Advanced Genomics Core News & Updates
AGC Onboards Xenium!
The Advanced Genomics Core has acquired the 10x Genomics Xenium, an instrument that enables transcriptomic analysis at a subcellular level while maintaining spatial context. This technology comes with pre-validated biologically relevant targets for tissue panels, and...
BRCF is Partnering with Rogel Cancer Center Shared Resources to Extend Our Reach
Michigan Medicine's Rogel Cancer Center recently announced several new offerings coming to their Shared Resources program. Two BRCF Cores are now working to provide service to Rogel Cancer Center patrons. The first new offering is the Epigenomics and Epigenetics...
Supply Shortages Affecting the Advanced Genomics Core
The BRCF Advanced Genomics Core is currently facing multiple supply shortages. We are encountering lengthy backorders and long lead times for sole-sourced items. Additionally, many consumables and quality control reagents are now on allocation. This combination is...
Advanced Genomics Core Upgrades Single Cell Offerings with New 10x Genomics Chromium X
The BRCF Advanced Genomics Core is pleased to announce the addition of the 10x Genomics Chromium X, a next-generation microfluidic platform, to our stable of single-cell instrumentation. The Chromium X acquisition ushers in the ability to execute High Throughput (HT)...
AGC Upgrades Instrumentation with New Illumina NextSeq 2000
The BRCF Advanced Genomics Core is pleased to announce the addition of a new Illumina NextSeq to our available instrumentation. The Illumina NextSeq 2000 provides the highest cluster density flow cell on the market and offers highly accurate data with greater...
Advanced Genomics Core’s Olivia Koues Featured on “Cell Intel” Podcast
Dr. Olivia Koues, Managing Director of the Biomedical Research Core Facilities (BRCF) Advanced Genomics Core, was a recent guest on the 10x Genomics "Cell Intel" Podcast and spoke about how becoming a 10x Genomics Certified Service Provider supports BRCF Advanced...
To splice or not to splice…
07/08/2021 (Article from Elisabeth Paymal - Center for RNA Biomedicine) In an article published in the journal RNA [1] , Karan Bedi, a bioinformatician in Mats Ljungman’s lab, Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School, investigated...
DNA Sequencing Productivity Increases with ARC-TS Services
This article was originally published by Stephanie Dascola on arc-ts.umich.edu on January 27, 2021. On the cutting-edge of research at U-M is the Advanced Genomics Core’s Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencing platform. The AGC is one of the first academic core facilities...
Advanced Genomics and Bioinformatics Cores Team up to Streamline RNA-Seq Analysis
Quick Facts Extended deliverables will mean: Better integration/coordination between AGC and Bioinformatics Core More QC metrics available to researchers Cheaper/faster downstream analysis Options to analyze independently (RNA-Seq...
Advanced Genomics Core Becomes 10x Genomics Visium Certified Service Provider
The University of Michigan’s Advanced Genomics Core (AGC) has recently become a Certified Service Provider (CSP) of the 10x Genomics spatial transcriptomics platform known as Visium. This unique opportunity has been extended only to a few select institutions in the...