UC Davis Genome Center

What UC Davis Genome Center does

The UC Davis Genome Center is a public university research unit established in 2003 as a campus-wide genomics and bioinformatics initiative, operating from the Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility in Davis, California. It runs five integrated core facilities — Bioinformatics, DNA Technologies and Expression Analysis, West Coast Metabolomics, Proteomics, and TILLING — that provide genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and reverse-genetics services on an at-cost, as-needed basis to UC Davis faculty, with off-campus access granted only when spare capacity exists. The center's technology stack spans Illumina short-read sequencing, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, 10X Genomics single-cell and Visium spatial transcriptomics, multiple LC-MS/MS and GC-MS mass spectrometers, high-performance computing infrastructure, and validated pipelines covering more than 1,200 identified metabolites, supported by roughly 20 resident plus 24 non-resident affiliate faculty drawn from 22 departments across six schools and colleges. Its business model is a not-for-profit recharge-rate system rather than a commercial revenue engine: services are billed at actual cost, the center is funded by the University of California's state appropriation and externally won research grants routed through individual principal investigators, and there are no external investors, no commercial product pricing, and no disclosed annual financials. The center is led by Director Blake Meyers (appointed August 2023), with four associate directors spanning genomics, human genomics, and bioinformatics, and strategic leadership roles across affiliated programs including the Earth BioGenome Project, the Innovation Institute for Food and Health, the Microbiome Special Research Program, and the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy.

Name

UC Davis Genome Center

Legal name

The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus

Website

https://genomecenter.ucdavis.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The UC Davis Genome Center is a public university research unit operating five -omics core facilities (bioinformatics, DNA technologies, metabolomics, proteomics, TILLING) that provide genomics, sequencing, and mass spectrometry services at cost to UC Davis faculty across 22 departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Genomics Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Bioinformatics, Multi-Omics Data Analysis & Interpretation Services (HLAGANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Molecular Biology & Genomics Instruments (PCR/qPCR, Sequencing, Microarrays) (HLAGAIAF), Bioinformatics & Multi-omics Analysis Software (HLAGAJAD), Transcriptomics & Gene Expression Profiling Services (HLAGANAE)

Keywords

• Genomics research services
• DNA sequencing services
• Proteomics analysis services
• Metabolomics core facility
• Bioinformatics support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Davis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Core Facility Services: Services are provided at-cost based on recharge rates that reflect actual cost of analysis, providing cost-effective access to technologies for UC Davis faculty and off-campus users when capacity allows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The UC Davis Genome Center provides at-cost -omics technology services through five integrated core facilities: Bioinformatics, DNA Technologies & Expression Analysis, West Coast Metabolomics Center, Proteomics, and TILLING. Services include high-throughput and custom sequencing (Illumina, PacBio, Nanopore), proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics analysis, and reverse genetics for rice, Arabidopsis, and tomato. Services are delivered to UC Davis faculty and, when capacity allows, to off-campus users.

Product overview

The UC Davis Genome Center operates as a multi-service research facility offering five integrated core facilities that provide 'omics technologies on an at-cost, as-needed basis. The portfolio includes: the Bioinformatics Core for biological data acquisition and analysis; the DNA Technologies & Expression Analysis Core for sequencing and genotyping services; the West Coast Metabolomics Center for metabolite analysis; the Proteomics Core for protein identification and quantification; and the TILLING Core for reverse genetics. Complementary offerings include Kitbase (mutant database), Yeast One Hybrid Services, and comprehensive training programs across all omics disciplines. The cores are designed to work collaboratively, with joint consultations offered between cores (e.g., DNA Core with Bioinformatics Core for sequence data analysis). Services are provided at recharge rates reflecting actual costs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bioinformatics Core

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Earth BioGenome Project (EBP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal project aims to sequence all known eukaryotic organisms on Earth to conserve biodiversity. Harris Lewin, Genome Center faculty member, serves as chair of the Earth BioGenome Project.
• Innovation Institute for Food and Health (IIFH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute aims to deploy products that provide safe and sustainable foods. Justin Siegel, Genome Center faculty member, serves as faculty director.
• Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy (IFAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDedicated to making scientific research accessible, relevant, and interesting to everyone. Pamela Ronald, Genome Center faculty, is the director.
• Microbiome Special Research ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromotes and transforms microbiome research focusing on Interdisciplinary Innovation, Training and Education, Infrastructure and Resources, and Community Building. Jonathon Eisen is the director.
• Perinatal Origins of Disparities CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCombines behavioral science and technology to understand prenatal and early life factors affecting health. Co-directed by Janine LaSalle, Associate Director of Genome Center.
• Biodiversity Genomics EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean consortium using DNA data to characterize and conserve life on Earth, affiliated with Earth BioGenome Project. UC Davis is a collaborating partner with Harris Lewin chairing EBP Working Group.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Broad Institute Genomics Platform: Larger, nationally-recognized genomics core facility operated by the Broad Institute (MIT/Harvard). Provides high-throughput sequencing, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics services at significantly greater scale, with both academic and external commercial customers.
• Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center: Major NIH-funded sequencing center providing high-throughput genomic services to a national network of researchers. Operates at much larger scale than UC Davis Genome Center, with significant federal program involvement (e.g., All of Us).
• Washington University Genome Center (McDonnell Genome Institute): Large-scale genome center at Washington University providing sequencing, clinical genomics, and bioinformatics services. Comparable academic genome center but with significantly larger external funding base and national program roles.
• NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC): NIH-funded sequencing center providing high-throughput genomic services to NIH intramural researchers. Comparable large-scale academic/federal sequencing operation but with a federal rather than state-university funding base.

Direct peers

• UC San Diego Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM): UCSD's genomics core facility offering sequencing, genotyping, and bioinformatics services to academic researchers. Direct peer offering the same core services to a similar academic customer base within the same UC system.
• UCLA Technology Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (TCGB): UCLA-operated core facility providing genomics, sequencing, and bioinformatics services to UCLA researchers. Comparable multi-omics core facility within the University of California system with a similar at-cost pricing model.
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Biotechnology Center: University core facility providing DNA sequencing, gene expression, proteomics, and bioinformatics services to UW–Madison faculty. Closely comparable multi-omics academic core facility with a similar at-cost service model.
• Cornell Institute of Biotechnology: Cornell's genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics core facility serving academic researchers with similar at-cost service model. Comparable scope in agricultural and life sciences research applications.
• Stanford Functional Genomics Facility / Stanford Genome Technology Center: Stanford's academic core facility for genomics, sequencing, and bioinformatics services to faculty researchers. Shares the same multi-omics service model, academic recharge structure, and customer base as UC Davis Genome Center.
• UC Berkeley QB3 Functional Genomics Laboratory: Operates as a university core facility providing genomics, single-cell, and sequencing services to UC Berkeley faculty — the closest structural analog to UC Davis Genome Center within the same UC system, serving the same academic research customer segment with a comparable at-cost recharge model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/genomecenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-genome-center

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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