Research Cores and Shared Services
The College of Medicine and ¼ø»Æʦapp offer a number of cores and shared services to facilitate research across the university.
COM Shared Research Facilities
The College of Medicine provides specialized facilities that support a wide range of research needs for COM faculty, staff, and ¼ø»Æʦapp. Use by non-COM researchers is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Cell Analytics Facility
Supports fluorescence- and impedance-based technologies to sort and evaluate properties of both fixed and living cells.
Genomics Facility
Provides RNA sequencing, miRNA-Seq, circRNA-Seq, AltSplicing-Seq, and other next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches.
Histology Facility
Offers resources for histological research, quantitative imaging, and morphology studies.
Imaging Facility
Enables detection and analysis of nucleic acid and protein electrophoresis experiments.
iPSC / Disease Modeling Facility
Focuses on genome editing and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for disease modeling.
Molecular Facility
Provides tools for DNA/RNA quantitation, gene expression studies, RT-PCR, Q-PCR, and nucleic acid analysis.
Proteomics Facility
This facility contains equipment to support identification and characterization of proteins.
Download list of shared research facilities equipment and resources.
¼ø»Æʦapp Core Facilities
¼ø»Æʦapp offers additional core facilities and shared services that are accessible to investigators across the university.
- Advanced Cell Imaging Core
- Biostatistics Collaborative Core
- Clinical Research Unit
- Comparative Medicine / Animal Care and Use
- MRI & Human Imaging
- Neurobehavior Core
¼ø»Æʦapp also has reciprocity agreements with and theÌý for access to their core facilities. ¼ø»Æʦapp faculty can access these cores with equal priority and on a cost basis. Visit the ¼ø»Æʦapp Cores page for more information.