Molecular Quantification Core

Overview of Services

The core offers access to the following instrumentation:  

• Biorad Digital Droplet PCR (manual droplet generators, thermocyclers, droplet readers)
• Training by MQC staff is required before users can schedule/operate equipment (request through iLab)
• No charge for use of the manual droplet generator/thermocycler stations
• Droplet reading is charged $1.97 per sample and $2.35 per run/plate
• Scheduling via iLab is required for all instruments
• Multiple satellite locations on campus for instrumentation

• Agilent 4150 TapeStation
• Training by MQC staff is required before users can schedule/operate equipment (request through iLab)
• No charge for use; users must supply reagents and consumables 
• Scheduling time on the instrument via iLab is required
• Can be run by a trained facility technician (upon request, please email charlotte.avanzi@colostate.edu for a quote)

• QuantStudio 3 Real-Time PCR system
• Training by MQC staff is required before users can schedule/operate equipment (request through iLab)
• No charge for use
• Scheduling via iLab is required

• Azure Sapphire Biomolecular Imager
• Scheduling via iLab is required 
• You will be charged either a flat fee (major users) or a per minute fee (less frequent users)
• Contact Carol Wilusz or John Anderson for software.
• Performs Phosphorimaging, Chemiluminescence, RGB and NearIR Fluorescence
• Scan western blots, gels, plates, slides/sections, phosphor screens

• Qubit Fluorometer
• Available on a walk-up basis
• No charge for use
• Can be run by a trained facility technician upon request (please email charlotte.avanzi@colostate.edu for a quote) 

Leadership & Staff

Carol Wilusz

MQC Director

(970) 491-4919

cwilusz@colostate.edu

Charlotte Avanzi

Interim MQC Director

(970) 491-2669

Charlotte.Avanzi@colostate.edu  

John Anderson

Technical Support/Training

Micro B319

(970) 491-7469

janderso@colostate.edu

Bettina Broeckling

Technical Support/Training

Micro B320

(970) 213-6190

bettina.broeckling@colostate.edu 

Location and hours of operation

Microbiology Building B406

Mail Drop 1682, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682

The facility is open 24/7 to trained users with key access.

Institution Webpage

https://www.research.colostate.edu/mqc/

Contacts