Expertise - CMGA

With the various research groups and domains we form the excellence consortium GENOMED. With this collaboration, we have been able to form an extensively functioning laboratory and knowledge center over the years.

Our research laboratories include two cell culture laboratories, a functional lab, a zebrafish facility and are equipped for extensive sequencing capabilities.

Over the years, we have specialized in NGS, WGS, WES, RNA-seq, iPSCs, Zebrafish research and CRISPR-Cas, among others.

In addition to the laboratories, we have also formed a large Bioinformatics group.

NGS
Digital droplet PCR
Real-Time PCR
Covaris M2220
Leica Fluorescence Microscope
Bioinformatics

At the Center for Medical Genetics we have had a lot of experience with Illumina sequencing for several years now. We have two Illumina MiSeq and two Illumina Nextseq devices at our disposal and many groups are already using them internally and externally.
The NGS team has expertise in numerous NGS library preps (targeted sequencing, WES, WGS, RNASeq, ...).
If you are interested in making use of this or would like more information, please contact NGS@uantwerpen.be
We recently acquired a Digital Droplet PCR device from BioRad. With this
refined technique, a sample can be divided into ten million small
droplets to identify individual fragments of cell nuclear material.
We have two Real-time PCR devices available at the CMG. Our latest
addition is the CFX96 Touch Deep Well Real-Time PCR system from BioRad.
We also have a Roche LightCycler 480 system.
For our current NGS options, we also have a Covaris at our disposal,
with which we can fragment DNA and RNA. We can also use this device for
other applications such as DNA extraction from FFPE material.
Leica Fluorescence Microscope
https://www.biomina.be/