Joshua R. Hyman, Ph.D., Core Director
1320 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
Background: Josh has been the director of the UWBC DNA Sequencing Facility since September, 2004. He began his career as a mechanical engineer in the defense industry, but eventually followed his passion and returned to university to pursue a degree in plant breeding and genetics, receiving his PhD in Genetics from Penn State University. His graduate and postdoctoral work focused on tomato and carrot research.
Jeremy Niece, Research Lead
Sanger Sequencing
1322 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
Background: Jeremy has been a member of the DNA Sequencing Facility for 20+ years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Math from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jeremy’s specialty is troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing and Genescan data from our ABi 3730xl sequencers.
Justin Koshalek
1266 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
Background: Justin began working at the Next-Gen Sequencing Facility in 2010. He is a graduate of Madison Area Technical College’s Biotechnology Technician Program and the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a degree in Molecular Biology.
James Speers
1274 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
Background: James has been a member of the DNA Sequencing Facility since 2010, and specializes in 16S metagenomic and amplicon sequencing.
Molly Zeller
1274 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
Background: Molly joined the DNA Sequencing Facility in August 2016 and now manages the facility. She received her BS at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh in 2010 and her MS at Colorado State University in 2015. Both degrees are in Cell and Molecular Biology. You will likely engage with her while inquiring about GBS, PacBio, or any Illumina sequencing projects. She enjoys playing volleyball, traveling, and hanging out with her nephews.
Austin Jaeger
1266 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
Background: Austin has been a Research Specialist at the DNA Sequencing Facility since January 2020. He received a BS in Biology, Physics, and Astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2016. Austin performs blood extractions, preps amplicons, gDNA, GBS, performs quality control, exomes, and loads MiSeq, NextSeq, and NovaSeq sequencers.
Jia-Yi Chan
1262 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
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Emily Quartemont
1264 Biotechnology Center
Email: nextgen-seq@biotech.wisc.edu
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