ACQUISITION OF NUCLEIC ACID SPECTROPHOTOMETER (NANODROP) FOR NUCLEIC ACID QUANTITY AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT

• Sponsoring Institution: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: ANIMAL HEALTH
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 1026938
• Project Start Date: Jul 20, 2021
• Project End Date: Sep 30, 2022
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
2229 Lincoln Way
AMES,IA 50011

Performing Department
VETERINARY CLINICAL SCIENCES

Non Technical Summary
Extraction of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) is an integral component of research involving nucleic acid analysis including but not limited to PCR. This piece of equipment will allow faculty to assess small quantities of DNA or RNA extractions (thus saving the majority of the extraction for research/down stream purposes) to ensure that we are producing high quality work.

Animal Health Component

50%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

50%

Applied

50%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
311	3999	1040	100%

Knowledge Area
311 - Animal Diseases;

Subject Of Investigation
3999 - Animal research, general;

Field Of Science
1040 - Molecular biology;

Keywords

nucleic acid

pcr

dna

rna

Goals / Objectives
The goal of this project is to obtain a nanodrop nucleic acid qualification and quantification system for use by all Vet Med faculty working with agriculture and food-producing animals. This piece of equipment will improve research efforts within the college by completing an encompassing laboratory set up for DNA and RNA extaction, quantification/qualification and PCR that is available for use by faculty within the veterinary college.

Project Methods
This piece of equipment is versitile and will be used by numerous laboratory groups for a wide variety of diverse projects.