Services & Instrumentation
The Center is located on the University's East Campus in Rensselaer County, New York.
The CFG has comprehensive state-of-the-art research facilities to support commercial and
academic research.
The CFG occupies the third floor of the GEN*NY*SIS Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, a modern $45 million genomics research center.
Currently, the CFG has more than 6,000 square feet of laboratory space, including fully equipped,
modern core laboratories for:
- Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Microarray
- Transgenic Mouse Production
- Cell and Tissue Culture
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- Proteomics
- Mass Spectrometry
- Laser Capture Microdissection
- Imaging and Microscopy
- Flow Cytometry
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Major Instrumentation
The CFG core laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation, including:
- Affymetrix GeneChip Microarray System with (2) FS450s and an autoloader equipped scanner 3000 with 7G+4color upgrades
- Agilent BioAnalyzer 2100
- AKTA Explorer HPLC System
- Amersham 2D Electrophoresis System
- Applied Biosystems 3730XL DNA Sequencer
- Applied Biosystems 7900HT (with automation accessory) and 5700 Quantitative PCR Systems
- Arcturus Veritas and AutoPix Automated Laser Capture Microdissection Systems
- Beckman Coulter Epics ALTRA Flow Cytometer/Cell Sorter
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- Bruker Autoflex MALDI Mass Spectrometer
- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
- Eppendorf TransferMan Microinjection System
- GMS 417 Microarrayer , Axon Genepix 4000B and GSI Lumonics Scan Array 4000 3-Laser Scanners
- Guava EasyCyte Cell Analysis System
- Lot-Oriel Maestro Whole Mouse Imaging System (quantum dots or GFP)
- Microcal VP-ITC Microcalorimeter
- Molecular Dynamics STORM 860 Phosphorimager
- Shimadzu Spectrofluorophotometer
- QSTAR XL Mass Spectrometer
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Services
The CFG provides a wide range of research services in genomics, proteomics, mass spectrometry, and
mouse trangenesis to the academic and commercial research community. These services include:
- DNA Sequencing
- Gene Identification and Characterization
- Plasmid Vector Construction
- Microarray Analysis
- Protein Expression, Characterization, and Purification
- Protein Identification by Mass Spectrometry
- De Novo Sequencing of Peptides
- Protein Phosphorylation Studies
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- Protein Phosphorylation Studies
- Transgenic and Knockout Mouse Production
- Laser Capture Microdissection
- Tissue Culture and Large Scale Cell Culture
- Transfection and Transformation Assays
- Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting
- 2D Gel Electrophoresis
- Proteome Profiling
- Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
- Bioinformatics and Computational Analysis of Nucleic Acid and Protein
Sequence Data
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