The Microarray Center aims to provide comprehensive, high quality and reliable microarray analysis services for academic and private sector scientists alike. Equipped with a wide range of state-of-the-art technology platforms, the facility offers expertise and know-how in molecular and cell biology, biostatistics and bioinformatics.
ACTIVITIES
The goal of the Microarray Center is to partner all stages of genomics research projects, including:
- Assistance for experiment design,
- Extraction, quality control and processing of DNA and RNA samples,
- Custom microarray development including the design of oligonucleotide probes,
- Microarray manufacturing. Besides traditional DNA- and oligonucleotide-based microarrays, protein arrays can also be produced using purified proteins or antibodies, as well as tissue and cell microarrays using tissue/cell paraffin blocks,
- Microarray processing and analysis. Whole-genome expression profiling experiments, as well as comparative genomic analysis (aCGH) can be conducted in a large set of organisms using major commercial microarray platforms (Affymetrix & Agilent),
- In-depth analysis and interpretation of microarray data,
- Assistance in publication writing.
The Microarray Center currently participates as a contracting partner in numerous projects developed by scientists from CRP-Santé and other institutions, and carries out independent research in genomics and bioinformatics.
