About the Core

The Molecular Biology and Genetics Core Laboratory of the DRTC has been in operation since 1977 with a major emphasis on molecular biology and recently genetics. This Core helps independently funded investigators with an interest in diabetes mellitus and other metabolic disorders to clone, sequence and characterize cDNAs and genes of interest. The Core also helps investigators who are interested in using genetic approaches to the study of metabolic diseases through isolation of DNA from blood, genotyping using microsatellite markers and single-nucleotide polymorphisms, and genetic analysis including tests for linkage and association.

Director: Graeme I. Bell, Ph.D.
Co-Directors:
Nancy J. Cox, Ph.D.
Gene C. Webb, Ph.D.