What real-time PCR services does the facility provide?
The facility provides three levels of service for real-time PCR. In all cases it is the responsibility of the user to provide the primers, or probe/primer sets used in the assay. Full Service — In this service, the user supplies the facility with the cDNA and the facility sets up the real-time assay, performs the run and analyzes the data. The SDS files and the text data files are uploaded to the user’s BioDesktop account. Printouts are available upon request. Self Service — In this service the facility will provide the user with the consumables necessary to set up the real-time qPCR run. The user will set up the assay and then will be trained by the facility staff to use the 7700 (TaqMan) instrument in 307 HSRF. The staff will train the user to analyze the data. Once the user has been trained, they can sign up for blocks of time to use the instrument through their BioDesktop account. This room now has evening and weekend access. To gain access during these off-hour times fill out the
