University Health Network Microarray Centre

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Nanostring nCounter™ System

Nanostrings are fluorescent barcodes that bind to target mRNA for digital gene expression analysis. Read more

Robotic System

Our automated robotic system integrating liquid handling, amplification, barcoding, plate-reading and sealing devices.

Affymetrix Fluidics Station

The GeneChip® Fluidics Station is used for the wash and stain operation of Affymetrix GeneChip® arrays. Read more

SlideBooster by Advalytix

The micro-agitation station has been designed for the incubation of DNA and protein microarrays, as well as for tissue sections.

illumina iScan

The iScan Reader supports rapid, sensitive, and accurate imaging of all BeadChip-based genetic analysis products. Read more

BeadArray

BeadArray technology is based on 3-micron silica beads that self assemble in microwells on silica slides or fiber optic bundles.

Caliper LabChip

The LabChip GXII uses Sipper Chip technology for anlaysis of protein samples. Read more

Tecan's HydroFlex Plate Washer

Features vacuum filtration for automated washing and DNA-purification for a variety of plate types in 96-well format.

Microarray Spotter

The Centre 4 traditional spotting robots for mechanical deposition of cDNA (or any other material) onto coated glass slides.

Hybridization Oven by illumina

Has a wheel with a variable rotation speed of 5-60 rpm and an oven with a temperature ramp from ambient to 65°C in 25 minutes.

Agilent Technologies

The UHN Microarray Centre was Canada's first Agilent Certified Microarray Service Provider. Read more

SciGene Microarray Processor

Programmable, robotic instruments automating post-hybridization processing steps. Washes and dries up to 24 slides.

Computational Power

We have two clusters of Apple hardware to handle data processing, BLAST, and many other bioinformatics applications. Read more

The Microarray Centre, located at the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower of the MaRS Centre, houses the core production, bioinformatics, and research and development groups.

Located on the 9th floor, the laboratory is equipped for our resident principal investigators to conduct research and our staff for the development of new arraying technologies in addition to the refinement of current protocols.