Acquisition of an Illumina NovaSeq Next Generation DNA Sequencer for UW–Madison
DNA sequencing capabilities at UW–Madison will get a boost from this project, which supports the purchase of a ‘next generation’ DNA sequencer, the Illumina NovaSeq. The Illumina NovaSeq provides 15 times the sequence throughput at almost half the cost as the campus’ older instrument. This upgrade in hardware for the Illumina platform of sequencers, which performs work for hundreds of laboratories on campus, is required to maintain state of the art critical service to researchers and clinicians in colleges, centers and departments all over UW.
The HiSeq 2500 purchased in 2013 has in the past five years performed 2,531 sequencing runs from samples provided by 240 different campus faculty investigators in departments, centers and colleges all over campus. Equally important, this instrument will be operated in an established core facility that meets the needs of the campus research community with technology that is fundamental to a majority of modern basic and translational experiments performed in the biological sciences.
DNA sequencing is a need that is now almost as ubiquitous as computers at UW-Madison, for everything from forensics to disease treatment as well as basic molecular, cellular and organismal research in the biological sciences. With the future of personalized medicine already upon us, and the large potential of clinical uses for DNA sequencing to provide rapid diagnosis and individualized disease treatments, this instrument will not only help campus researchers, but also, will contribute to improving the health of citizens all over this state.
Principal Investigator
- Michael Sussman
Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Biotechnology Center
Co-Principal Investigators
- Mark Albertini
Associate Professor of Hematology-Oncology - Richard Anderson
Professor of Basic Research - Jean-Michel Ane
Professor of Bacteriology and Agronomy - David Baum
Professor of Botany - Kristen Bernard
Professor of Pathobiological Sciences - Qiang Chang
Associate Professor of Genetics and Incoming Director of the Waisman Center - Mike Cox
Professor of Biochemistry - Cameron Currie
Professor of Bacteriology - Colin Dewey
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics - John Doebley
Professor of Genetics - Tim Donohue
Professor of Bacteriology and Director of the Wisconsin Energy Institute - Heidi Dvinge
Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry - David Eide
Professor of Nutritional Sciences - Catherine Fox
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry - Simon Gilroy
Professor of Botany - Thomas Givnish
Professor of Botany - Michael Gould
Professor of Oncology - Rick Gourse
Professor of Bacteriology - Daniel Greenspan
Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology - Jo Handelsman
Professor of Plant Pathology and Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Melissa Harrison
Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry - Chris Hittinger
Associate Professor of Genetics - Aaron Hoskins
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry - Gopal Iyer
Assistant Professor of Human Oncology - Joan Jorgensen
Associate Professor of Comparative Biosciences - Shawn Kaeppler
Professor of Agronomy - Ned Kalin
Professor of Psychiatry - Yoshi Kawaoka
Professor of Pathobiological Sciences - Paul Koch
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology - Jason Kwan
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy - Jennifer Laffin
Associate Professor of Cytogenetics - Dudley Lamming
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology - Robert Landick
Professor of Biochemistry and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Wenli Li
Adjunct Professor of Dairy Science - Ramamurthy Mahalingam
Assistant Professor of Agronomy - Patrick Masson
Professor of Genetics - Gillian McLellan
Assistant Professor Surgical Sciences - Katherine McMahon
Professor of Bacteriology - Douglas McNeel
Professor of Hematology-Oncology - Andrew Mehle
Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology - Phil Newmark
Professor of Integrative Biology - Caitlin Pepperell
Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease - Bret Payseur
Professor of Genetics - J. Wesley Pike
Professor of Biochemistry - John Pool
Associate Professor of Genetics - Srivatsan Raman
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Wisconsin Energy Institute - Jess Reed
Professor of Bacteriology and Animal Science - Federico Rey
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Bacteriology - Phil Romero
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry - Sean Schoville
Assistant Professor of Entomology - Michael Sheets
Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry - Eric Shusta
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering - Phil Simon
Professor of Horticulture - Ahna Skop
Associate Professor of Genetics - Lloyd Smith
Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Genome Center of Wisconsin in the Biotechnology Center - Rupa Sridharan
Assistant Professor in Cell and Regenerative Biology and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery - Garret Suen
Associate Professor of Bacteriology - Susan Thibeault
Professor of Otolaryngology - William Tracy
Professor of Agronomy - Raghu Vemuganti
Professor of Neurological Surgery - Donald Waller
Professor of Botany - Thea Whitman
Assistant Professor of Soil Science - Marvin Wickens
Professor of Biochemistry - Mostafa Zamanian
Assistant Professor of Pathobiological Sciences - Jing Zhang
Professor of Oncology - Xinyu Zhao
Professor of Neuroscience and the Waisman Center