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Center for Microbiome Research
Center for Microbiome Research

MCW Center for Microbiome Research Services

The Medical College of Wisconsin CMR and its staff provide expertise and technical support for a wide range of microbiome-focused research. Below is a basic outline of our services and technologies, including initial project consultation, sample collection and processing, data analysis, and interpretation. For more information please contact Dr. Nita Salzman. 

Request for Application (RFA) for Intramural Pilot Award

The CMR Pilot Award is intended to support highly focused and/or preliminary experiments to enhance publications or larger funding applications, or to explore the expansion of ongoing studies to include microbiome-focused research questions.

Awards of up to $10,000 will be provided.

Applications for Spring 2024 awards should be submitted by Wednesday, November 22, 2023 by 5 p.m. CDT.

For more information, please see the RFA and Application, or contact us directly with additional questions.

CMR Pilot Award RFA (PDF)

CMR RFA Application (PDF)

Consultation

Consultation

Experimental design

Grant applications


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Training and Protocols

Training and Protocols

Microbial sample collection and processing

Bacterial nucleic acid extraction and QC

qPCR and RT-qPCR

Center for Microbiome Research Training and Protocols
Bench Services

Bench Services

Molecular processing of collected samples

Bacterial nucleic acid extraction

Nucleic acid concentration measurement

qPCR and RT-qPCR

Coordination of offsite 16S rDNA sequencing

Sample storage and inventory management

Center for Microbiome Research Direct Fee for Service - Bench Services
Gnotobiotics

Gnotobiotics

Axenic and gnotobiotic mice

Axenic mouse colony

Defined microbiota mouse colony

Choice of semi-rigid isolators or individually ventilated iso-caging for gnotobiotic experiments

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Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

16S rDNA data preparation and OTU assignment, diversity analysis

Metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, RNASeq, Visium, and single-cell analyses

Guidance for hands-on analytical techniques

Center for Microbiome Research Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Contact Us

Center for Microbiome Research

Medical College of Wisconsin
TBRC-CRI 3rd Floor
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

biomecenter@mcw.edu

 

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