About Us

The GRCF’s Mission is to provide high-qualitycost-effective research services and products to investigators throughout the Johns Hopkins scientific community.

BioBank & Cell Center

Facilitates CAP-accredited clinical and basic scientific research by providing expertise and service in blood and biomaterial processing, mammalian cell culture, single-cell genomics, cryogenic storage, and national/international shipping.

Core Store

Provides one-stop shopping for more than 400,000 products from 17 of the leading life science companies. In addition to its product offerings, the store charges no shipping and handling fees and provides free delivery to three campuses: East Baltimore, Bayview, and Homewood.

Nucleic Acid Technologies & Services

Provides solutions for all of your DNA and RNA needs. We handle basic needs like DNA isolation, plating, and storage, “traditional” core services like Sanger sequencing, PCR support, and genotyping, and the more complex needs presented by the constantly changing field of next-generation sequencing.

The Genetic Resources Core Facility (GRCF)

A Part of the Johns Hopkins community for more than 36 years

A JHU service center including the Core Store, BioBank & Cell Center, and the Nucleic Acid Technologies & Services. Collectively, these groups produce a range of products and services to support researchers in conducting studies in molecular biology and genetics.