Plant & Animal Genomes XI Conference

January 11-15, 2003
Town & Country Convention Center
San Diego, CA

Poster: Large Insert Libraries
            

ARIZONA GENOMICS INSTITUTE RESOURCE CENTER: ENABLING GENOMICS FOR THE WORLD-WIDE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.

Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721 USA

The University of Arizona, Department of Plant Sciences is now establishing the new Arizona Genomics Institute and Computational Laboratory under the direction of Rod Wing and Cari Soderlund. Within the Institute, the BAC/EST Resource Center provides affordable access to BAC and EST libraries, high-density hybridization filters, and clones that are distributed to scientists world-wide on a cost recovery basis. See our website for ordering (http://www.genome.arizona.edu/). Additionally, we accept donated libraries/clones for archiving and distribution to collaborative scientists. The BAC/EST Resource Center also serves to launch a majority of our BAC library construction, physical mapping, genome and EST sequencing and positional cloning projects in support of NSF, USDA, DOE and international genome projects. The BAC/EST Resource Center is a fully equipped state-of-the-art molecular genomics laboratory and operates 2 Genetix Q-bot robots for biological handling (colony picking, library replicating and rearrarying, filter gridding, laboratory information management system, etc.), additional robotic devices for liquid handling and DNA processing and 44 -80 C freezers for clone archiving of over 40 million clones. Furthermore, modern genomic training of visiting scientists, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral persons is a paramount component of the lab's function. Genomic library holdings exceed 50 libraries with commitments to create an additional ~40 libraries. Current BAC library projects include: 1) BAC library production and clone distribution for human-animal comparative genomics titled "Healthy People 2010"; 2) The Oryza BAC library project: A fundamental public resource to study monocot plant evolution, development and physiology; 3) The green plant BAC library public resources project for studying evolution, physiology, development and comparative genomics.