# Nucleic Acids Sequencing Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA · 2022 · $92,336

## Abstract

GENETICS AND GENOMICS CORE FACILITY (WestCore) OF SD BRIN (RESEARCH) 
Summary/Abstract 
 SD BRIN has made significant strides in building critical infrastructure to meet the needs of 
biomedical researchers in South Dakota. From 2004 to 2018 SD BRIN’s Genetics & Genomics Cores were 
separate, complementary cores. The Genomics Core at USD focused on microarray and qPCR services, 
and the Genetics core (WestCore) at BHSU focused on sequencing and genotyping services. In response 
to investigator requests for NextGeneration sequencing services, WestCore secured a SD Board of 
Regents Performance Improvement grant to purchase a NextGen sequencing platform, an Illumina 
MiSeq. The addition of this technology has opened the doors for SD BRIN researchers to address genetic 
questions that were nearly impossible to pursue prior to the advent of massively parallel sequencing 
platforms. SD BRIN’s primary goal relating to the Genetics and Genomics Core is to provide assistance 
for the maintenance of genetic and genomics related services to support SD BRIN investigators at 
participating institutions, as well as other researchers, throughout the state. Many of the research 
projects conducted by SD BRIN faculty and students network-wide rely on the information gained from 
DNA sequencing, genotyping and quantitative PCR (qPCR). To meet the research and student training 
needs for access to nucleic acid sequencing, genotyping and qPCR technology.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10489334
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103443-21
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** Cynthia Anderson
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $92,336
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-24 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10489334

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10489334, Nucleic Acids Sequencing Core (5P20GM103443-21). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10489334. Licensed CC0.

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