GRC: The Premier Genomics Resource in Upstate NY
GRC: The Premier Genomics Resource in Upstate NY
The Genomics Research Center provides consultation, technical expertise, and data analytical support to principal investigators performing cutting-edge, high-throughput sequencing and screening experimentation. Located in the James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, our team of 15 trained research scientists and our advanced, next-era instrumentation push the limits on your genetic research, helping you publish and obtain grants.
How can the GRC further my research?
Bioinformatics Group
$2.1
million in grants supported last year
129
principal investigator collaborations last year
418
publications supported or authored
Recent Publications
Kaszuba CM, Rodems BJ, Sharma S, Baker CD, Franco EI, Ito T, Schacht P, Jerreld KP, Johnson EA, Smith BR, Yu C, Quarato ER, Chaves FA, Liesveld JL, Calvi LM, Awad HA, Eliseev RA, Bajaj J (2026) Taurine transporter SLC6A6 expression promotes mesenchymal stromal cell function. Cell Death and Disease DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s414902508233-4
Lee K, Hong CL, Dissanayake W, Kulzhanova G, Pfeffer AN, Li H, Sivakumar S, Yin Z, Quarato ER, Benoodt L, Bajaj J, Cao C, Wu CL, Calvi LM, Yeh SCA (2026) Compartmentalized inflammatory landscape and macrophage plasticity regulate Tet2+/- mediated clonal hematopoiesis. Blood DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024028031
Sharma S, Rodems BJ, Baker CD, Kaszuba CM, Franco EI, Smith BR, Ito T,Swovick K, Welle K, Zhang Y, Rock P, Chaves FA, Ghaemmaghami S, Calvi LM, Ganguly A, Burack WR, Becker MW, Liesveld JL, Brookes PS, Munger JC, Jordan CT, Ashton JM, Bajaj J (2025) Taurine from tumour niche drives glycolysis to promote leukaemogenesisNature DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09018-7
Rambout X, Cho H, Blanc R, Lyu Q, Miano JM, Chakkalakal JV, Nelson GM, Yalamanchili HK, Adelman K, Maquat LE. PGC-1α senses the CBC of pre-mRNA to dictate the fate of promoter-proximally paused RNAPII. Mol Cell. 2023 Jan 19;83(2):186-202.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.12.022. PMID: 36669479; PMCID: PMC9951270.
GRC Seminars & Workshops
Spatial Seminar Series
Part I: April 29 / 10-2 / 2-6424
Part II: July 29 / 10-2 / 2-7520
Part III: Nov 14 / 10-2 / K-207
Materials are available for all parts if you would like to review materials. Please contact us for the material links.
'Omics & Donuts
June 4 2025 / 9:30-11:30 / 3-7619
Presented by: The Center for Advanced Research Technologies (CART) and the Genomics Research Center
Join us for an informational event as we discuss advancements in genomics technologies and hear from University of Rochester researchers leveraging genomics data in their work over coffee and donuts. Learn from researchers in the Gill Lab, the Gerber Lab, and the Gorbunova Lab, and from GRC scientists.
Computational Genomics Workshop
January 10-12
Presented by: The Genomics Research Center and the Georgen Institute for Data Science
Contact Information
Contact Information
Genomics Research Center
University of Rochester
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute Room 3-0771
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704
Rochester NY, 14642
Email: URgenomics
Phone: (585) 275-7250
Daily Hours of Operation (M–F): 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.