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Facilities<\/h1>\n
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Ancient DNA laboratory<\/h2>\n
\"PetrifiedPoop\"
PMI UG Research Assistants examine a subfossil dung sample.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ancient DNA Lab<\/a> provides support for researchers working with ancient, historical, forensic, or other sensitive (low DNA quantity\/quality) genetic samples.<\/p>\n

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Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) laboratory<\/h2>\n
\"BSL2_BSC\"
A PMI staff and UG work in one of several BSCs within PMI’s BSL-2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BSL-2<\/a> is suitable for work involving agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment such as Escherichia coli<\/a><\/em> and MRSA<\/a>. Laboratory personnel have specific training in handling pathogenic agents, access is restricted and all procedures are conducted in BSCs or other physical containment equipment.<\/p>\n

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Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) high-containment laboratory<\/h2>\n
\"BSL3_BSC\"
A PMI BSL-3 technician wearing a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) works in a BSC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BSL-3<\/a> is applicable to research\u00a0facilities where work is performed with biological agents that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Laboratory personnel receive specific training in handling potentially lethal agents. All procedures must be conducted within BSCs. The CDC regulates and inspects BSL-3 laboratories that conduct research on Select Agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Caporaso Bioinformatics Lab<\/h2>\n
\"Concourse\"
Concourse monitoring and debugging updates to Qiime 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Caporaso Bioinformatics Lab<\/a> is an applied bioinformatics lab focused on microbiome research, software development, and bioinformatics education.<\/p>\n

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Genetic Analysis Instrument Lab<\/h2>\n
\"Genetic
QuantStudio 7 Flex, QuantStudio 12K Flex and 7500 Fast: Real-Time PCR Systems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Real-Time PCR,\u00a0developed in 1992, is used to exponentially\u00a0amplify\u00a0a single copy of a segment of\u00a0DNA. The Real-Time instrument\u00a0allows for the detection of the anticipated DNA target region during the early phases of the reaction.<\/p>\n

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PCR Amplification Lab<\/h2>\n
\"PCR
Thermal Cyclers in PMI’s Traditional PCR Amplification Lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Traditional PCR was developed in 1983. It’s\u00a0used to exponentially\u00a0amplify\u00a0a single copy of a segment of\u00a0DNA, then once the reaction is complete uses agarose gel electrophoresis to check whether the reaction successfully generated the anticipated DNA target region.<\/p>\n

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TGen North Pathogen and Microbiome Division<\/h2>\n
\"TGen
TGen North adds translational genomics capabilities to PMI’s research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TGen North<\/a> focuses on diagnostic, analytic, forensic, ecologic and epidemiologic research of microbes important to medicine, public health and biodefense.<\/p>\n

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Facilities Ancient DNA laboratory The Ancient DNA Lab provides support for researchers working with ancient, historical, forensic, or other sensitive (low DNA quantity\/quality) genetic samples. Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) laboratory BSL-2 is suitable for work involving agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment such as Escherichia coli and MRSA. Laboratory personnel have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97,"parent":56,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/705"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/pmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}