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 BMCB 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 BMCB 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

Garth Powis (626-6408)

With printer and reader, but not a service. It is used by others, but users must be completely independent.  No training or assistance available.

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.

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)

Imaging:

MCB

  • GFP stereo microscope-Rm 506-Carl Boswell (626-8469)
  • Leica compound microscope-epifluorescence, ratio imaging, DIC, digital camera, image analysis and deconvolution software
  • Zeiss compound microscope- epifluorescence, DIC, digital camera, image analysis and deconvolution software

ARL

  • Life Sciences North, Rm 410-Leitz confocal microscope, scanning & transmission electron microscopes, specimen processing, thin sections- http://www.arl.Arizona.edu/imaging
  • 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

If there are other services or facilities known to be available but not listed, or are required and not listed, contact Carl Boswell .