Core Services

  1. Consultation and study design
    • Optimal sample collection
    • Sample size calculations
  2. Storage of clinical specimens
    • Maintenance of a sample inventory
    • Sample processing/aliquoting of liquids, body fluids and stool specimens
    • Swab storage
    • Microbial cultivation and freezing of bacterial isolates
  3. Nucleic acid isolation and quantification
  4. Next generation sequencing in-house
    • 16S rRNA
    • ITS (Mycobial)
    • Whole genome sequencing of single isolates (WGS)
    • Note: Metagenomics pipelines in development
  5. Data Analysis and Bioinformatics
    • Standardized basic 16S rRNA analysis
    • Advanced bioinformatics capabilities available by request