Affymetrix
GeneChips™
The following Affymetrix GeneChips are available to us at special Boston Academic Consortium prices. We provide both arrays and reagents to academic users at cost.
| Array Name | Description | Array | Reagents | Labor | Total |
| U133 2.0 Plus | Human Transcriptome, complete, ~ 51,000 probesets [more info] | $400 | $200 | $300 | $900 |
| U133A 2.0 | Human Transcriptome, annotated sequences, ~ 22,500 probesets [more info] | $250 | $200 | $300 | $750 |
| U133A* | Human Transcriptome, annotated sequences, ~ 22,500 probesets
[more info] This chip can be replaced with the new U133A 2.0 or U133 2.0 Plus arrays |
$350 | $200 | $300 | $850 |
| U133B* | Human Transcriptome, unannotated sequences, ~ 22,500 probesets
[more info] The content on this array is also contained on the U133 2.0 Plus arrays |
$350 | $25 | $150 | $525 |
| MOE430 2.0 | Mouse Transcriptome, complete, ~ 45,000 probesets [more info] | $400 | $200 | $300 | $900 |
| MOE430A 2.0 | Mouse Transcriptome, annotated sequences, ~ 22,500 probesets [more info] | $250 | $200 | $300 | $750 |
| MOE430A* | Mouse Transcriptome, annotated sequences, ~ 22,500 probesets
[more info] This chip can be replaced with the new MOE430 2.0 or MOE430A 2.0 arrays |
$350 | $200 | $300 | $850 |
| MOE430B* | Mouse Transcriptome, unannotated sequences, ~ 22,500 probesets
[more info] The content on this array is also contained on the MOE430 2.0 array |
$350 | $25 | $150 | $525 |
| ROE230A* | Rat Transcriptome, annotated sequences, ~ 16,000 probesets [more info] | $325 | $200 | $300 | $825 |
| ROE230B* | Rat Transcriptome, unannotated sequences, ~ 16,000 probesets [more info] | $325 | $25 | $150 | $500 |
| Canine Transcriptome, ~21,600 transcripts [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 | |
| Xenopus laevis Transcriptome, ~14,400 transcripts [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 | |
| Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Transcriptome, ~14,900 transcripts [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 | |
| S98 | Yeast Transcriptome, ~7,000 probesets [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 |
| ATH1 | Arabidopsis Transcriptome, ~16,000 probesets [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 |
| Drosophila Transcriptome, ~13,500 probesets [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 | |
| C. elegans Transcriptome, ~22,500 probesets [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 | |
| E. coli Transcriptome, ~5,500 probesets [more info] | $275 | $100 | $300 | $675 | |
| P. aeruginosa Transcriptome, ~6,000 probesets [more info] | $275 | $200 | $300 | $775 | |
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*previous generations of the human (U95), mouse (U74) and rat (U34) arrays are also available to continue projects that are already in progress |
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For the organisms which list both an A and a B chip, the A chip contains the best annotated genes from the organism, while the B chip contain mostly ESTs, splice variants, and poorly annotated transcripts. As you can see from the price breakdown above, the cost of running both A and B chips is less than double the cost of running just the A chip. This is because the processed RNA from a single sample can be hybridized to multiple arrays.
Affymetrix GeneChips are available at the Boston Academic Consortium prices. Due to the nature of our agreements with Affymetrix, we can only offer chips at these prices to academic investigators. Other groups are encouraged to purchase their GeneChips from Affymetrix, and bring them to the microarray resource for hybridization.
Reagents and Labor
The reagent fee covers our direct cost for the enzymes and materials required to prepare labelled cRNA and hybridize it to the GeneChip microarray. From start to finish, the sample labelling and hybridization takes about three days, and the labor fee covers our personnel costs for this processing. Our charge for labor is very competitive with other facilities. Remember, this price also includes comprehensive assistance with data analysis, a service unique to the Boston University Microarray Resource.
Experimental Design and Data Analysis
In order to make sure that you get the most out of your microarray experiment, we provide users of the Microarray Resource with free data analysis assistance. This includes guidance on experimental design and statistical analysis, as well as access to software that allows sophisticated data mining and visualization.
