Hello everybody, I posted a question a few weeks ago regarding a company /an institution that does SNP genotyping for reasonable prices and as some people asked me to post the answers, here they are. My original question is posted below. Thanks a lot to all who responded, your comments were very helpful! By the way: we have not decided yet which offer to take, so there is no final judgement from my side. But it seems that the actual price is going to be like 12,000 Euros at least - if you go for a company. Best, Katharina --- Hi all, Does anyone know (and recommend) a company (or any other institution) that genotypes home-made SNPs for a reasonable price? We have fish DNA of at least 2-400 individuals and would like to genotype around 100 SNPs (already developed) in them. The offers we got so far range around at least 20,000 Euros, which overspends our budget... Happy for any suggestion, Katharina Answers: Someone suggested to contact Maribel Riveiro, riveirom@dnalandmarks.ca - www.dnalandmarks.ca http://www.kbiosciences.co.uk -- they were recommended from several people and seem to be not too expensive -- and they have a cost calculator at their web site Applied Biosystems Open array platform -- seems like they design the primers for you and prep the plate and all you have to do is bring your samples and load the machine... https://products.appliedbiosystems.com/ab/en/US/adirect/ab?cmd=catNavigate2&catID=605780&tab=DetailInfo Two reasonably priced facilities inCanada: 1.Sick Kids Hospital inToronto http://www.tcag.ca/dnaSequencingSynthesis.html 2. McGill / GenomeQuebec Innovation Centre http://www.genomequebecplatforms.com/mcgill/services/genotyping/index.aspx?l=e 'We have always found Sick Kids to be cheaper and more willing to work on smaller scale projects' MassARRAY system by Sequenom, f.ex.implemented in CIGENE,Norway, contact "Paul Ragnar Berg" or http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihg/research/facilities/flx/sequenom.htm http://www.src.sk.ca/html/research_technology/ag_bio/genserve_lab/about_us/index.cfm New Mexico State University, Roche-454 FLX Genome Sequencer, contact Peter Houde genomics@biology.nmsu.edu http://biology-web.nmsu.edu/houde/conspirators.htm maybe try new technologies likehttp://www.raindancetechnologies.com/ for cheaper genotyping MTT Agrifood ResearchFinland, ask Johanna Vilkki University of Wisconsin -- see website, but they charge 48.5% overhead to external clients (http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/ServicesResearch/DNA/DNASeq/Genotyping.asp) v.lucchini@ngbgenetics.com - offer the analysis of 96 SNPs in 480 samples for around 13.000 euro. The laboratory is certified ISO 17025. -- Katharina Oetjen PhD student Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Hüfferstr. 1 48149 Münster Tel.: +49 (0) 251 83 21652 Fax: +49 (0) 251 83 24668 Email: oetjen@uni-muenster.de http://www.uni-muenster.de/Evolution.PlantEvolEcol/People/Katharina/ oetjen@uni-muenster.de