Viral Core

Biochemistry Viral Core

The Biochemistry Viral Core is located in the Department of Biochemistry in the Health Sciences Center at West Virginia University. The mission of the core is twofold: to provide research grade virus to the WVU research community and to develop new viral vectors with improved efficacy. The Viral Core is at the moment focused on the packaging, purification and titration of single stranded and self-complementary adeno-associated virions of serotype 2, 7M8, 8 and 9, with additional serotypes available upon request. Virions are produced using HEK/293T cells and plasmid transfection and purified by ultracentrifugation.