As an added service to our customers on the University network, data is now available electronically. You can down-load sequencing data, check on oligo completion or just find out what's new without leaving your office or lab. For information on how to call up our data server, please call Duane Bartley at 955-2836. For those customers who are interested in using our facility to do sequencing projects, Roxann Ashworth is the person who is primarily responsible for assembling contigs and designing oligos. Roxann is still working from home, although the hours you may contact her now have changed.
Purification needs to be requested at the time of synthesis.
It should be noted that purifi-cation requests will increase turnaround time for those oligos and for most applications additional purification beyond our standard desalting is not necessary. We have been experiencing billing problems due to administrative issues at Homewood. Basically, new and continuation budget numbers are not entered into the electronic system in a timely manner which has resulted in a hold-up in our billing and a delay in mailing statements to our users. It should be noted that we have authorizing signatures on file with each request form submitted. In addition, we have begun billing twice a month, and you should begin receiving statements every two to three weeks.