Molecular Biology Facility (MBSU)

The Molecular Biology Service Unit (MBSU) is a central University of Alberta facility in the Department of Biological Sciences, providing research and teaching resource support for a range of molecular biology techniques. Our goal is to provide equipment access to experienced users, and a training environment in which researchers can acquire molecular biology techniques.

Our services include:

• Standard Sanger DNA Sequencing
• DNA Fragment Analysis
• Nanopore Sequencing
• Illumina NextSeq Platform
• Quantitative Real Time PCR
• Online Oligo Ordering via MBSU-IDT Portal
• 3D Design and Printing
• Retail BioBar

All University of Alberta staff, researchers and students are welcome to use the facility. We also extend the invite to the external academic community. See Access Rules for more information.

See Equipment Available in the MBSU to view our equipment list