| 30-MAR-2006 |
We quietly past the 30,000th sample submitted to the
LTL (low throughput lab).
Since most samples are sequenced in both directions this means ~60,000
reactions done by Paul, Ann, Allison and the rest of the hard working crew.
Other fun LTL facts:
- We opened for "official" business in May, 2001. Our first clients were
from Drs. Bennetzen, Ogas, and Hrycyna's labs. Our most recent client was from
Dr. Omar's lab.
- Our 10,000th sample (from Dr. Staiger's lab) was done on 15-Jul-2003.
- Our 20,000th sample (from Dr. Suter's lab) was done on 20-Dec-2004.
- Our 30,000th sample (from Dr. Harrison's lab) was done on 16-Feb-2006.
- After a couple of years of steady use during 2003 and 2004 the
number of samples run during 2005 increased by about 40% to over 8,500
for the year.
To date (30-Mar-2006) the current year also looks to be a record
breaker. We may reach 10,000 samples (and thus ~20,000 reactions) during
2006. Paul and his crew are ready!
- 175 labs have used our services during the last 4 1/2 years. During
the last 6 months 108 labs have done LTL samples. Each lab
often has multiple students, techs and faculty using our services.
- Use of the facility is fairly spread out amoung the labs. Our
largest customer -- Dr. Kuhn's lab -- represents about 7% of our
work. The 10 largest customers represent about 40% of our submitted
samples.
The sequencing facility also offers HTL (high throughput -- 96 wells
at a time) sequencing
and Affymetrix array processing.
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