Genomics Core
Mission Statement
The University of North Dakota Genomics Core has provided laboratory services and bioinformatics analysis since 2014.
Its creation aimed to offer technical laboratory support to investigators in the form
of nucleic acid extraction, quality control testing, library preparation, and next-generation
sequencing services for various types of samples, from tissues to isolated RNA/DNA.
The Genomics Core specializes in library preparation for a wide range of applications,
such as RNA-Seq, single-cell 10x, whole-genome sequencing, and microbiome analysis.
Additionally, the Core employs sequencing platforms from Illumina for short reads,
Nanopore for long reads, and NanoString for spatial transcriptomics.
The Core also offers bioinformatics analysis services for many Next-generation sequencing
projects such as RNA-seq, CHIP-seq, CUT&RUN, ATAC-seq, PRO-seq, CoPRO, DNA methylation,
and Nanopore and single-cell data.
Notably, the Core is developing a novice-oriented platform called genomEX, which,
among many things, offers a cloud service where one-click pipelines for standard analysis
can be run in fully personalized and dedicated high-performance computing environments.
Lastly, the Core provides educational sessions to help investigators effectively utilize
its various resources.
Statement of Acknowledgment
For the labs that have used the UND Genomics Core in any way, please acknowledge us for publications. "Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54GM128729 and Award number 2P20GM104360-06A1."