preparation of DNA-sequencing related technologies.
• Provide DNA sequencing services with diverse technologies.
• Provide sample quality control runs and training to the researches on the use of quality control instruments.

 

Equipment

Library preparation and sample quality control

• Femto Pulse (Agilent)
• Bioanalyzer 2100 (Agilent)
• BluePippin (Sage Science)
• Covaris S2 (Covaris)
• Megaruptor V2 (Diagenode)
• Chromium X (10Xgenomics)
• Viaflo 96 (Integra)

Sequencing instruments

• Sequel II (Pacific Biosciences)
• NextSeq2000 (Illumina)
• MiSeq (Illumina)