UCLA Core Facilities
Located in the Department of Human Genetics
- Array Data Analysis Group
- The Array Data Analysis Group (ADAG) specializes in the analysis of DNA and tissue microarray data and is comprised of faculty and students in the departments of Human Genetics, Biostatistics, and the Bioinformatics Program.
- Bioinformatics Core Facility
- The Bioinformatics Core provides advice for study design, computer-based investigation, and statistical analysis.
- Biological Samples Processing Core
- The facility offers DNA extractions from whole blood and stores extracted DNA.
- DNA Microarray Core Facility
- The DNA Microarray Core uses technology that allows the simultaneous determination of the expression level of tens of thousands of genes. The Core can create slides with up to 20,000 genetic targets arrayed on each slide.
- FISH Core Facility
- FISH is a well-established technique to detect Chromosomal Abnormalities such as in cancer cells, as well as in some genetic disorders like Down Syndrome.
- Southern California Genotyping Consortium (SCGC)
- A genotyping and Gene expression resource for academic labs in the Southern California region and beyond, the SCGC operates an Illumina BeadLab 1000 snp genotyping/gene expression system. The SCGC has been created to offer academic researchers the highest quality High Throughput snp Genotyping, Whole Genome Genotyping and Whole Genome Gene Expression screens at the lowest possible cost.
- Sequencing and Genotyping Core Facility
- This laboratory provides sequencing and genotyping services to the research genetics community. A wide variety of genetic technologies are available which can accommodate studies ranging from large-scale, high-throughput projects, to small-scale, customized projects.
- Tissue Array
- The UCLA Tissue Array Core Facility was formed in 1999 to produce high-throughput tissue-based tools to be utilized in collaborative in situ gene marker validation and gene discovery projects.