Adeno-associated Virus Core Facility
The Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) core facility began to provide services in 2020, but has more than 15 years of experience in manufacturing research grade vectors. The main objective of this facility is to provide high quality AAVs with a reasonable price to support fundamental research in Taiwan. We also hold regular workshops to introduce AAVs and their research applications. For details, please refer to our official website.
Location: Room 205B, Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Manager: Dr. Mi-Hua Tao, Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Contact Person: Dr. Cheng-Pu Sun, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Phone Number: 2652-3528
Website:https://www.ibms.sinica.edu.tw/aav/index.html
Availability: Services available to Academia Sinica faculty members and their associates, as well as research institutes and biotech companies outside AS.
Services: Customized large-scale production of AAV, design of vector constructing strategy, consultation on selecting AAV serotypes and expression vectors, on-shelf services for commonly used AAV vectors.
Materials:
- 14 AAV capsid serotypes
- AAV expression plasmids containing various promoters or reporter genes
Adeno-associated Virus Core Facility