University of Arizona: BIO5: Infectious Disease Research Core (IDRC)

Category: Research, Testing, & Medical Laboratories (including CROs)

IDRC Vision: To shape and improve infectious disease diagnosis by the creation and translation of new diagnostic laboratory methods for use in evidence-based research and clinical practice.

Key Concepts and Focus, Translational Research

* Specialized Molecular Microbiology Testing Services (Refer to Laboratory Test Menu)
* Translational Laboratory Research, Arizona Clinical Translational Research and Educational Consortium
* GLP (Good Laboratory Practice)
* Technology Transfer, TRIF Initiatives
* Molecularly Targeted Diagnostics: Infectious Disease, Immune Response, Drug-resistance
* Clinical Trials: in vitro molecular diagnostics, culture, and antimicrobial testing per CLSI
* Undergraduate and Graduate Training: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Immunology

IDRC Core Competancies and Equipment

* Nucleic Acid Extraction, Qiagen Biorobot M48
* Nucleic Acid Quantitation and Characterization, Agilent 2100
* Real-time PCR and QPCR, Applied Biosystems 7500, GeneXpert, and SmartCycler
* Molecular Epidemiology, Bacterial Genotype by Diversilab rep-PCR
* Liquid Microarray, Luminex 200
* Microbial and Human Biorepository Services: MicroBank, ImmunoBank, CellBank, DNA Bank
* Clinical Microbiology Cultures and Antimicrobial Testing Services per CLSI