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The DNA Technologies Core is introducing the PacBio SPRQ-Nx chemistry. The new chemistry significantly reduces the long-read sequencing costs.  SPRQ-Nx enables for the first time the (limited) re-use of PacBio flowcells (named SMRT-cells). After a run, the library molecules are completely stripped from the SPRQ-Nx SMRT-cells and the surface undergoes multiple washes before the SMRT-cell can be reloaded with a new library. All PacBio libraries will be individually barcode-indexed to rule out any potential for cross-contamination.

Join us to celebrate the launch of the 10x Genomics Xenium platform at the UC Davis Genome Center!

Learn about the Xenium In Situ platform, how  researchers are using it to generate new insights, and get started with your own projects on campus.  Attendees will also have the chance to win a free Xenium reagent kit, valued at $15,000. 

The newly acquired  iconPCR instrument from n6tec enables a completely new PCR approach: Adaptive PCR.  It allows the individual optimization of the number of PCR cycles for each sample. The "icon" moniker is derived from the words individually controlled.

We offer spatial biology and transcriptomics studies on the10X Genomics Xenium and Visium HD platforms.

The web application that has been responsible for much of sequencing data delivery, SLIMS, will be retired on May 30, 2025.  The DNA Technologies Core will be moving to a single data delivery tool, Bioshare, for all types of sequencing data.

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