WestCore

The Western South Dakota DNA Core Facility (WestCore) was established at Black Hills State University as part of the South Dakota Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (SD BRIN) in 2004. We provide critical infrastructure that enhances research, education and training in the biomedical sciences. WestCore supports research activities across the SD-BRIN network by providing services to our South Dakota academic institutions, as well as to investigators at public and private agencies & institutions nationwide. WestCore is currently supported in part by NIH IDeA Program Grant 2 P20 GM103443 from the INBRE Program of the National Institute for General Medical Sciences. 

Website: https://www.bhsu.edu/Research/WestCore/ 

Our Services

• Nucleic Acid

  • • Isolation

    • Qualitative analysis

    • Quantification

    • cDNA synthesis

• NextGen Sequencing

  • • Environmental metagenomics

      • • 16S and ITS and 18S rRNA gene profiling

        • Community gene expression profiling

    • Whole genome sequencing of bacterial and small eukaryotic genomes

    • Microbial transcriptome sequencing

• Real-time qPCR applications

• Conventional Sanger Sequencing

• Genotyping

  • • Microsatellite (STR)

    • TaqMan assays

    • Custom genotyping

Meet our Team