Center for Advanced Technology (CAT)

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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 and PacBio), 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 FACSAria cell 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

CAT hours of operation and location

Hours

Location

Staffed Monday - Friday

8 a.m.-5 p.m.

24/7 access is available by request

CAT Core is located at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus Genentech Hall in room GH-S252

Genentech Hall S252

600 16th Street

San Francisco, CA 94158

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 sequencing list, send an e-mail to listserv@listsrv.ucsf.edu. Leave the subject blank and include "subscribe cat-seq FIRSTNAME LASTNAME" without the quotes in the e-mail.
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

When submitting manuscripts, please acknowledge the CAT by including the text: “Sequencing was performed at the UCSF CAT, supported by UCSF PBBR, RRP IMIA, and NIH 1S10OD028511-01 grants.”

To aid our facility in future grant submissions, it helps to reference labs and publications that have benefited from our core please notify us of your achievement by emailing catcore [at] ucsf.edu the PMID number, lab, and the piece of equipment used in the paper.

CAT Genomics Service Requests

Name	Description	Price
Bioinformatics Workshop: PacBio Kinnex Workshops (Bulk RNA & Single-Cell)	May 28 - May 30, 2025 Bioinformatics Workshop: PacBio Single-Cell RNA Kinnex (Remote only option) June 4 - June 6, 2025 Bioinformatics Workshop: PacBio Full-Length RNA Kinnex (Remote only option)	Internal $600.00 each External not for profit $900.00 each External for profit $1,200.00 each Affiliate $600.00 each

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▼ ► CAT Bioinformatics: Workshop (1)
Name	Description	Price
Bioinformatics Workshop: PacBio Kinnex Workshops (Bulk RNA & Single-Cell)	May 28 - May 30, 2025 Bioinformatics Workshop: PacBio Single-Cell RNA Kinnex (Remote only option) June 4 - June 6, 2025 Bioinformatics Workshop: PacBio Full-Length RNA Kinnex (Remote only option)	Internal $600.00 each External not for profit $900.00 each External for profit $1,200.00 each Affiliate $600.00 each

▼ ► CAT Bioinformatics: Workshop (1)