A web site provided by Arizona Health Sciences Center identifies many Research Facilities within the University of Arizona. http://www.medicalresearch.arizona.edu/ua-research.htm
Those that are pertinent to MCB are included in the list below, as well as some that are not bona fide services, but are available by the good graces of the PI.

The Facility directors I spoke with suggested that a consultation regarding your models and goals before collecting experimental samples would help determine the most appropriate procedure to optimize results.

v    Microarray:

Ø    Cancer Center-George Watts (626-4724)

§       Full service microarray core facility http://azcc-microarray.arl.arizona.edu/

§       Data access from the web, with data mining software

§       Facility has mandate to provide services at lower costs to projects funded by Federal grants

Ø    Plant Sciences-David Galbraith (621-9153)

§       Microarray printer and scanner w/ analytical software.  Primary cost to user is the supply of one's own printer pins.

Ø    Cancer Center-Garth Powis (626-6408)

§       With printer and reader, but not a service.  Is used by others, but users must be completely independent.  No training or assistance available.

Ø    Arizona Research Labs (ARL)-Mike Hammer (621-9828)

§       Facility in development, currently gathering equipment

v    DNA sequencing:

Ø    ARL Biotech Facility- http://www.arl.Arizona.edu/lmse

§       Specializes in nucleic acid techniques such as automated DNA sequencing, custom oligonucleotide synthesis, and mutation (SNP) detection.

 

v    Proteomics:

Ø    ARL Biotech Facility- http://lpsa.arl.arizona.edu-Mike Hammer (621-9828)

§       micro sequencing, mass spectrophotometer (for mass spec details, contact Arpad Somogyi, 626-7272).

Ø    Southwest Toxicology Center-http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/cores.html-George Tsaprailis, Core Director (626-5461)

§       Proteomics Core Facility funded by Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center and Arizona Cancer Center.

§       Currently on a 1^st come, 1^st served use basis.

§       Full service facility for protein identification, mapping of modifications, etc, using HPLC and mass spectrometer.    

Ø    Genomics Research Center-Jay Hoying (626-5273)

§       2-D gels, Ciphergen system (http://www.ciphergen.com, protein chip array analysis)

§       Cost of materials, no fee for use

v    Imaging:

Ø    In MCB:

§       GFP stereo microscope-Rm 506-Carl Boswell (626-8469)

§       Leica compound microscope-epifluorescence, ratio imaging, DIC, digital camera, image analysis and deconvolution software-Sam Ward (621-1237)

§       Zeiss compound microscope- epifluorescence, DIC, digital camera, image analysis and deconvolution software-Mani Ramaswami (621-6624)

Ø    Outside MCB:

§       ARL-Life Sciences North, Rm 410-Leitz confocal microscope, scanning & transmission electron microscopes, specimen processing, thin sections- http://www.arl.Arizona.edu/imaging

§       ARL-Leica epifluorescence, DIC, deconvolution-Dave Bentley (621-5097)

§       Delta Vision deconvolution system-Carol Gregario (626-8113)

·      This is a very sophisticated deconvolution system that rivals confocal microscopy for resolution, with the added advantage of being (allegedly) quantitative.

·     Training will cost $100, with a subsequent fee of $20/hr to use the system

§       Plant Sciences- Georgina Lambert (621-9259)

·      Two-photon BioRad/Olympus confocal microscope

·      The system is new, and waiting for someone to exploit it.  Costs will probably be minimal, if any, at this time.

If there are other services or facilities known to be available but not listed, or are required and not listed, contact Carl Boswell . This information was compiled 5/25/01.