UMBI's ITF has the capabilities of creating a wide variety of transformant insects such as flies of agricultural and biomedical importance including the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi, and Anopheles gambiae as well as transformant Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. The facility has been designed to be flexible and adaptable to accommodate a wide variety of projects.

Researchers with particular insects of interest are encouraged to contact the Facility to discuss options that are available to deal with their unique needs.

The ITF has the capabilities and capacity to perform all steps required for transformant insect strain production and characterization. Clients can use some or all of the Facility's capabilities. For example, the Facility can perform insect embryo microinjections to create G0 insects that the clients then rear and screen in their own laboratory.

The facility also provides consulting and training allowing researchers to use the microinjection suite to perform their own micromanipulations.