About

Genomics WA

 

Our labs will be closed from 24th December 2025, re-opening on the 5th of January 2026.

We wish you a joyful and peaceful Holiday season and look forward to helping you with your projects in 2026 and beyond.

 

Contact us on Genomics.WA@thekids.org.au for quotations for your projects or costings for your grants and for any urgent matters.

 

 

Overview of Services

Genomics WA is a genomics service provision laboratory in Perth, Australia. We provide cutting edge genomics and data analysis services to biomedical and non-biomedical researchers, our services are listed below.  Our laboratories are located on two sites on the QEII campus. Our DNA and RNA library preparation and Illumina sequencing laboratories are located on the 6th floor of the Perkins building and our Single cell Laboratory, long read sequencing laboratory and GWA TKI offices are located on the 6th and 7th floors of the Telethon Kids Institute.

For enquiries and quotations, contact us on Genomics.WA@telethonkids.org.au   OR use the Request a Quote tab.

 

 

 

Services on offer

Library preparation and sequencing

  1. Poly A RNA-Seq - stranded with UMI
  2. Whole transcriptome RNA-Seq (ribodepletion) - Stranded with UMI
  3. Whole transcriptome RNA-Seq for blood (ribo and globin depletion)- Stranded with UMI
  4. Whole transcriptome RNA-Seq for plants (ribodepletion) - Stranded with UMI
  5. Poly A RNAseq - stranded without UMI
  6. Whole transcriptome RNA-Seq (ribodepletion) - Stranded without UMI
  7. Small RNAseq
  8. Low input non-stranded Poly A RNA-Seq (SMARTSeq)
  9. Direct from cell non-stranded Poly A RNA-Seq 
  10. Direct from cell BCR
  11. WGS with PCR (mechanical fragmentation)
  12. WGS with PCR (enzymatic fragmentation)
  13. WGS PCR free (enzymatic fragmentation)
  14. WGS PCR free (Covaris Fragmentation)
  15. WGS with UMIs for contaminated samples (Plant/Animal/microbial/ Coral)
  16. 16S sequencing for V3-V4 region
  17. Custom Amplicon Sequencing using primers provided by client
  18. ATAC-Seq
  19. ChIP-Seq
  20. EM-Seq
  21. Amplicon-Seq
  22. Whole Exome Sequencing
  23. Direct from cell WGS
  24. 3' end GEM-X from single cells on 10x Chromium X
  25. 3' end GEM-X with feature barcoding on 10x Chromium X
  26. 5' end GEM-X from single cells on 10x Chromium X
  27. 5' GEM-X with V(D)J sequencing from single cells on 10x Chromium X
  28. 5' GEM-X with V(D)J sequencing and feature barcoding from single cells on 10x Chromium X
  29. 5' GEM-X with feature barcoding from single cells on 10x Chromium X
  30. Single cell Multiome on 10x Chromium X
  31. Single cell Flex (Fixed cell profiling) multiplexed or singleplexed on 10x Chromium X 
  32. Single cell 3' or 5' GEM-X multiplexed with shallow WGS for deconvolution back to the original sample
  33. Kinnex 16S library preparation and sequencing on PacBio Vega
  34. Library preparation for WGS (microbial) for long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  35. Standard WGS library preparation for long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  36. Longer WGS library preparation and long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  37. Bespoke longer WGS library preparation and long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  38. Custom Amplicon library preparation and long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  39. Kinnex RNA-Seq library preparation and long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  40. Kinnex single cell isoform profiling and long read sequencing on PacBio Vega
  41. Spatial transcriptomics using Visium V2 for Cyt Assist (Fresh frozen, Fixed frozen and FFPE archived slides)
  42. Spatial transcriptomics using Visium HD (Probes and Poly A)
  43. Plasmid Seq on ElysION

 

NGS services on the following sequencers

  1. NovaSeq X
  2. MiSeq i100 Plus
  3. iSeq
  4. Pac Bio Vega
  5. ONT library preparation and Sequencing on ElysION

 

 

Bioinformatics data analysis services with set end points for libraries prepared and sequenced in our lab

