SUNY Microarray Core Facility (SUNYMAC)

SUNYMAC is a full service microarray processing core that provides researchers the ability to utilize Affymetrix GeneChip technology for high throughput RNA expression analysis, genotyping, and DNA sequence analysis, as well as Applied Biosystems Sequence Detection and SNPlex technology for medium throughput real time PCR and genotyping.

SUNYMAC is also a data analysis facility and a technical resource for targeted analysis of biological samples, and maintains institutional licenses for GeneSpring GT and GeneSpring GX (Agilent), as well as other software.

SUNYMAC has existed since October 2002 and processes approximately 1,000 GeneChips per year. More than 50 SUNY Upstate and external investigators have utilized SUNYMAC to date, resulting in approximately 30 publications and 10 national level grants.

• Affymetrix GeneChip(c) Core Facility (3285 Weiskotten Hall) that includes two microfluidics processing stations, hybridization oven, and a high-resolution scanner with autoloader
• Leica Laser Microdissection Apparatus to harvest localized populations of cells or specific anatomical structures with precision
• Agilent Technologies Bioanalyzer to assess the quality and quantity of minute amounts of starting materials from laser microdissected cells
• Data Analysis Workstations with software to analyze GeneChip(c) and other array-based data
• Centralized data storage and mining

For more information, contact either:

Frank Middleton, Ph.D., Scientific Director
Phone 315-464-7721
middletf@upstate.edu

Karen Gentile, M.S., Technical and Administrative Director
Phone 315-464-3206
gentilek@upstate.edu

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