The Genomics Core is a full-service NGS core lab capable of providing project planning, nucleic acid extraction, library preparation, quality control, Illumina, 10X Genomics, and Oxford Nanopore sequencing, as well as other lab services upon request. We also offer bioinformatics consultations and analysis services.

Equipment

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Illumina MiSeq and NextSeq 2000
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION
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10X Chromium X
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10x Genomics Chromium Controller
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Thermo Fisher Qubit 3.0
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Two SimpliAmp thermal cyclers
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Precellys Evolution Tissue Homogenizer
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DeNovix DS-11 Fx Spectrophotometer
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Covaris M220
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Two Agilent Bioanalyzers
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Stratagene Mx3005p qPCR System
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Begin a New Project

Fill out our online service request form.

You will receive an email confirming your request. A consultation can be scheduled if desired.

Once the project plans are finalized, you will receive a quote for service, an electronic sample manifest form, instructions for sample processing and delivery, and an expected turn-around-time.

Upon project completion, you will receive an invoice. Delivery of data and/or analyzed results will be coordinated. Samples undergoing nucleic acid extraction, QC, and/or shearing can be shipped or picked up.

Submit an Online Request Form

News & Updates

CITE US

If our core supported your research, please include the following in your acknowledgements:

“This work was supported by the GW Genomics Core (RRID: 027546) at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.”

Publication

January 2026

Expression of endogenous retroviral elements is associated with extracellular matrix remodeling in prostate cancer

Williams et al. Mobile DNA

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Publication

February 2024

Hospital antimicrobial stewardship: profiling the oral microbiome after exposure to COVID-19 and antibiotics

Buendia et al. Frontiers in Microbiology

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Publication

January 2024

Consumption of sucralose- and acesulfame-potassium-containing diet soda alters the relative abundance of microbial taxa at the species level: findings of two pilot studies

Sylvetsky et al. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

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