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Cardiovascular Functional Genomics Laboratory

Mission: Our facility is available to all researchers with funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and those involved in Cardiovascular Research. We provide expertise in the use of microarrays for genomics studies, and offer a comprehensive and integrated approach to array analysis.

Cardiovascular Functional Genomics Laboratory
Campus Address Room 2314 MBRB CB #7126
Address 1 103 Mason Farm Road
Address 2 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone (919) 843-1610
Email pcharles@med.unc.edu

Facility Personnel:

  • Peter C. Charles, PhD, Director
  • Eleanor Hilliard, BS, Research Specialist
  • Rob Lineberger, MS, Web Applications Programmer
  • R. Dane Meredith, BS, Research Specialist

Services Offered

We offer the following services. Click the name of the service in the table below to learn more.

Service Description Fee
RNA Quality Check We will analyze the quality of an RNA sample submitted to using the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. The analysis allows us to estimate the integrity of the RNA based upon the presence and ratios of the intensity of the ribosomal RNA species. This is mandatory before we consider a sample for microarray analysis, and recommended prior to RT PCR. $16.50

Equipment

Click the name of the equipment in the table below to learn more.

Equipment Description
PCR Thermocycler Thermo Electron Corporation PCR Sprint Thermocycler
Microarray Hybridization Oven Robbins Scientific rotating hybridization incubator.
Histotronix Microtome Histotronix HM 325 Microtome
Microfuge Eppendorf centrifuge 5415D microcentrifuge
Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer The Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer is the most successful microfluidics-based platform available commercially, offering solutions for the analysis of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells. It answers your questions within 30 minutes, delivering automated, high quality digital data.
Axon GenePix 4000B Scanner The Axon GenePix 4000B is a dual wavelength microarray scanner with 5 micron resolution. It is used for reading fluorescence values from microarray slides.

Welcome to the CCBC Cardiovascular Functional Genomics Laboratory! The laboratory was established in 2003 by Dr. Cam Patterson, and facilitates the use of microarray technology for the cardiovascular research community at UNC. Our facility is available to all researchers with funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and those who are doing Cardiovascular Research. We provide expertise in the use of arrays for genomics studies and offer a comprehensive and integrated approach to array analysis.

We are a multidisciplinary group that interact closely with investigators, offering support for all phases of each study; including experimental design, sample preparation, hybridization, quality control, data analysis, and database maintenance.

The core provides services using the Agilent 60mer ink-jet platform, in both one and two color formats. These arrays are available for a wide variety species platforms and applications, and are easily customizable at no additional cost.

If you require help preparing a project or a grant application that involves microarray experiments, or if you have general questions about the services we offer, please contact:

Peter C. Charles, PhD (email: pcharles(at)med.unc.edu, phone: 919-843-1610)

CFGL Publications

Charles PC, Alder BD, Hilliard EG, Schisler JC, Lineberger RE, Parker JS, Mapara S, Wu SS, Portbury A, Patterson C, and GA Stouffer. Tobacco use induces anti-apoptotic, proliferative patterns of gene expression in circulating leukocytes of Caucasian males. 2008. BMC Medical Genomics.1:38.

Wu Y, Ferguson JE 3rd, Wang H, Kelley R, Ren R, McDonough H, Meeker J, Charles PC, Wang H, and C Patterson. PRDM6 is enriched in vascular precursors during development and inhibits endothelial cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. 2008. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 44:47-58.

Charles PC, Mapara S, Parker JS, Herrmann RA, and C Patterson. Gene expression profiling in rat smooth muscle cells reveals novel regulatory pathways modulated by rapamycin and paclitaxel. 2007. The Internet Journal of Genomics and Proteomics. 2007. 3:1.

Ferguson JE 3rd, Wu Y, Smith K, Charles PC, Powers K, Wang H, and C Patterson. Ankyrin Repeat and SOCS Box Protein 4 (ASB4) is a Hydroxylation Substrate of Factor Inhibiting HIF1{alpha} (FIH) and Promotes Vascular Differentiation via an Oxygen-Dependent Mechanism. 2007. Mol Cell Biol. 18:6407-19.

Ren R, Charles PC, Zhang C, Wu Y, Wang H, and C Patterson. Gene expression profiles identify a role for cyclooxygenase 2-dependent prostanoid generation in BMP6-induced angiogenic responses. 2007. Blood.; 109:2847-53.

Wang H, Charles PC, Wu Y, Ren R, Pi X, Moser M, Barshishat-Kupper M, Rubin JS, Perou C, Bautch V, and C Patterson. Gene expression profile signatures indicate a role for Wnt signaling in endothelial commitment from embryonic stem cells. 2006. Circ Res. 98:1331-9.

He XR, Zhang C, and C Patterson. Universal mouse reference RNA derived from neonatal mice. 2004. Biotechniques. 3:464-8.

Collaborators

Chuck Perou, PhD Genetics

Terry Magnuson, PhD Genetics

Patricia Chang, MD Medicine

Morgan Giddings, PhD Microbiology and Immunology

Rick Stouffer, MD Medicine

Craig Selzman, MD Surgery

Janet Rubin, MD Medicine

Nancy Demore, MD Surgery

Julius Aitsebamo, MD Medicine

Monte Willis, PhD/MD Pathology

Craig Lee, PharmD/PhD Pharmacy

Wei Wang, PhD Computer Science

Leonard McMillan, PhD Computer Science

CFGL Alumni

Sabeen Mapara, MSc

Pei Wang, MS

Beena Vallanat (Padinilam), MS

Marcel Turner-Mitchell, BSN

Dong Li, PhD

XiaoRui He, MD/PhD/MSc

 

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