QIAGEN Reference Core Program

Upgrade your lab’s capabilities for biomarker discovery

Do you struggle with resources bottlenecks when planning your research? Resources, substantial investment in training and rigorous experimental standardization often delay valuable insights. QIAGEN is partnering with leading service centers and core labs to overcome such bottlenecks and advance your research with the local expertise you can trust. Our partnership will further your research with our sample preparation technologies, high-quality, streamlined NGS library preparation methods paired with industry-leading bioinformatics pipelines and highly customizable PCR-based assays for data verification.

Explore the core lab partners that provide QIAGEN-based services

Reference Core Lab	Sample Extraction	NGS & QC	Data Analysis	dPCR & qPCR	Workflow Specializations
DNA Technologies & Expression Analysis Core, UC Davis	On campus	RNAseq, DNAseq, Custom Solutions	RNA Analysis Portal, GeneGlobe	N/A	Gene expression, microbial WGS
Genet Lab	In-house (Manual)	RNAseq, DNAseq, Custom Solutions (Ion Torrent Platform)	RNA Analysis Portal, GeneGlobe, Custom Solutions	QIAcuity 5-Plex	Human Genetic Disease Research Pharmacogenomics, and Cancer Genomics Research
Loyola Genomics Facility	N/A	RNAseq, DNAseq, Custom Solutions	RNA Analysis Portal, GeneGlobe, Custom Solutions	N/A	3' Gene Expression, Microbial ecology, Community diversity, Computational modeling
Quick Biology	In-house	RNAseq, DNAseq, Custom Solutions	CLC, RNA Analysis Portal, GeneGlobe	Y	Biomarker discovery, validation assays
Seq-N-Edit Core, University of Houston	In-house	RNAseq, DNAseq, Custom Solutions	CLC, RNA Analysis Portal, GeneGlobe	Y	Cancer genomics, mi-RNA profiling, microbial profiling
University of Delaware, DNA Sequencing & Genotyping Center	In-house	RNAseq, DNAseq, Custom Solutions	CLC, RNA Analysis Portal, GeneGlobe	Y	Wastewater analysis, gene expression, microbial profiling

Find out how we can support your core lab

Voice of customers – core lab success stories

QIAGEN extraction kits and QIAcube at core labs

Preethi Gunaratne, from the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston, uses the QIAcube Connect and QIAGEN’s gel-free extraction kits in her long-term goal of cancer prevention.
Elevating DNA sequencing

Dr. Egbert Schulze, Molecular Genetics Laboratory Manager, Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine Community Practice, Heidelberg, discusses the benefits of the QIAseq FX DNA library kit.
Core Lab enjoys the advanced technologies behind the QIAseq miRNA kit

Daniel Kraushaar, Technical Director in the Genomic and RNA profiling core at Baylor College of Medicine, talks about the benefits of gel-free miRNA while working with large quantities of often challenging samples.
How FastSelect enhances Biomarker discovery from FFPE samples in a Core Lab

Watch this video as Brandon Mistretta, a doctoral student at the University of Houston’s Department of Biology and Biochemistry, shares how FastSelect RNA Extraction Kits help him work on samples previously thought unusable.