About Us

 

Advanced Genomics is a biotechnology company organized in 2007 to address the research and validation needs in the human and animal biotech industry. The company uses the Illumina microarray platform to provide SNP genotyping, LOH and CNV studies, and gene expression analyses as well as experimental design consultation and data analysis services. Our scientists are experienced in developing custom molecular assays for clients using either microarray or multiplex PCR configurations. The company also provides genetic characterization and pathogen testing services of tissue samples and cell lines. The laboratory is located in Fairfax, Virginia just outside Washington, D.C.

 

Brian D. Mariani, Ph.D. Brian D. Mariani, Ph.D. is Scientific Director of the Advanced Genomics Technology Center (AGTCenter). He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and did postdoctoral research in developmental gene regulation at Harvard University. After serving on the faculty of Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Mariani joined the Genetics & IVF Institute to establish and direct the Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratory. He has 25 years experience in molecular biology and genetics and has performed pioneering work in molecular diagnostics, especially assay design and validation, and oversees all genomic testing services at the AGTCenter. In addition, he also serves to integrate whole genome analysis using microarray technology into the field of animal sciences for the improved selection of genetic merit in agriculturally important animals. Dr. Mariani is part of the expert technical AGTCenter team combining genetic screening and embryo selection strategies for the identification of genetically superior embryos for enhanced ET and animal breeding programs.
   
Wayne S. Stanley, Ph.D., FACMG Wayne S. Stanley, Ph.D., FACMG is a genetics consultant to the Advanced Genomics Technology Center. He received his Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Arizona and did postgraduate studies in the Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan. He completed a fellowship in medical genetics at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and is certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics in clinical cytogenetics and Ph.D. medical genetics. He has served as Director of Cytogenetics and Associate Professor of pediatrics and pathology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Director of Cytogenetics at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Associate Professor of pediatrics and pathology at George Washington University School of Medicine, and as Directory of Cytogenetic Laboratories at Genetics & IVF Institute. He currently serves as the clinical cytogeneticist at Genetics & IVF Institute’s preimplantation genetics diagnosis laboratory. He is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics and is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Society of Animal Genetics. He has published and lectured widely in the areas of cytogenetics, medical genetics and cancer genetics.
   
David Karabinus, Ph.D., HCLD David Karabinus, Ph.D., HCLD serves as a technical advisor to the Advanced Genomics Technology Center.  He received his Ph.D. in Animal Science, Reproduction from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and did a postdoctoral fellowship at South Dakota State University in flow cytometry while also serving as assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry.  He is currently the Scientific Director of the MicroSort Division at Genetics & IVF Institute as well as Vice President and Chief Laboratory Officer for MicroSort West, LLC.  He is responsible for all aspects of the local and west coast MicroSort Laboratory operations, scientific oversight of MicroSort’s current FDA trials, and all scientific enhancement projects related to GIVF’s proprietary MicroSort® technology.  Dr. Karabinus was previously the Director of the Andrology Laboratory and Director of the Hormone Assay Laboratory at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona and Research Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He also directed the Arizona Andrology Laboratory and Cryobank, a private practice laboratory during that time.  Before graduate school, from 1975 to-1981, he worked in the purebred beef cattle industry as herdsman/manager on two 60-cow registered herds.
   
Stephen H. Pool, Ph.D.

Stephen H. Pool, Ph.D. serves as a technical advisor to the Advanced Genomics Technology Center. He received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University with an emphasis on Reproductive Physiology and is currently the Director of the Genetics & IVF Institute Cryobanks Division consisting of Fairfax Cryobank and Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc.  Dr. Pool has over 30 years of experience working in the field of embryology including cell culture systems for the in vitro development of bovine embryos and with cryopreservation technologies for embryos and semen.  He has extensive experience in andrology with over 18 years in the commercial human sperm banking industry and has publications related to this work. 

   
Michael J. Buuck, MS Michael J. Buuck, MS serves as technical advisor to the Advanced Genomics Technology Center. Mr. Buuck received a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from The University of Southwestern Louisiana and a Master of Science degree in Animal Reproductive Physiology from The University of Tennessee. His research involved embryo-uterine-luteal interactions with an emphasis on the effects of prostaglandin F2 alpha on embryonic development. Mr. Buuck is currently the Director of Client Development for Fairfax Cryobank and Site manager for the Austin, TX laboratory. He was previously the Preclinical Supervisor at Atrix Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceutical corporation, and conducted research studies for the company.
   
Amy Ercikson Hagen, MS, TS (ABB)

Amy Erickson Hagen, MS, TS (ABB) serves as a technical advisor to the Advanced Genomics Technology Center.  Ms. Erickson Hagen received her Master of Science in Reproductive Biology from Colorado State University and Bachelor of Science from North Dakota State University.  Her graduate research focused on intra-uterine growth restricted pregnancies in heat stressed sheep as a model for human pregnancy.  She also accomplished nuclear transfer cloning looking at genes that affect vascular development in the placenta.  She brings both clinical infertility and research experience to Genetics & IVF Institute where she has been employed since 2002.  Amy is a member of American Association of Tissue Banks, American Society of Reproductive Medicine as well as the American Board of Bioanalysts where she has received the distinguished level of Technical Supervisor.