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Cornell University

Sanger sequencing & fragment analysis

Step 1: Consult our downloadable handbooks

 

Step 2: Place an order online

It is imperative that you place the order online before sending or bring us the samples. http://www.biotech.cornell.edu/brc/genomics-facility

Step 3: Drop-off or mail your samples

Drop-off option

You can drop off your order on the sample submission cart located in the atrium of the Biotechnology Building on the Ithaca campus, from 8AM to 4PM, Monday through Friday.

Mailing options

For all options below: Please label the sample bag with your order number. Cushion and seal your samples well before mailing, we have received numerous broken tubes.

Mail your samples to the following address:

Genomics Facility
147 Biotechnology Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

We recommend that you use either FedEx or UPS for mailing. Avoid USPS because USPS packages are not delivered directly to the lab. Please note that there is no delivery on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

Samples from WCM and shipping from NYC

The Epigenomics Core Facility of the WCM Core Laboratories Center offers a sample “drop and ship” location and an express mail service to transport samples from New York City to Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY.

The DNA sequencing Drop-Off Box is located in the basement corridor of the B building (near the mail room by the Federal Express drop box) at 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY. Write your order number, name, telephone number, and lab location on the envelope.

Samples are sent overnight by Federal Express with shipments leaving NYC every Monday through Thursday, at 4:30 pm (except on institutional holidays). More info on this service can be found here.