Biotechnology Facilities at the University of Arizona
The following information summarizes the facilities present on the Campus of the University of Arizona, including the Arizona Health Sciences Center, that can be made available to MCB researchers in either a pay-for-service, collaborative, or gratis arrangement.
A
web site provided by Arizona Health Sciences Center identifies
many Research Facilities within the University of Arizona. http://www.medicalresearch.arizona.edu/coreservices.cfm
Those that are pertinent to MCB are included in the list below, as well as
some that are not bona fide services, but are available by the good graces
of the PI.
The Facility directors I spoke with suggested that a consultation regarding your models and goals before collecting experimental samples would help determine the most appropriate procedure to optimize results.
Microarray:
Cancer Center-George Watts (626-4724)
- Full service microarray core facility http://azcc-microarray.arl.arizona.edu/
- Data access from the web, with data mining software
- Facility has mandate to provide services at lower costs to projects funded by Federal grants
Plant Sciences-David Galbraith (621-9153)
Microarray printer and scanner w/ analytical software. Primary cost to user is the supply of one's own printer pins.
Cancer Center-Garth Powis (626-6408)
With printer and reader, but not a service. Is used by others, but users must be completely independent. No training or assistance available.
Arizona Research Labs (ARL)-Mike Hammer (621-9828)
Facility in development, currently gathering equipment
DNA sequencing:
ARL Biotech Facility- http://www.arl.Arizona.edu/lmse
Specializes in nucleic acid techniques such as automated DNA sequencing, custom oligonucleotide synthesis, and mutation (SNP) detection.
Proteomics:
ARL Biotech Facility- http://lpsa.arl.arizona.edu-Mike Hammer (621-9828)
micro sequencing, mass spectrophotometer (for mass spec details, contact Arpad Somogyi, 626-7272).
Southwest Toxicology Center-http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/cores.html-George Tsaprailis, Core Director (626-5461)
Proteomics Core Facility funded by Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center and Arizona Cancer Center.
Currently on a 1st come, 1st served use basis.
Full service facility for protein identification, mapping of modifications, etc, using HPLC and mass spectrometer.
Genomics Research Center-Jay Hoying (626-5273)
2-D gels, Ciphergen system (http://www.ciphergen.com, protein chip array analysis)
Cost of materials, no fee for use
Imaging:
In MCB:
GFP stereo microscope-Rm 506-Carl Boswell (626-8469)
Leica compound microscope-epifluorescence, ratio imaging, DIC, digital camera, image analysis and deconvolution software-Sam Ward (621-1237)
Zeiss compound microscope- epifluorescence, DIC, digital camera, image analysis and deconvolution software-Mani Ramaswami (621-6624)
Outside MCB:
ARL-Life Sciences North, Rm 410-Leitz confocal microscope, scanning & transmission electron microscopes, specimen processing, thin sections- http://www.arl.Arizona.edu/imaging
ARL-Leica epifluorescence, DIC, deconvolution-Dave Bentley (621-5097)
Delta Vision deconvolution system-Carol Gregario(626-8113)
This
is a very sophisticated deconvolution system that rivals
confocal microscopy for resolution, with the added advantage
of being (allegedly) quantitative.
Training
will cost $100, with a subsequent fee of $20/hr to use the system
Plant Sciences- Georgina Lambert (621-9259)
Two-photon BioRad/Olympus confocal microscope
The system is new, and waiting for someone to exploit it. Costs will probably be minimal, if any, at this time.
If there are other services or facilities known to be available but not listed, or are required and not listed, contact Carl Boswell . This information was compiled 5/25/01.