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OMICS

CONTACT
Coordinates 43.29236346203756, 5.359133426541125
Contact name Fabrice Armougom, Laurie Casalot
CIVIS Label No
Acronym OMICS-PTA
Scientific domain

PE10_8 - Oceanography (physical, chemical, biological, geological) - Earth System Science


 

LS8_8 - Phylogenetics, systematics, comparative biology - Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution


Keywords

molecular biology


 

bioinformatics


 

procaryote biodiversity


Partner institution

Aix-Marseille Université


Website No
Technical staff available No
Remote access details The OMICS facility is certified ISO9001vs2015. Its access is under control and guaranteed after the signature of a specfic charter.
Remote access available No
Open to external users No
Equipment OMICS provides the following services: -equipment support and services to carry out the analysis of the procaryotic biodiversity, -training and supervision (internal staff, PhD students, CDD) for the use of the equipment, -assistance to mount scientific projects and reply to analytical request from individuals (technical feasibility, costs, etc.), -bioinformatic training session.
Open access to updated information database No
Online booking system details https://www.mio.osupytheas.fr/fr/plateformes-de-recherche/ptf-omics
Online booking system available No
Description OMICS is a platform that uses its analytical expertise in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics for the taxonomic characterization of prokaryotes in marine ecosystems. In addition, this platform offers in the Molecular Biology part a "targeted metabolomics" component for the characterization of prokaryotes via the identification of carbon, sulfur and gas metabolites. This platform, supported by the "Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology" team of the MIO, is accessible in priority to MIO staff but also to other academic or non-academic structures according to a user charter. In Molecular Biology, the platform provides equipment and protocols for the extraction, amplification, and control of nucleic acids (DNA and/or RNA) for sequencing or quantification of prokaryotic communities based on 16S ribosomal DNA. These protocols comply with the standards of the quality system to ensure optimum operation and reliability of results. In Bioinformatics, it proposes to the scientific community of the MIO or other academic or non-academic structures, expert analyses in numerical ecology through the characterization of the prokaryotic biodiversity of ecosystems via next generation sequencing, as well as training plans open to the scientific community (nationally and internationally). The Targeted Metabolomics part proposes an analysis of carbonaceous (lactate, acetate, pyruvate...), sulfurous (thiosulfate, sulfate...) and gaseous (CH4, N2O, HS-...) metabolites via chromatographic approaches.