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Illumina Office Hours and Consultations on August 30th

Please join your local Illumina support team as they host office hours at UC Davis! What to expect: Meet your local Illumina support team Receive updates on the latest Illumina applications Bring your experimental NGS or Array design questions for

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Sequencing library prep queue longer than usual

August 3rd, 2018:    We have received an unexpected large number of submissions for library prep projects.  Thus, the library prep queue is currently longer than usual (about 8 weeks).   The sequencing queues are not affected and the sequencing turnaround times are fast (one to two weeks).  

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Additional (2nd) DNA Re-Sequencing Workshop on July 25th: Library Prep and Data Analysis

2nd Illumina Hands-On DNA Re-Sequencing Workshop on July 25th Since the July 24th workshop was fully booked immediately, we are offering an additional workshop  on the following day.  Please join us for a hands-on workshop on DNA sequencing library preparation and

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Hands-On DNA Re-Sequencing Workshop on July 24th: Library Prep and Data Analysis

Illumina Hands-On DNA Re-Sequencing Workshop on July 24th Please join us for a hands-on workshop on DNA sequencing library preparation and data analysis using the Nextera DNA Flex library prep kit (focusing on re-sequencing). The workshop on July 24th (9am to 5pm) at

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Spatial Transcriptomics Lunch & Learn Seminar at noon on Tuesday, June 19th.

The DNA Technologies Core invites you to a Lunch & Learn Seminar on Spatial Transcriptomics at noon on Tuesday, June 19th. The Spatial Transcriptomics Technology Speaker – Stefania Giacomello, Senior Scientist, Spatial Transcriptomics AB, sg@spatialtranscriptomics.com Location –  UC Davis Genome Center Auditorium, GBSF #1005 June 19th, noon

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Seminar: April 4th The Beacon Automated Single Cell Biology Platform

The Beacon Automated Single Cell Biology Platform Troy Lionberger, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Technology Development, Berkeley Lights Davis Campus:              11 am, Wednesday April 4th;  Room 4202 GBSF/Genome Center Building Sacramento Campus:    1  pm  , Wednesday April 4th; Room 1241 MedEd building The Digital

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Single-Cell Pilot Grants Call — Lexogen RNA-Seq Lunch & Learn this Thursday, March 15th — Dovetail Genomics: Building the Best Genomes on Earth , April 18th

Dear DNA Tech Core users, the March news is: 1) a Pilot and Feasibility Project Grants Call by the Office of Research    (apply for single-cell gene expression projects) 2) the Lexogen RNA-Seq Lunch & Learn Seminar — this Thursday, March 15th — 12:30pm 3) Dovetail Genomics and the Genome Center – Building the Best

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Pilot and Feasibility Project Grants Call

Update: Please note that single-cell pilot and feasibility projects should be discussed with the participating cores before the application.  Our single-cell expert Diana Burkart-Waco, PhD, (dburkart@ucdavis.edu) will be available for pilot grant project related discussions.  To include the other cores please contact

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January News: Batch-Tag-Seq – Gene Expression Profiling

Dear DNA Technologies Core Users, We are happy to announce a new service for the new year: Batch-Tag-Seq Gene Expression Profiling.  This service is designed to simplify both the planning and the analysis of gene expression profiling studies. Batch-Tag-Seq is offered

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Holiday Schedule

Except the official university holidays, the DNA Technologies Core will be open throughout the holiday season. The university holidays are December 22nd 2017, December 25th and 29th, as well as January 1st, 2018. However, please do not ship any samples with courier

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