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Applied Functional Genomics Core

Overview of Services

The Applied Functional Genomics Core (AFGC) offers functional genomic study design and a highly standardized, top-to-bottom platform for conducting RNA isolation, Illumina-based RNA sequencing, and bioinformatics on a wide variety of clinical sample types.

We provide workflows that are optimized for many difficult sample types, such as ultra-low input (biopsies, laser capture, small cell numbers), 10X Genomics single cell-multiomic sequencing (scRNA-/snRNA-/ATAC-Seq), and Spatial Profiling via 10X Genomics' Visium HD/CytAssist and Nanostring's GeoMx/nCounter platforms.

Our analysis tools can integrate multiple data types, whether clinical or functional, in the bioinformatics analysis to uncover biomarkers or correlates. Our advanced bioinformatics methods include pathway, network, meta-analysis and drug discovery for researchers who require a look at biology across different studies, especially in correlation with clinical and immunophenotyping data.

The Applied Functional Genomics Core also serves as an assay and analytics platform for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's Integrated Genomics Shared Resource and the Rustbelt CFAR Biostatistics and Systems Biology Core (BSB). The CFAR BSB Core also backs the Inter-CFAR Integrated Analysis Group to support a unique partnership between the Rustbelt CFAR and the University of Miami CFAR, thus providing access to other omic technologies and meta-analysis for external CFAR members, and data integration. 

 

 

 

 

Location/Shipping Address

AFGC
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2109 Adelbert Road
Biomedical Research Building, Room 909B (North Labs)
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone:  (216) 368-3196

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Mark Cameron
Director
 
216-368-3196
 
mark.cameron@case.edu
 
BRB 926
 
Cheryl Cameron
Co-Director
 
440-991-7899
 
cheryl.cameron@case.edu
 
BRB 936
 
Banu Tamilselvan
Staff-Senior Genomics Research Associate (RNASeq Platforms)
 
216-233-7958
 
banumathi.tamilselvan@case.edu
 
BRB 947B
 
Leah Zagore
Staff-Senior Genomics Research Associate (Spatial Platforms)
 
216-368-8748
 
leah.mccord@case.edu
 
BRB 909B9
 
Brian Richardson
Staff-Senior Bioinformatics Associate
 
216-368-4662
 
brian.richardson2@case.edu
 
BRB 909B7
 

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