Welcome to the University of Arizona Genetics Core

The University of Arizona Genetics Core offers access to state-of-the-art resources and services to help investigators, educators, students and the biotech community conduct and promote research in the field of genomics.

**NOTE** External users will need to send a purchase order to the Arizona Research Labs Business Office prior to the start of any service. The purchase order must indicate the type of service and estimated quantity. Fax the purchase order to 520-621-1364, attention University of Arizona Genetics Core Billing. The mailing address is:

When creating your profile on line, use your purchase order number in the account field. This field will only accept six digit numbers. If your purchase order contains letters, just omit and use the first six digits of the PO.

Please use the quick links (located on the right side of the site) or the pull-down menus above to navigate the website and to look up information concerning the University of Arizona Genetics Core facility. Information concerning workshops and symposiums will be updated continuously as they come up. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns that you are unable to answer through the website. Thank you

Please visit the Facility Overview to learn more about us.

::University of Arizona Genetics Core Briefs::

ARRAY CAPTURE FOR 454!  To support our new FLX instrument, we have acquired a NimbleGen Array Capture enrichment platform. We have a number of new applications for research that we are bringing online, please contact us with your research ideas.

NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING!  University of Arizona Genetics Core has finalized purchase of a new Roche 454 Genome Sequencer FLX, which will be available for University research projects in November of 2008.

We have moved to the THOMAS W. KEATING BIORESEARCH BUILDING and we are located on the first floor. We are also working on updating all the information on this web site.

NEW EQUIPMENT! We have switched our ABI Real-time PCR system to a brand new ABI 7300, improving speed and accuracy for our users. For more information about the 7300 platform Click here.

OPTIMIZED REAL-TIME PCR PRIMERS! Click the following link for a database of primer sets that have been optimized for quantitative PCR: http://www.realtimeprimers.org

SNPSTREAM IS HERE! We have purchased a Beckman/Coulter SNPStream Genotyping system, and are ready to begin accepting new projects. Contact us for more information.

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