Services & Fees
Instructions for MD Anderson PGC Facility Users
Service Requests
All service requests will be conducted through the web portal in iLab
- Use MD Anderson credentials to login to your iLab account to initiate the service request of interest
- To request genomic services, please click the “Request Services” tab
- To schedule imaging on the Illumina iScan, please click the “Schedule Equipment” tab
- Users will be charged for the number of chips scanned and not instrument time
Please note: Users are invited to view basic pricing under Service List; however, all final pricing is subject to facility approval.
To request customer service and additional information, please contact Di Zhang at dizhang@mdanderson.org.
Biospecimen and data access
Biospecimen and/or data access (only available to MD Anderson users) requires the completion and approval of a formal application in REDCap
- Following approval, please visit “Request Services” to initiate biospecimen request
For any questions regarding the REDCap application process, please contact Hui Zhang at huizhang@mdanderson.org
Identical pricing for Internal, External in Network and UT System
External in Network Institutions:
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Rice University
- University of Houston
- Texas A&M Health Science Center-Institute of Biosciences and Technology
PGC FY21 Price List
Illumina Microarrays
The PGC Microarray Services provide a full range of high content (whole-genome or targeted), high-throughput profiling of genotypes, gene expression and DNA methylation to facilitate human genomic studies of molecular alterations and diseases.
The PGC Microarray Service pipeline includes sample quality check, sample preparation, target hybridization, BeadChip imaging and data analysis using GenomeStudio. Contact PGC facility for more details on types of services available, sample requirement, workflow, pricing and timeline.
Many of arrays described below have add-on capacity allowing semi-custom design.
Download PGC pricing information
Infinium Global Screening Array-24
An economical next-generation global genotyping array that combines multi-ethnic genome-wide content, curated clinical research variants, and quality control (QC) markers.
$55 per sample
Infinium OncoArray-500,000 BeadChip
Enables screening of 500,000 SNPs with a genome-wide backbone of 250,000 tag SNPs. Additional SNPs cover genetic variants for: breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian, and prostate cancers; ancestry; quantitative traits; pharmacogenetics; and fine-mapping of common cancer susceptibility loci.
$77 per sample
Infinium ImmunoArray-24 BeadChip
Detects genetic variation in the human immune system. Integrates content from the HumanImmuno v1 BeadChip, supplemented with GWAS-identified loci for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
$51 per sample
Infinium Core-24 BeadChip
Contains genome-wide tag SNPs found across diverse world populations, indels, exome-focused content, and the capacity to include up to 300,000 semi-custom markers.
$59 per sample
Infinium Exome-24 BeadChip
Enriched for putative functional exonic variants and consists of >240,000 markers from: broad populations including European, African, Chinese, and Hispanic ancestry; common human conditions i.e. type 2 diabetes, cancer, metabolic, and psychiatric disorders.
$57 per sample
Infinium CoreExome-24 BeadChip
Includes content of Infinium Core-24 and Exome-24 BeadChip. Plus provides additional common variant association coverage for sex confirmation, mitochondrial DNA, ancestry, indel and copy number variation (CNV) analyses.
$65 per sample
Infinium Global Diversity Array-8 BeadChip
Enables polygenic risk score development and characterization of genetic architecture in diverse populations. built on a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) global backbone optimized for cross-population imputation of the genome.
$118 per sample
Infinium Omni5Exome-4 BeadChip
Provides functional exonic content for whole-genome genotyping and copy number variation (CNV) studies. Also optimized for genetic variants down to 1% minor allele frequency (MAF).
$335 per sample
Infinium HD iSelect-24 BeadChip
High definition (HD: 3072 to 90,000 BeadTypes) or high throughput (HTS: 90,001 to 700,000 BeadTypes) BeadChip for custom design. Supports up to 700k custom targets (SNPs, indels, and CNVs). For study design and consultation, inquire PGC for more details.
Pricing upon request
Other Illumina Arrays
Other Illumina Infinium genotyping arrays and methylation arrays (e.g. MethylationEPIC BeadChip) can be run at PGC.
Pricing upon request
*For out of network institutions, please login to the iLAB to see pricing information, or contact the PGC manager.
TaqMan SNP Genotyping
TaqMan genotyping assays allow low to medium throughput candidate gene and pathway genotyping studies. Predesigned or custom-designed TaqMan probes and target-specific primers are incorporated into real-time PCR assays run on Applied Biosystems Vii7 or Fluidigm Biomark HD Systems. The TaqMan assay can be used to independently validate genome-wide identified loci from microarray analysis.
Start-up
- Less than 1,000 samples: $365 per SNP
- 1,000 or more samples: $600 per SNP
Genotyping
- Less than 1,000 samples: $0.62 per SNP per sample
- 1,000-2,000 samples: $0.56 per SNP per sample
- Greater than 2,000 samples: $0.45 per SNP per sample
Plating
- 384-well format: $0.27 per sample
Biospecimen Request (MD Anderson Investigators Only)
Genomic DNA from residual diagnostic blood (Blood Specimen Research and Resource, BSRR) program and other resources is available. All requests should be submitted through the REDCap link in iLab. Following approval by the Data and Biospecimen Access Committee (DBAC), the request for sample distribution should be initiated through iLAB.
Residual biospecimen DNA
- Samples 1-96: $28.00 per sample
- Sample 97 and above*: $12.50 per sample
*For 100 samples: 96 * $28.00 + 4 * $12.50
Additional Services (with confirmed PGC Project)
- Study design and consultation: $75/hour
- Custom DNA extraction: $28/per sample
- DNA re-purification/clean-up (first 96 samples): $22/per sample
- DNA re-purification/clean-up (first 96 samples): $15/per sample
- Qubit: $5/per sample
*For out of network institutions, please login to the iLAB to see pricing information, or contact the PGC manager
Illumina iScan
The iScan system is a high-precision, high-throughput fluorescent chip scanner used for genomic profiling of myriad Illumina arrays ranging from genotyping to DNA methylation analysis. The system is coupled to a robotic station that allows scanning of hundreds of array samples per day.
Users can reserve instrument time online through the PGC iLab. Scanning service is for assisted use only (i.e. users will not be allowed to scan their own chips). Users will not be charged for instrument time; all charges will be based on number of chips scanned.
- Illumina BeadChip using the iScan: $55/chip