The Center for Advanced Technology (CAT)

The Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) operates within the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. Our core mission is to facilitate and enhance research endeavors within UCSF laboratories by providing essential resources and hosting advanced instrumentation. While our primary focus remains on serving UCSF, we extend a welcoming invitation to other academic institutions and industry sectors, offering access to our facility through prior arrangements. Collaboration knows no boundaries at CAT, as we strive to foster innovation and drive impactful discoveries.

The CAT houses such advanced instrumentation as DNA sequencers (Illumina, PacBio, and Roche), qPCR and dPCR machines, pipetting robots, and other more specialized equipment for genomics and bioinformatics. In addition to our permanent equipment, the CAT demos and tests new instrumentation from vendors who are looking for a central location to house their equipment.

We share our physical space with the latest microscopy technologies hosted by the Nikon Imaging Center and with a BD FACSDiscover S8 sorter hosted by the Laboratory for Cell Analysis at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Find more cores on the Research Resource Program Core Search.

Please visit our website for more information: cat.ucsf.edu

• To receive e-mail updates for general CAT info, send an e-mail to listserv@listsrv.ucsf.edu. Leave the subject blank and include "subscribe cat_info FIRSTNAME LASTNAME" without the quotes in the e-mail. This list will not receive e-mail related to sequencing.
• To subscribe to our CAT bioinformatics list, send an e-mail to listserv@listsrv.ucsf.edu leave the subject blank, and include "subscribe Bioinformatics FIRSTNAME LASTNAME" in the body without the quotes in the e-mail. 

Referencing the CAT Core and Publications

CAT hours of operation and location

Monday - Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 24/7 access is available by request.

Genentech Hall S252, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

Sample Drop off freezer is located in the second floor mail room (221) next to the main stairway

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