Tufts Universty Core Facility (TUCF)

The Tufts University Core Facility provides an extensive array of services to support the researchers at Tufts University as well as outside investigators.

The facility provides a number of services:

  • DNA Sequencing - automated sequencing with read lengths of 500-800 bases
  • DNA Synthesis - custom oligonucleotides, often within 24 hours
  • Mass Spec Analysis - MALDI-TOF-MS; linear mode only; ideal for fast mass determination and purity check (this is not a quantitative tool)
  • Next-Gen DNA Sequencing - MiSeq and HiSeq 2500 systems can generate results in under a week
  • Peptide Synthesis - custom peptides and libraries
  • Protein Sequencing - automated Edman Degradation

The facility's staff has years of proven technical proficiency and experience with high thoroughput characterization, purification, and laboratory automation.