Contact the GEGF
To help us best serve you, please select a category so you can be connected to the best contact for your inquiry. Facility operators have multiple areas of expertise, listed below.
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Initial Consultation
Technology Options
Project Design
Cost of Technology -
Laser Capture Microscopy
Initial Consultation for Affymetrix Expression & ABI Expression
Data Analysis/Interpretation for Affymetrix Expression & ABI Expression
Usergroup Meetings, Software Workshops, or BIOC 460 Course -
Affymetrix Mapping Arrays
ABI Genotyping Assays
Affymetrix Gene Expression
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Affymetrix Gene Expression
Affymetrix Expression WT Arrays
ABI Expression Realtime RT-PCR
ABI Expression Realtime RT-PCR
Affymetrix Gene Expression
Affymetrix Mapping Arrays
Information Technology
Database Registration
Data Analysis Suite
1. Director of GEGF, Dr. Martina Veigl
Tel: 216-368-5689
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email: mlv2@case.edu
Contact Category:
Initial Consultation
Technology Options
Project Design
Cost of Technology
Marty has many years of experience interacting with and providing critical services to Cancer Center members. With the Advisory Board, she developed the Facility’s business plan.
Dr. Veigl’s commitment to the Gene Expression & Genotyping Facility developed from a combination of her own direct research interests in exploitation of this technology and from her commitment to providing important services for her colleagues in the Cancer Center. Dr. Veigl has direct experience with both RNA and DNA technology, and following upon her interest in mutation spectra and gene mutation databases, has developed expertise in data manipulation and database management. She is committed to assuring that this Facility remains on the cutting edge of this rapidly developing high through-put technologies to assess gene expression & to identify DNA SNPs.
2. Scientific Manager, Patrick Leahy, PhD.
Tel: 216-368-0761
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email: pxl24@case.edu
Contact Category:
Laser Capture Microscopy
Initial Consultation for Affymetrix Expression & ABI Expression
Data Analysis/Interpretation for Affymetrix Expression & ABI Expression
Usergroup Meetings, Software Workshops, or BIOC 460 Course
Dr. Leahy has extensive experience in molecular biology having spent many years investigating the signal transduction pathways controlling intermediate metabolism. He joined the Facility as Manager in February, 2000. Dr. Leahy is expert in all technical aspects of the Affymetrix gene expression array system. This includes all areas from consultation on experimental design and sample preparation to sample processing, data acquisition, management and analytical mining. Dr. Leahy continually monitors new developments in the field with a view toward incorporating these developments into the list of services offered by the Facility to its clients. He facilitates a Users Group forum in which he presents instructional material on quality control issues, and data analysis and disseminates the latest breaking information on new products and services. Dr. Leahy also has several collaborative arrangements with Facility Users and serves as User Group Meeting Coordinator.
3. Operational Manager, Debora Poruban
Tel: 216-368-8748
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email: dcp10@case.edu
Contact Category:
Affymetrix Mapping Arrays
ABI Genotyping Assays
Affymetrix Gene Expression
Billing Related Questions
Debora joined the Facility in April, 2002. Prior to coming to academia, she worked in a high throughput Bioinformatics DNA screening group at the Genetics Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is proficient in all the aspects of the Affymetrix GeneChip platform, for both expression and mapping arrays. She is also a qualified operator of the ABI RT-PCR platform, utilized for expression and genotyping studies. As Facility Manager, Debora continues to utilize her organizational and troubleshooting skills to improve workflow and sample tracking for the facility.
4. Operator, Chunbiao Li
Tel: 216-368-5651
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email: cxl65@case.edu
Contact Category:
Affymetrix Gene Expression
Affymetrix Expression WT Arrays
ABI Expression Realtime RT-PCR
Chunbiao Li has many years of experience in molecular and cellular biology, particularly in the field of regulation of gene expression. He spent four years in the Department of Reproductive biology in CWRU investigating the role of the renin-angiotensin system in pregnancy-induced hypertension. That position leaned heavily on the use of quantitative RT-PCR, in situ hybridization and other molecular and cellular biological techniques. Later, he joined the National Prion Disease Surveillance Center at CWRU, where he became involved in the clinical diagnosis of Jacob-Creutzfeldt disease by protein chemistry methods. He joined our Core Facility in October, 2002, and currently processes almost all Affymetrix and Quantitative RT-PCR expression projects. He is the most experienced member of our staff in the area of PCR-based technology. He also assists clients with their ABI SNP projects. Chunbiao draws from an extensive background in medicine, molecular and cellular biology and brings strong talents, acquired during these earlier experiences, to bear on our clients’ expression projects.
5. Operator, Vai Pathak
Tel: 216-368-5650
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email:vsp6@case.edu
Contact Category:
ABI Expression Realtime RT-PCR
Affymetrix Gene Expression
Vai is a graduate of Syracuse University with Bachelors in Science in Biochemisty and minor in Psychology. He is a new recruit of the Gene Expression and Genotyping Facility (GEGF) as a Research Assistant II. Vai’s previous experience includes working within a core facility focused in neuroscience at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, and as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician. Vai’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, ABI expression and Affymetrix Expression.
6. Operator, Tom Merk
Tel: 216-368-3088
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email:tlm8@case.edu
Contact Category:
Affymetrix Mapping Arrays
Tom works evenings and primarily processes samples for Affymetrix Mapping Arrays. Tom is a secondary contact for this service.
7. Information Technologist, Charles Greathouse
Tel: 216-368-6951
Fax: 216-368-8919
Email:charlesgreathouse@case.edu
Contact Category:
Information Technology
Database Registration
Data Analysis Suite
Charles is the part time Facility IT administrator. Contact Charles if you have questions regarding our sample registration database, our web site, or if you need access to the Data Analysis Tools Suite.