The CoreMarketplace: TNPRC Pathogen Detection and Quantification Core

The Pathogen Detection and Quantification Core (PDQC) provides services for maintaining the SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) status in macaque breeding colonies. Services include antibody detection in serum or plasma by Luminex-based assays and /or ELISA for SPF-agents like SIV, SRV, STLV, B virus, SFV, CMV, RRV, SVV, SV40, and LCV; and non-SPF infectious agents like measles, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Tripanosoma cruzi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV-2. The PDQC also offers services of cytokines quantification, and molecular assays for detection of SRV, CMV, SFV, and RRV. In addition, the PDQC performs nucleic acid purification from blood and tissue samples as well as qPRC for SIV viral load in plasma, or cells.

Facility Policies

Services are offerred outside of Tulane University

Consulting is not offerred outside of Tulane University

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Services offered:

Luminex Bead Based Cytokine Assays

Luminex Services

Nucleic Acid Extraction

Facility Equipment

Bio-Plex® 200 Suspension Array System

The Bio-Plex® 200 system is a suspension array reader that provides a reliable multiplex assay solution permiting analysis of up to 100 biomolecules in a single sample. [Product Link]

RRID:SCR_018026

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BioTek Synergy LX Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

Microplate reader with an optic design that provides accurate data in absorbance, fluorescence and luminescence detection modes, enabling many common assays including nucleic acid and protein quantification, ELISA, BCA, Bradford and cell viability. [Product Link]

RRID:SCR_019763

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Life Technologies QuantStudio 6 Real Time PCR System

QuantStudio 6 Flex system accommodates the interchange of a 96-well, 96-well Fast, or 384-well block. The system is delivered with one block type (a 96-well block in this case); other block types may be purchased separately. For a system that also supports TaqMan array cards, as well as automation, please see our QuantStudio 7 Flex system. The QuantStudio 6 Flex system can also be upgraded to a QuantStudio 7 Flex system at a later date, as your needs change. For the ultimate in productivity, consider the QuantStudio 12K Flex system, which also accommodates TaqMan OpenArray plates. [Product Link]

RRID:SCR_020239

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Roche MagNA Pure 96 System

High-throughput robotic workstation for fully automated purification of nucleic acids from up to 96 samples.

Thermo Fisher Scientific QuantStudio 12K Flex

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