Texas A&M Institute for Genome Sciences and Society (TIGSS) has established Experimental Genomics Core in 2013 and is located at Reynolds Medical Building 446A.
Genomics Core houses various instruments and lab equipment to support genomics-based research and is located in Reynolds Medical Building 446A and VMR Addition 266. Training and experimental support is available. Please visit the TAMU Core Facilities page for available services.
Contact Andrew Hillhouse for more information about pricing and any other details.
Reserve equipment:
Most of the equipment listed below can be reserved through the iLab portal.
To use the facilities managed via the iLab system, you will need to establish an account. For a member of a lab to be able to make requests in iLab, the lab’s PI must already be a registered user.
PIs cannot register for an account using the Login button. To be added to the system, PIs need to send their UIN and Netid username to .
External users who are not eligible for a TAMU Netid can sign up or login using iLab credentials.
After you have an account, login at the CoreFacilities page and view all the services provided.
Maxwell 16 (Promega)
Molecular BiologyThe Maxwell 16 Integrated System combines compact instrumentation, optimized automated methods, prefilled reagent cartridges, service and support to save time,
Qubit Fluorometer (Life Technologies)
Molecular BiologyEasy to use fluorometer for a variety of DNA, RNA and protein assays.
CFX96 Touch™ Real-Time PCR Detection System (Bio-Rad)
Molecular Biology96 well real time PCR system with six-channel detector with quick set up runs. Monitors amplification traces in real time
Tape Station (Agilent)
Molecular BiologyThe Bio-Plex Pro Wash Station eliminates manual wash steps from Bio-Plex Assays, making them as easy as ELISAs. The wash
Bio-Plex Pro Wash Station (Bio-Rad)
Cell BiologyThe Bio-Plex Pro Wash Station eliminates manual wash steps from Bio-Plex Assays, making them as easy as ELISAs. The wash
GentleMACS Octo Dissociator (Miltenyi)
Cell BiologyAutomated tissue processing to dissociate target tissue into single cell suspensions.
MinION (Oxford Nanopore)
SequencingOxford Nanopore DNA sequencer for real time, long-read, and low cost sequencing. Ideal for closing gaps in de novo genome
Cytation 5 (BioTek)
Cell BiologyCell imaging multi-mode microplate reader that combines automated digital microscopy and conventional microplate detection. Includes both high sensitivity filter-based detection
Countess Cell Counter (Life Technologies)
Cell BiologyGenerates automated cell and viability counts in as little as 30sec.
10X Chromium
SequencingChromium Single Cell 3’ performs deep profiling of complex cell populations with high-throughput digital gene expression on a cell-by-cell basis.
epMotion 5075 Fluidi Handling Robot (Eppendorf)
SequencingEasy to program liquid handling robot that can be used for any molecular application that can be automated including NGS
Bio-Plex 200 (Bio-Rad)
Molecular BiologyA suspension array system that supports analysis of protein and nucleic acids in a multiplex solution detecting up to 100
High Performance Computing
TIGSS HPC ClusterThe TIGSS High Performance Compute Cluster (HPCC) is tailored for bioinformatics and computational Biology applications, sequence assembly, alignment and analysis
QX200 AutoDG Droplet Digital PCR System (Bio-Rad)
Molecular BiologyDigital PCR System for absolute quantification of target DNA or RNA molecules using EvaGreen and probe-based Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™)
iScan (Illumina)
SequencingScanner and associated equipment that supports Illumina’s broad portfolio of genetic analysis assays for genotyping, CNV analysis, DNA methylation, and
MiSeq (Illumina)
SequencingNext-gen sequencer for small sequencing projects requiring longer read length. Ideal for bacterial genomes. Can generate 36 to 250-bp reads
NextSeq 500 (Illumina)
SequencingNext-gen sequencer for small to mid-scale sequnecing projects of genomes, exomes, or transcriptomes. Can generate 75 to 150-bp reads for
C1 Single-Cell System (Fluidigm)
Cell BiologyThe C1 Single-Cell Auto Prep system employs an innovative microfluidic technology to rapidly isolate and prepare individual cells for genome
Biomark HD (Fluidigm)
Molecular BiologyIntegrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) for automating real-time or end-point read PCR reactions in nanoliter volumes. Common uses include high-throughput qPCR,
New User Account
TIGSS HPC ClusterAccess to Texas A&M Institute for Genome Sciences and Society (TIGSS) Computational Resources is provided to all participants. By default
