PANDA Core at the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center

This core facility serves all University investigators, as well as researchers from other academic institutions and industries with an interest in microbiome analysis. It provides the research community the facility and expertise to characterize complex microbial communities and microbial interactions using state-of-the-art instrumentation and highly trained personnel who provide support ranging from experimental design to data analysis. These individuals are proficient in processing and analyzing samples from a large variety of sources, including human and animal models of human disease as well as all environmental samples, such as soil and water.