All services are closed from December 24th through January 1, 2025. December 23rd will be the last day for sample pickup, Fragment Analyzer service, sequencing, and IDT Oligo or Special Order delivery. No dry ice orders will be processed during the closure.
Wishing you the best for the holidays and New Year!

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MBCL Services

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  • Oligo Discount Program- Our partnership with IDT provides investigators with DNA/RNA oligos and gBlocks at a discount through the MBCL.
  • Reagent Program- We offer discounted pricing on TAQMAN, qPCR reagents, enzymes, etc. from ThermoFisher (Life Technologies/Ambion), and Empirical Biosciences. Save yourself the shipping charges. We deliver to your mailroom!
    TaqMan Assays are shipped at ambient temperature, ref here.
  • Fragment Analyzer Service- Submit DNA/RNA samples to be analyzed on the Advanced Analytical Fragment Analyzer (similar to the Bioanalyzer) for accurate sizing, concentration, and RNA quality numbers.
  • Sequencing Library Preparation- Submit RNA or DNA samples to be made into adapter-ligated Illumina libraries or PacBio IsoSeq libraries, enabling streamlined library prep to sequencing service between the MBCL, DSCL, and PBCE.

Sample Drop Off Locations:
Samples can be left in the labeled fridges at these locations
for 11:00 AM pickup each business day:
AS8-2016
N2 freezer bay near the main lobby elevators
LRB 6th floor mailroom
Our shipping address for off-campus customers is
Rose-Gordon Bldg. Rm. 141, 222 Maple Ave, Shrewsbury, MA, 01545.
(Available weekdays from 9AM to 5PM - email us if you leave or ship samples here).

Learn more about Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) at our PacBio and Deep Sequencing Core websites!

Inclement Weather Policy
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In case of extreme and/or inconvenient weather or campus closures, deliveries and sample pickup may be postponed. Please email us to arrange for sample drop-off or oligo pickup if the weather is questionable. The MBCL, DSCL, & PBCE are closed when UMass Chan is on "inclement weather alert".

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