Hewlett Packard GeneArray Scanner LIMS Data Server Several Windows NT computer workstations Affymetrix GeneChip and Data Mining Tool Software packages. The facility is currently being set up in the Cancer Research Facility and should be fully operational by summer 2001. Robotic liquid handling workstations. High-throughput facilities for PCR amplification, gel electrophoresis and purification of EST clone inserts. Automated glass slide microarray printers.
Commercial glass slide microarray scanners.
Computers and software for data analysis. In addition, in collaboration with Sandia National Labs, the facility will participate in development of a next generation multi-spectral microarray scanner, capable of analyzing 12 or more probes simultaneously on one array. Back to Top The Approaches Affymetrix GeneChip arrays The Affymetrix system is fully functional and available for gene expression analysis of complex genomes. GeneChips containing specific probes for up to 60,000 human genes are currently available commercially from Affymetrix. Similar GeneChips specific for mouse, rat and yeast gene sets are also available.