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ALERT ATTENTION ⚠️
In observance of a holiday, Agilent CrossLab/iLab Operations Software Support Help Desk will be closed during U.S. hours on Friday, June 19th, 2026. We will resume regular U.S. support hours on Monday, June 22nd, 2026. EU and APAC Support will remain open during this time. For urgent matters, please add "Urgent" to the ticket/email subject or press "1" when prompted to escalate a call on the iLab Support phone, and we will prioritize those requests first.
ALERT The mission of the Microbiome Core Facility is to support the research at MD Anderson Cancer Center by providing high quality of sequencing technologies to profile microbiota for microbiome studies.
The services provide by the core include:
Samuel Shelburne, MD, PhD | Director
SShelburne@mdanderson.org
Tina Chang, PhD | Core Manager
cchang2@mdanderson.org
Ivonne Flores, BS | Research Investigator
IIbarra1@mdanderson.org
| Hours | Location |
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Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM |
Microbiome Core Facility-South Campus |
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Shelburne, MD, PhD |
Co-Director
|
SShelburne(at)mdanderson.org
|
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| Tina Chang, PhD |
Core Manager
|
832-750-1529
|
CChang2(at)mdanderson.org
|
South Campus, 4SCR5.1030
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| Service list |
| ► 16S Sequencing (2) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16S V4 Sequencing (all sample types) |
16S Sequencing for stool, frozen tumor, buccal swab. |
Inquire | |
| Sample QC | |||
| ► Illumina MiSeq (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| MiSeq Reagent Nano Kit v2 250 bp PE flow cell (500 Cycles) | |||
| ► Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Shallow Shotgun Sequencing (8-10M reads) | |||
