We offer services and resources to microbiome researchers from across campus and beyond. Please use our MiCores website when you are ready to submit samples.
CURRENT PROCESSING TIME: approximately 3 WEEKS from date of sample delivery.
Please note that the core will be closed for Labor Day Monday and will reopen on Tuesday September 5th, 2023.
Our services include:
Bacterial RNA-seq
High Throughput Extraction of Nucleic Acids
Microbial Community Profiling - (16S, ITS, and EMP 16S)
Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing
Strain Collection Database
**MALDI - microbial isolate identification, our newest service **
The Microbiome Core is housed in the Medical Science Research Building I (MSRB-I). We provide services for the National Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers (MMPC) and are allied with the UM Center for Gastrointestinal Research (UMCGR).
Please contact us if you have any questions, need a quote, or to discuss a project.
Meet the team:
Tom Schmidt, Ph.D.- Microbiome Core Director
Karrie Black, M.B.A. - Financial Administrator
Christina Cartaciano MS, - Microbiome Core Lab Specialist
Lydia-Ann Ghuneim Ph.D. -Microbiome Core Lab Specialist
Ruqaiya Siddiqui MS- Microbiome Core Lab Specialist
Scientific Advisory Board Members: Drs. Robert Dickson, Jonathan Golob and Eric Martens
Acknowledgements in Recent Publications