1. For RNAseq: Analysis endpoint- Alignment and post alignment QC, Output is aligned files and post alignment QC 

2. For RNAseq: Analysis endpoint-List of DEGs and pathway analysis, Output is aligned files, post alignment QC, list of DEGs,  hierarchical clustering, PCA plots, basic pathway analysis and a report

3. For DNAseq: Analysis endpoint- Alignment and post alignment QC, Output is aligned files and post alignment QC 

4. For DNAseq: Analysis endpoint- List of raw variants

5. For 16S short read: Analysis endpoint - Dada2 output

6. For single cell workflows: Analysis endpoint: Cell Ranger analysis, Output is cell clusters called with lists of DEGs between clusters viewable on Loupe browser

7. For single cell workflows: Analysis endpoint: Seurat output

8. For Spatial transcriptomics on CytAssist: Analysis endpoint: Space ranger output

9. Bespoke analysis: Please discuss with us

 


Our laboratories are located at multiple sites on the QEII Campus. 

Sample submission is by appointment only, please see below locations for sample drop off based on service required

 

Sample Type Where Location
Cells for Single cell library preparation on Chromium X 10x Single Cell Laboratory Room 633, Level 6 The Kids Institute
Samples for long read library preparation and sequencing on Vega PacBio Laboratory Room 756, Level 7 The Kids Institute
Samples for ElysION library preparation and Sequencing Lab 101 Level 1 Perkins Building
Samples / Tissue slides for library preparation from DNA, RNA, spatial transcriptomics Pre PCR laboratory Level 1 Perkins Building
Samples for Illumina Sequencing  Post PCR laboratory Level 1 Perkins Building

 

 

Equipment use Locations

Instrument Location
Tapestation 4200 HPIMR Analyser lab, Level 1 Perkins Building
MiSeq i100 Plus Lab 101, Level 1, Perkins Building
ElysION (coming soon)Lab 101, Level 1, Perkins Building Lab 101, Level 1, Perkins Building
Vacuum dryer Pre PCR, HPIMR  Pre-PCR laboratory, Level 1 Perkins Building
Covaris E220  Pre-PCR laboratory, Level 1 Perkins Building
Qubit HPIMR Analyser lab, Level 1 Perkins Building
Tapestation 4200 The Kids Room 633, Level 6 Telethon Kids Institute
Vacuum dryer  The Kids Room 633, Level 6 Telethon Kids Institute
Qubit The Kids Room 633, Level 6 Telethon Kids Institute

 

Our team

 

Name Role Email
Prof. Alka Saxena Director alka.saxena@perkins.org.au
Dr. Hadi Shamaileh Technical manager Hadi.AlShamaileh@thekids.org.au
Dr Ulrich Kadolsky Bioinformatics and IT Manager ulrich.kadolsky@perkins.org.au
Mr Paul Egan Quality Assurance Lead paul.egan@perkins.org.au
Dr Ali Sadiq Cheema Scientific Officer  Alisadiq.Cheema@thekids.org.au
Dr Clementine Merce Bioinformatics Scientist  Clementine.Merce@thekids.org.au
Ms Reenu Joy Genomics Technician   Reenu.Joy@thekids.org.au
Mr Jefferson Allan Bioinformatocs Scientist  Jefferson.Allan@thekids.org.au
Ms Emma Tulloch Quality Assurance Officer  emma.tulloch@perkins.org.au
 Dr Aaron Zhang  AI/ML specialist  aaron.zhang@perkins.org.au


Our Funding Partners
 

Genomics WA gratefully acknowledges funding received in cash and kind from all our funding partners.

Genomics WA is funded by a co-investment from Bioplatforms Australia (BPA), WA Department of Energy and Economic Diversification (DEED), WA Department of Health via Future Health Research and Innovation fund (FHRI), The University of Western Australia, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The Kids Research Institute as part of the NCRIS (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy) capability.

We thank our funders for enabling the availability of the latest technologies and instruments in WA.

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Alka Saxena
Director, Genomics WA
 
Phone +61 6151 0763
 
alka.saxena@perkins.org.au
 

 

Available Equipment and Resources

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