Welcome to the UTSW Microarray Core website. The UTSW Microarray Core Facility (MCF) is located in ND6.504 and has been fully operational since 2001. The MCF provides centralized access to gene expression array technology for investigators at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. The MCF provides access to a variety of array technologies, including Affymetrix GeneChip instrumentation, spotted array hybridization and scanning instruments, custom array slide manufacturing, sample preparation of RNA and DNA, Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer qualitative analysis of RNA samples, and a variety of bioinformatics tools, including software for image acquisition, microarray and SNP data analysis. This full-service core provides a variety of standard technologies for gene expression analysis, including hybridization of Affymetrix GeneChips, as well as custom production and hybridization of oligonucleotide slide arrays. In addition, we have recently purchased and setup a new Illumina platform, which provide a novel alternative for global gene expression analysis, as well as inexpensive, high-throughput SNP typing. The overall goal of the MCF is to promote the utilization of state-of-the-art gene expression technology to biomedical researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.