What Services Will the GDEC Provide?
The GDEC is open to all researchers from Rice University, the Texas Medical Center, and beyond. We offer four primary services, each with a different fee structure:
FEE-FOR-SERVICE CLONING
Building and validating DNA constructs according to customer-provided designs.
Sub-cloning
Mutagenesis
De-novo plasmid construction
Library assembly
Short-read sequencing
Long-read sequencing
Long-read sequencing
Contact us for more information about our custom cloning services.
DESIGN + CLONING SERVICE
Design consultation, cloning, and validation of DNA constructs.
Oligo and synthetic gene design
Golden-Gate parts libraries
Library design
Mutagenesis approaches
Toxic gene cloning strategies
Contact us for more information about our custom cloning services.
WALK UP INSTRUMENT USE
Schedule instrument time and pay an hourly usage rate.
Echo 525 acoustic liquid handler
Hamilton Microlab STAR liquid handler
Hamilton Microlab Nimbus liquid handler
QPix 420 automated colony picker
Bioanalyzer automated electrophoresis system
Nanodrop spectrophotometer
Qbit 3.0 fluorimeter
Synergy H1 plate reader
Pippin Prep automated DNA size selection
QuantStudio Real-Time PCR system
NextSeq next-generation sequencer
MiniSeq next-generation sequencer
MinIon third-generation sequencer
Infors-HT Multitron incubating shaker
Book instrument time through a FOM account.
LARGE-SCALE COLLABORATIONS
Large-scale design and cloning capabilities to enable multi-investigator and/or multi-institutional projects.
Cell therapies
Microbiome engineering
Gene therapies
Vaccines
Protein engineering
Genomics
Systems and synthetic biology
Cell biology
Biomaterials
Beyond
Contact us to begin collaborating.
