Facility Description

The Georgia Genomics and Bioinformatics Core is the University of Georgia core laboratory for nucleic acid sequencing and bioinformatics.

The combined 2,189 sq. ft laboratory space includes separate pre- and post-PCR rooms located in the Riverbend North lab complex on the UGA campus in Athens.

The following sections describe the capabilities of GGBC:

A)  GGBC labs house the following instruments:

  • Illumina MiSeq and NextSeq 2000 (1) sequencers
  • Oxford Nanopore MinIon sequencer
  • Roche Lightcycler 480 RT-PCR
  • MJ research thermocyclers (1)
  • Bio-Rad T100 thermocyclers (2)
  • Bio-Rad C1000 Touch thermocyclers (3)
  • ABI 9700 thermocyclers (3 dual 96-well, and one dual 384-well)
  • PCR cabinets (2)
  • Formulatrix Mantis Liquid Handler V3.3
  • Epredia NX70 Cryostat & Automatic Microtome
  • epMotion@ 5070/5075 Liquid Handling Stations (2)
  • Covaris E220 Evolution
  • Qubit fluorometers (2)
  • Agilent BioAnalyzer 2100
  • Fragment Analyzer Automated CE System
  • Qiagen Tissuelyzer
  • Labconco class II biosafety cabinet
  • SageELF
  • BioTek Synergy LX plate reader

B) GGBC runs the following analysis software and tools:

  • Illumina BaseSpace Bioinformatics Apps
  • Geneious Molecular Biology and NGS analysis software
  • Many open-source and command-line based bioinformatics and computational biology tools and software (contact us).

C) GGBC runs and have access to the following computational resources:

  • Many Dell Linux and Macintosh Workstations
  • High Performance computer clusters (GACRC)

D) For grant proposal, please download and use this file: