Equipment & Services Available
The Molecular Phenotyping core provides instrumentation, training, and services for in vitro cell phenotyping.

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer: With automated electrophoresis, the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer system provides sizing, quantitation, and purity assessments for DNA, RNA, and protein samples.[Learn More]

FLUIDIGM C1: Single cell isolation for mRNA sequencing, qPCR, DNA sequencing, epigenetics or miRNA expression. [Learn More]

DIAGENODE BIORUPTOR 300: Chromatin shearing for chromatin
immunoprecipitation (ChIP), genomic DNA shearing for next generation
sequencing, RNA shearing, cell and tissue disruption, FFPE DNA extraction. [Learn More]

LEICA DM IRB microscope: 4 color inverted epifluorescence microscopy. [Learn More]
Service | Cost |
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Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer | Contact Michele Karolak for pricing details |
Fluidigm C1: C1 Cell Prep | Contact Michele Karolak for pricing details |
Fluidigm C1: Preamp for DeltaGene | Contact Michele Karolak for pricing details |
Fluidigm C1: Preamp for TaqMan | Contact Michele Karolak for pricing details |
Fluidigm C1: Library for mRNA seq | Contact Michele Karolak for pricing details |
BIORAD CFX Connect, CFX 384, MyIQ, and iQ5 | $3.50/hour |
Biomek 3000 (not including consumables) | $10/run |
Nanodrop 2000 | $2/run |
Leica DM IRB (Inverted epifluorescence microscopy) | $5/hour |
Leica DMI 6000B (Epifluorescence live cell microscopy) | $10/hour |
QIAcube: RNeasy Micro | $10.82/sample |
QIAcube: RNeay Mini | $6.96/sample |
QIAcube: DNeasy Blood and Tissue | $4.05/sample |
QIAcube:QIAprep Spin Miniprep | $2.69/sample |
Diagenode Bioruptor | $5/run |
Tissue Homogenizer | $20/50g Zirconium beads |
Contact Us
Director: Aaron Brown, PhD
Aaron.C.Brown@mainehealth.org
Manager: Michele Karolak
Michele.Karolak@mainehealth.org
Request Training
Users must be appropriately trained before using core equipment.
Instrument training: contact Michele Karolak.
Workstation training: contact Dr. Brown