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The Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research is the University of Florida’s premium core research facility, providing world-class service in the latest biotechnology instrumentation.

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UF | ICBR provides the research community with one of the most comprehensive collections of core research facilities on the University of Florida campus.

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Services supporting a broad range of applications using short and long read technologies for targeted exon sequencing, bulk and single cell RNASeq, metagenomics, and more.

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UF | ICBR by the Numbers

UF | ICBR in 2023

2,710

Completed Service Requests

385

PI’s Served

100+

Departments Served

60+

Publications Acknowledged ICBR’s Contributions

What Researchers Are Saying

  • “Working with the UF | ICBR Cytometry core has not only provided much needed real-time expertise to ensure rigor and reproducibility of data, but it also has forged new collaborations across disciplines enhancing both the quality and output of our science!”

    Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UF College of Medicine

  • “UF | ICBR has been phenomenal in developing a real time sequencing and bioinformatic pipeline for SARS-CoV-2 genomic tracking. In less than one month we were able to successfully genotype more than 2,000 samples, an amazing accomplishment thanks to the extraordinary professionalism of the ICBR genomic and bioinformatic groups”

    Marco Salemi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, UF College of Medicine

  • “In the last two decades of my research career I have been to many core facilities nationwide, but my experience at UF | ICBR Electron Microscopy is best among those. It always a good experience working with Paul, Karen, Rudy and Nicole. The whole ICBR team is helpful in all my projects and their scientific/technical experience added value to my research projects.”

    Tarun E. Hutchinson, Ph.D. , Immuno-Virologist and Cell Biologist, UF College of Medicine

  • “It is always great (and friendly, fast, accommodating, and efficient) to come over and work at the UF | ICBR NextGen DNA Sequencing core. Thank you!”

    Jessica A. Oswald, PhD , Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Museum of Natural History

  • “We found the ICBR Cytometry flow core to be invaluable in so many areas. From trainings opportunities to experiment designs along with panels optimization and troubleshooting, the use of the core has been critical to advance our research. The staff are very professional, and their support is outstanding. I really appreciate the fact that they are extremely reactive to challenges and accommodating based on the needs of our experiments.”

    Loic Deleyrolle, Ph.D. , Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UF College of Medicine
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Our Cores

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BIOINFORMATICS

Offers bioinformatics consulting and data analysis services to help researchers analyze and understand the large data sets acquired from next generation sequencing and array-based technologies. We coordinate closely with other UF | ICBR cores…more

 

CYTOMETRY

Offers project consulting, experimental design and optimization as well as data analysis services to help researchers with large-scale and small-scale experiments acquired on our sorters and cytometry instruments. We coordinate closely with other UF | ICBR cores…more

 

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Supports visualizing microscopic structures through imaging projects and user training. Service categories include: room temperature and cryo transmission and scanning electron microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, sample preparation and training…more

 

GENE EXPRESSION & GENOTYPING

Provides technical services and consultation on Single Cell RNA-Seq, RNA-Seq, 16s metagenomics and Affymetrix gene expression arrays. High-throughput RNA-seq libraries, 16s libraries and sequencing capture libraries…more

 

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

Develops new mouse monoclonal antibodies for investigators to use in basic and applied research. Major service categories include: immunization of mice, cell fusion, cell cloning, screening by ELISA and Western blot, monoclonal antibody production, purification and labeling…more

 

NEXTGEN DNA SEQUENCING

Provides researchers with quality, massively parallel, high-throughput sequencing data using the most current instrumentation. We currently support the most popular platforms: PacBio (SEQUEL IIe), Illumina (NovaSeq X Plus, MiSeq), Oxford NanoPore (PromethION-24, MinION)…more

 

PROTEOMICS & MASS SPECTROMETRY

Provides tools for fast, accurate, high throughput biomolecular separation and characterization. Studying at the protein level allows researchers to investigate how proteins, their dynamics, modifications, and interactions affect cellular processes …more

 

Working on a big project?

At UF | ICBR, we’re optimized for cross-core collaboration.

Multi Core Projects

Locations

 
MAIN FACILITY:

Cancer & Genetics Research Complex

(Supports all UF | ICBR cores)
CGRC South Wing
2033 Mowry  Road
Gainesville, FL 32610
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SATELLITE FACILITY:

McKnight Brain Institute

(Supports UF | ICBR Cytometry)
MBI L3-160
1149 Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32610
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