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Genomics Research Platform
Last update: 28th Dec 2023
If you have any queries please email the Genomics team at BRC.Genomics@gstt.nhs.uk
Please carefully read the 10th floor access and lab requirements below.
10th floor access for users
When you are using the Genomics lab, you must:
New Equipment (Dec 2023)
Please contact us at BRC.genomics@gstt.nhs.uk if you have any queries.
Normal Opening Times
The Genomics Lab is only accessible during office hours, 8am to 6pm Monday - Friday.
The Genomics Lab won't be accessible outside of these hours for the forseeable future.
The R&D Department at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) runs a Genomics Research Platform Laboratory located on the 10th Floor of Tower Wing at Guy's Hospital in London. The GSTT Genomics Research Platform is equipped with state of the art tools required for functional genomics and transcriptomics analyses using Illumina's next generation sequencing. The facility is operated by highly trained staff and provides services to academic and clinical groups at Guy’s Hospital, Kings Health Partners, Kings College London, other Universities, Hospitals and Industry.
Equipped with NextSeq 2000, Nanopore GridION and MiSeq sequencers, the Genomics Research Platform Laboratory provides library preparation and sequencing services. We also provide, on an hourly rate, the use of specialised equipment such as the Covaris, Eppendorf vacuum concentrator, Qubit, Agilent Bioanalyzer, Agilent Tapestation 2200 and Quantstudio 7 real time PCR machine. Training is given to enable the use of specialised equipment and users trained by the Genomics Research Platform Laboratory team are eligible to schedule equipment in the facility for their use. We also provide data analysis as a service for the majority of library types.
Please note that some library preparations are conducted as service and others as a collaboration.
Collaborative projects will require authorships for Genomics team members contributing to your project.
List of our Library preparation and sequencing services
Note: Please contact Pawan Dhami (pawan.dhami@kcl.ac.uk) to enquire about any library preparations/assays not listed above.
Library clean up services on Pippin Prep (Please enquire)
Sequencing services are available on
1. NextSeq 2000
2. MiSeq
3. GridION X5 (please contact Pawan Dhami, pawan.dhami@kcl.ac.uk, to discuss projects for long read sequencing)
List of equipment available to customers for use (Training mandatory)
1. Covaris E220
2. Agilent Tapestation 4150
3. Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100
4. Qubit
5. Promega Glomax plate reader
6. Eppendorf vacuum concentrator
7. Pippin Prep
8. Quantstudio 7 (96- and 384-well plates)
For information on our services and prices email us at: BRC.Genomics@gstt.nhs.uk
Team Members
Head of Genomics Research Platform and Single Cell Laboratory : Dr. Pawan Dhami
Email: pawan.dhami@kcl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 2071887997
Senior Genomics Bioinformatician : Mr. Athul Menon Kallayil
Email: athul.menon@kcl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 2071883707
Technical Manager: Vacant
Senior Genomics Technician: Mrs. Michelle Kleeman
Email: michelle.kleeman@kcl.ac.uk
Senior Genomics Technician: Dr. Heli Vaikkinen
Email: heli.vaikkinen@kcl.ac.uk
Senior Genomics Technician: Ms. Kathy Fung
Email: kathy.fung@kcl.ac.uk
Senior Genomics Technician: Mr. Carlos Jimenez Verdejo
Email: carlos.jimenez@kcl.ac.uk
Senior Genomics Technician: Ms. Iffat Rahman
Email: Iffat.2.rahman@kcl.ac.uk
Administrative Assistant: Ms. Hollie Bolt
Email: Hollie.Bolt@gstt.nhs.uk
Genomics Core email: BRC.Genomics@gstt.nhs.uk
| Hours | Location |
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Staff assistance: Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm Access: Mon to Fri, 8am to 6pm |
The Genomics Research Platform Laboratory Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is located within the Advanced Therapies Centre, 10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital London SE1 9RT |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Athul Menon |
Senior Genomics Bioinformatician
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020 7188 3707 (office)
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athul.menon@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Ms. Hollie Bolt |
Administrative Assistant
|
020 7188 3707 (office)
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Hollie.Bolt@gstt.nhs.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Mrs. Michelle Kleeman |
Senior Genomics Technician
|
020 718 87995 (Lab) or 020 7188 3707 (office)
|
michelle.kleeman@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Dr. Pawan Dhami |
Head of Genomics Research Platform and Single Cell Laboratory
|
020 71887997 (Office)
|
pawan.dhami@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Dr. Heli Vaikkinen |
Senior Genomics Technician
|
020 7188 3707 (office)
|
heli.vaikkinen@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Ms. Kathy Fung |
Senior Genomics Technician
|
020 7188 3707 (office)
|
kathy.fung@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Mr. Carlos Jimenez Verdejo |
Senior Genomics Technician
|
020 7188 3707 (office)
|
carlos.jimenez@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
|
| Ms. Iffat Rahman |
Senior Genomics Technician
|
020 7188 3707 (office)
|
iffat.2.rahman@kcl.ac.uk
|
10th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital
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