I will be working with UK NGS & Advanced Genetic Technologies Center. I am not a researcher, I am a technical support for anybody doing business with AGTC and in need for bioinformatical expertise. The software that I use varies, I take into account user preferences and newest publications. I work with different researches from UK and outside, but I definitely don't feel comfortable writing about their projects. Mine is strictly support work.

The University of Kentucky Advanced Genetic Technologies Center (UK-AGTC) is a DNA sequencing service center/core facility specializing in high-throughput genetic analysis with a strong emphasis on customer service and bioinformatics support. This Service Center complements other campus facilities devoted to transcriptomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and structural biology and serves research clients both on and off campus. AGTC enhances the visibility of UK in the modern genomics world while providing a nucleus to integrate biological research entities throughout the institution itself, thus reducing the University's need for outsourcing. AGTC provides a key element in the vision of UK as a Top 20 research institution and a center of excellence in molecular biosciences. The initiation of the AGTC at the University of Kentucky was made possible by Senator Mitch McConnell through USDA-CSREES grants to the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. The UK-AGTC has also benefited from support from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the UK College of Agriculture, the NSF KY EPSCoR program and the Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN).

Services

Sanger Sequencing
Ion Torrent Sequencing
454 FS FLX Sequencing
Fragment Analysis
Bioinformatic Services
MiSeq Services

Personnel

Mark Farman, Director
Abbe Kesterson, Facility Manager
Jennifer Webb, Senior Laboratory Technician
Cagney Coomer, Laboratory Technician
Jolanta Jaromczyk, Bioinformatic Specialist
Alfred Byrd, Business Officer

Christopher Schardl, Professor, Plant Pathology