Gencore is the sequencing laboratory of Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, in which COVID-19 tests are carried out with the endorsement of the Ministry of Health. The laboratory is led by Dr. Silvia Restrepo, PhD, the Vice-president for research of the University. She has been the Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences of the University and the Dean of the School of Science. GenCore relies on the expertise of an interdisciplinary team of biologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, physicians and engineers.