Technologies and equipment
UCL Genomics, part of the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, is housed at the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children (ZCR) with its own bespoke, dedicated laboratories
A full list of equipment can be found in the UCL equipment catalogue.
Technologies and equipment housed at UCL Genomics (as of August 2025):
Qiagen EZ2 extraction robot
Hamilton Microlab Nimbus with Kingfisher Presto
Omega Biotek MagBinder® Fit24
MP Biomedicals Bead Beater Fastprep-24 5G
Agilent TapeStation 4200
Bioanalyzer 2100
Qubit / Qubit Flex
Nanodrop
Qiagen Qiacuity One 5plex dPCR machine
Plate Reader (BMG Labtech Omega FLUOstar)
Illumina iScan with autoloader
Tecan (Evo)
Tecan (Evo ROMA)
Tecan (Excalibur ROMA)
Illumina MiSeq
NextSeq 2000
NovaSeq 6000
NovaSeqX Plus
Element Biosciences AVITI
Oxford Nanopore GridION
Oxford Nanopore PromethION P2 Solo
Hamilton STAR
Hamilton STARlet
Agilent Bravo
STP Firefly Plus
Covaris E220 Ultrasonicator
Agilent Magnis
10X Genomics Chromium Controller X
Miltenyi gentleMACS Octo Dissociator
Motic Easyscan
Logos Biosystems Luna FX7 cell counter
10x Genomics Visium CytAssist
10x Genomics Xenium*
* (Xenium spatial assays will be completed using the Xenium in situ platform at the Single Cell and Spatial Genomics Facility within the UCL Cancer Institute by one of our application specialists from UCL Genomics)
Qiagen EZ2 extraction robot
MP Biomedical Bead Beater Fastprep-24 5G
Dedicated laboratory space and class II microbiological safety cabinet hoods