Dear Deep Sequencers,

Thank you for your interest in the Deep Sequencing Core. We are now accepting samples for analysis:  Chromatin IP, Genomic DNA, cDNA, Expression TAG and BarCoded samples, and small RNA libraries.

We have posted the official Illumina versions of the protocols on the services page (see link in the left nav column). FAQs and Core Lab versions of these protocols are being posted as they become available. Additionally, we welcome any user-submitted information (please send it to Nemo at the email below).

FYI, the January 2008 issue of Nature Methods (vol 5) has several useful articles about next generation sequencing (available online).

If you are preparing samples for submission, please fill out one of the Analysis Order Forms for each sample. Since samples may be run at different times, we need a tracking sheet for each one please.

The user group meeting on March 20th was interesting and very informative for many of us. Our next one is planned for early Fall 2008 and will feature presentations from researchers using the Core Facility. For those interested in the manual for the new pipeline (which will soon be available), it may be downloaded from the Deep Seq Data page, which is reached through the Resources page in the left Nav.  A copy of Dr. David Lapointe's presentation on Solexa data analysis is also available at that location.

To join the email list please send us a note at   NEMO@umassmed.edu

 Please stay tuned for updates.

Thank you,

~ Nemo and Crew 

For a letter of support for a research grant click here.