In 2014, the Center for Genome Innovation (CGI) was established within the Institute for Systems Genomics (ISG) with oversight by the UConn Office of the Vice President for Research. The mission of the CGI is to provide state-of-the-art expertise in genome technologies while facilitating genomics research for faculty and students across the University of Connecticut campuses. Our services and facilities support both internal users as well as external users from other academic institutions, non-profit agencies and biotech companies.

Located on both the Storrs and Farmington campuses, the CGI’s infrastructure offers a diverse portfolio of genomics applications and instrumentation, including liquid handling robotics and microfluidics, multiple next generation sequencing platforms (Illumina, Oxford Nanorpore Technologies and PacBio), microarrays, ddPCR, and ancillary equipment needed for QC and library preparation. In 2025, the microbiome focused MARS facility joined the CGI, strengthening our portfolio of next-generation sequencing applications and support. Data from the CGI flows seamlessly to the end user or through our Computational Biology Core, a nexus for computational biology support.