University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)

CCSG Acknowledgement

Required CCSG Acknowledgement

The NCI requires that publications acknowledge the UPCI CCSG support, and they are tracking compliance. If a UPCI CCSG-supported Shared Facility provided data used in your publication, please include the following statement in the acknowledgment section of your publication(s):

"This project used the UPCI [insert name(s) of shared facility(ies)] that [is/are] supported in part by award P30CA047904."

Shared Facility Directors: Please make sure to include this statement on all of your order forms, contracts, etc. as a reminder to your users to acknowledge the UPCI CCSG support.


Genomics Services: RNA Expression

Other RNA Services

Nucleic Acid Extraction



Currently, the CBF offers the Affymetrix, CodeLink, and Illumina platforms for mRNA expression, and the Affymetrix and Exiqon platforms for miRNA expression.

We also offer Life Technologies TaqMan 7900 and the SABiosciences SYBR Green qRT–PCR platforms for non-array based gene expression studies.

Please select a platform from below to find out more information.

Affymetrix CodeLink Illumina

Exiqon qRT-PCR