Vector Core Facility

Room: 7017 Neuroscience Hospital
Director(s): R. Jude Samulski, Ph.D.; Xiaohuai Zhou, Ph.D.

Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Phone: (919)962-1221
Fax: (919) 962-1313
Email: vectorcore@med.unc.edu

Services:
The Vector Core Facility maintains and distributes a library of recombinant adenovirus (rAd) and recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors, as well as retroviral vectors for investigator-initiated experiments; generates new rAd, rAAV, and retroviral vectors from plasmid substrates containing a variety of genes cloned by individual investigators; produces rAAV, rAd and retroviral reporter gene (LacZ, GFP, luciferase) vector stocks; provides consultation on cloning strategies, time considerations, and the general advantages and disadvantages of different gene delivery vectors; supplies investigators with high-quality vector preparations.

For More Information:

Please contact Dr. Xiaohuai Zhou at vectorcore@med.unc.edu

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