IALS Clinical Testing Center


IALS Clinical Testing Center

clinical and research-grade high-throughput sample processing and analysis

The IALS Clinical Testing Center (ICTC) is a unique facility offering both clinical and research-grade high-throughput sample processing and analysis. The equipment and technical services provided by ICTC are unique to anything else available on the UMass Amherst campus and surrounding areas.

This facility accepts both clinical and research samples for high-throughput projects requiring liquid-handling steps such as simple pipetting, microplate washing, nucleic acid extraction, and much more. There is also high-throughput capacity for qPCR assay design and analyses, as well as microplate reading.

The facility accepts samples and will perform requested sample prep and/or analyses. Following an initial consultation, covering experimental parameters is arranged through the director.

Lab Director/Clinical Consultant
Mustafa Barbhuiya, PhD

Technical Supervisor
Peter Reinhart, PhD

General Supervisors
Ashley Eaton, MS
Kimberly Bess, MPH, MT (AMT), MLT (ASCP)
Amy Burnside, PhD

Technical Consultants
Ravi Ranjan, PhD
Amy Burnside, PhD

Technician
Joseph Newlin

Hamilton Microlab STAR Liquid-Handling Robots

The STAR combines Hamilton's patented pipetting technology including precise lock-and-key tip attachment, unrivaled liquid level detection, and comprehensive volume ranges to create flexible liquid handling workstations.

Watch Core Facilities Seminar-IALS Clinical Testing Center on YouTube.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

IALS Clinical Testing Center

2:00 pm

Ashley Eaton, ICTC Manager

Guest Speaker: James Garner, PhD candidate in Department of Environmental Conservation–"Using Passive Genetic Tools - Environmental DNA (eDNA) - to Estimate the Seasonal Abundance of Three Migratory (Diadromous) Fish Species"

Equipment

Hamilton Microlab STAR Liquid-Handling Robots

Hamilton Microlab STAR Liquid-Handling Robots

The STAR combines Hamilton's patented pipetting technology including precise lock-and-key tip attachment, unrivaled liquid level detection, and comprehensive volume ranges to create flexible liquid handling workstations.

BioRad CFX384 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection Systems

BioRad CFX384 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection Systems

High-throughput qPCR systems designed for precise PCR applications. The accompanying CFX Maestro software is easy to customize, and also offers several analysis modes for assay optimization and validation.

Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 7 Pro Real-Time PCR System

Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 7 Pro Real-Time PCR System

Medium-throughput qPCR system with easy software formatting and analysis modules to support unique assay designs, such as SNP genotyping.

SpectraMax iD5 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

SpectraMax iD5 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

The SpectraMax iD5 plate reader measures absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence in one compact instrument. The accompanying plate-stacking module allows for high-throughput microplate reading.

Staff