The DNA Facility of the Iowa State University Office of Biotechnology provides research support services for investigators within academia, industry, and government. The Iowa State University DNA Facility is committed to providing quality service in a consistently rapid, dependable, and economical fashion.

Services provided:
Genomic DNA Sequencing
RNA Sequencing
Sanger DNA Sequencing
Oligonucleotide Synthesis
Fluorescent Genotyping
Primer Walking
Quantitative & Digital PCR
Nucleic Acid Sizing & Quantification
96-Well Plasmid Preparation
Plant Tissue Grinding
Instrumentation:
Illumina HiSeq 2500 & MiSeq
Pacific Biosciences PacBio RS II
Two Applied Biosystems 3730xl DNA Analyzers
BioAutomation MerMade-192 DNA Synthesizer
Eight Perkin-Elmer Thermal Cyclers
Applied Biosystems StepOnePlus
Fluidigm BioMark HD
Certiprep GenoGrinder 2000
Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer
AATI Fragment Analyzer
The Iowa State University DNA Facility’s OnCore online ordering and tracking system allows clients to place orders, track progress of orders, and receive results from the Facility’s server 24 hours a day. Once your order is placed, simply print out a copy of your tracking number and mail it with your samples to our facility. When your samples have been processed, you will receive an e-mail notifying you that your data is ready for downloading. Typical turnaround for most of our services is within 2 business days.

The Iowa State University DNA Facility is located on the ground floor (Room 1190) of the Molecular Biology Building on Iowa State University’s central campus. We are open Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm to address any questions that you may have concerning your order.