Shareable Core Facilities "GENOME" - Institute of Genetics and Cytology NAS of Belarus

Shareable Core Facilities "GENOME"

The Shareable Core Facilities GENOME was established at the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, to ensure the effective use of unique equipment and its servicing. GENOME is a part of the Science & Innovation Department.

Deputy Director for Science & Innovation

Elena Guzenko

📞 +375 17 215 09 41 ✉️ E.Guzenko@igc.by

Junior Research Scientist

Elizaveta Tsykunova

✉️ genom@igc.by

Main Directions of Activity

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Use of unique equipment for carrying out research according to priority directions in science.

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Providing services in the molecular genetic analysis of DNA samples.

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Providing scientific and methodological assistance in and advising on various application areas of genomic technologies.

Material and Technical Base

GENOME has modern laboratory equipment for conducting a wide range of research in the field of molecular biology. The equipment of the Shareable Core Facilities GENOME is represented by unique high-throughput sequencing systems: MiSeq (Illumina Inc., USA), NextSeq 550 (Illumina Inc., USA), iSeq 100 (Illumina Inc., USA), DNBSEQ-G400 (MGI, China).

GENOME is also equipped with 3500 Genetic Capillary Analyzers (Applied Biosystems, USA/Japan), QX200 Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) System (Bio-Rad, USA), Amplifiers C1000 (Bio-Rad, USA), NanoDrop 8000 Spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), TissueLyser II Laboratory Homogenizer (QIAGEN, Germany), PURELAB FLEX 3 water purification system (Elga, UK), IMS-30 ice maker (Theseus Lab, Czech Republic).

There are also PCR boxes, vortexes, shakers, centrifuges and other equipment required for sample preparation (PCR, NGS etc.).