Instrumentation

The Microbiome Facility utilizes the following instrumentation:

  • BEAD BlasterTM 24 homogenizer
  • QIAcube DNA/RNA extraction automation
  • Centrifuge
  • NanoDrop 2000
  • PCR Workstation
  • Qubit™ 4 Fluorometer (DNA library quantification)
  • Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system (DNA library QC)
  • Miseq
  • Nextseq550
  • Novaseq
  • QX200 Droplet Digital PCR system (Biorad)
  • Multispectral imaging (PhenoImager HT, the multi-spectral digital immunofluorescence (IF) scanning system by PerkinElmer/Akoya)