Contact

Send the CAT an email

Sequencing needs and questions: catcore [at] ucsf.edu

bioinformatics needs and questions: catbioinformatics [at] ucsf.edu

Join our email lists

The CAT has three list serves, one for general information and another two for sequencing and bioinformatics information respectively. 

The CAT general info list covers information about our sequencing services, equipment and seminars. To subscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected], leave the subject blank, and include “subscribe cat_info FIRSTNAME LASTNAME” in the body without quotes in the e-mail.

To subscribe to our CAT bioinformatics list, send an e-mail to [email protected] leave the subject blank, and include "subscribe bioinformatics FIRSTNAME LASTNAME" in the body without the quotes in the e-mail.

Hours of Operation

Monday - Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m

24/7 keycard access is available by request

CAT Physical Address and Shipping Instructions

The CAT Core is located at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus Genentech Hall in room GH-S252, please use the following address when shipping samples:

UCSF CAT Lab Attn: GH-S252

600 16th Street

San Francisco CA 94158

Referencing the CAT Core and Publications

When submitting manuscripts, please acknowledge the CAT by including the text: “Sequencing was performed at the UCSF CAT, supported by UCSF PBBR, RRP IMIA, and NIH 1S10OD028511-01 grants.” 

To aid our facility in future grant submissions, it helps to reference labs and publications that have benefited from our core please notify us of your achievement by emailing catcore [at] ucsf.edu the PMID number, lab, and the piece of equipment used in the paper.