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615245164
PO Box 757000
909 N. Koyukuk Dr., 207 West Ridge Research Building
Fairbanks, AK 99775
United Stateshttps://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/genomicscorelab/homecite this facility
Logan Mullen
UAF IAB Genomics Core Lab
History: The Genomics Core Laboratory was established at the Institute of Arctic Biology in 1995 with a grant from the National Science Foundation (Instrumentation and Instrument Development Program). It is a staffed facility intended to keep UAF at the "cutting edge" of nucleic acid analysis in evolutionary biology, molecular biology, and wildlife and fisheries management. UAF has been the beneficiary of NSF EPSCoR, NIH BRIN (INBRE), and an NIH COBRE grants, parts of which have been designated for genomic instrumentation. Over the last few years the Core Facility has grown from having only one ABI 373 slab gel sequencer to having an Illumina MiSeq and Oxford NanoPore MinION sequencers. The Core Lab maintains several other major pieces of instrumentation and various supporting equipment. See Equipment listing on our website for more information on instruments.
Services: The Core Facility provides nucleic acid sample analysis, and maintenance and support for molecular instruments (some of which may be too expensive for individual labs to own) for both UAF and outside users. The Core Lab facilitates learning by hosting training workshops and seminars for instrumentation and techniques to help students, faculty, and staff learn to use available equipment. The Core Lab also provides tours to middle and high school students/teachers, undergraduate students, graduate students, research staff, faculty candidates, and local or out of state visitors. The Core Lab has also been involved in several undergraduate/graduate classes offered by the Biology Department and the Chemistry Department. See Services and Fees on our website for more information on lab services.
Users and Research: Of all facilities at UAF, the Core Facility may have the broadest interdisciplinary focus, since it attracts users from more than twenty PI labs from seven departments at UAF and UAA, the Alaska Sea Life Center, visiting students and scholars from Sweden, Russia, the Czech Republic, China, Russia, Thailand, Chile and others. See Past and Present Research for more information.
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09/07/2025agency_code:
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615245164abstract_text:
Alaska INBRE 5 enhances capacity to conduct biomedical and behavioral health training and research within its network of the three universities of the University of Alaska system, Iḷisaġvik College, Southcentral Foundation, and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Its Student Research Program offers research internships and career development opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in addition to training opportunities in data science, analytic chemistry, genomics, biomarker development, and community based participatory research (CBPR), towards preparing a growing pipeline of students in Alaska entering biomedical research careers. AK INBRE 5 continues with its One Health research theme that emphasizes the importance of recognizing the interconnections among the health of people, communities, animals, and their shared environment in the state of Alaska. Developmental Research Project Program awards for Pilot and Research Projects invite applications by investigators emphasizing One Health, as positively peer-reviewed by external experts and recommended by a national External Advisory Committee. Research support in the Data Science Core, the Research Analytics Core for genomic, chemical, and stable isotope analytics, and the CBPR Core for community engaged research is offered to investigators throughout the AK INBRE 5 network in their development towards securing sustainable independent support or conducting summer research programs to engage students at their home institutions. The CBPR Core is especially important for the engagement of communities and local leadership together with investigators in the selection and approach of community-defined research questions and the dissemination of results. The AK INBRE 5 Administrative Core coordinates and leads the network-wide annual research conference, proposal and career development workshops, and seminar series and offers research administration advice to other NIH capacity building programs in Alaska. The Executive Committee of network representatives contributes to AK INBRE 5 management decisions for the network, as well as decisions on funding travel and training support. The Steering Committee of senior leadership from the network institutions offers advice and counsel to the AK INBRE 5 leadership on program foci, effectiveness, and impact including responses to program challenges. The INBRE program has been and will remain crucial to the success of students, faculty, and investigators in biomedical and health research in Alaska.project_title:
Alaska INBRE 5 One Healthcontact_pi_name:
BURKHEAD, JASON Ltotal_cost:
$4,249,288.00Services are offerred outside of
Consulting is not offerred outside of The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Last Updated: 06/10/2021
