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Indiana CTSI Research Service Cores and Resources

The Indiana CTSI Research Service Cores and Resources are your aid to locate instrumentation and services suited to your research. A listing of a Core’s capabilities, contact information, and website address can be found by clicking their ‘Learn More’ button. All of the Designated Service Cores are eligible for CTSI Core Pilot grants and Post-Doc grants
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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Biomedical and Health Research Services

Provide software and technology solutions for research, especially for projects that involve electronic protected health information (ePHI).

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Biostatistics and Health Data Science Core

The Biostatistics and Health Data Science Core collaborates with investigators in the planning, statistical design, data management, and analysis of health related clinical, laboratory and epidemiological research projects. Grant development assistance is provided without charge.

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

CISAB Mechanisms of Behavior Laboratory

The Mechanisms of Behavior Core offers the equipment, reagents, bench space, and expertise to answer questions related to the roles of genetics and hormones in relation to animal behavior.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Cryo-EM Facility

The Purdue Cryo-EM facility provides access to state-of-the-art instrumentation enabling users to collect data for high-resolution single particle reconstructions and tomographic studies of cells and larger complexes.

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

Electron Microscopy Center (IUB-EMC)

The IU Bloomington Electron Microscopy Center (IUB-EMC) provides equipment, services and expertise for biological and material science electron microscopy.

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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Electrophysiology Core

The Electrophysiology Core performs rodent brain slice electrophysiological recordings to measure brain cell function.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Histology and Histomorphometry Core (HHC)

Histology and Histomorphetry Core (HHC) provides histological and histomorphometric services for basic science (non-clinical) research. Mineralized (plastic embedded), soft tissue (paraffin embedded), and cryopreserved specimens can be processed by the facility.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Histology Research Laboratory (HRL)

The Histology Research Laboratory is a full service histology laboratory that provides general histology, immunohistochemistry, frozen sectioning, decalcified and undecalcified bone histology, and slide digitization services. Board certified veterinary pathologists are also available for consultation.

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IUSM South Bend

Designated Service Core

Imaging and Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Standard confocal or multiphoton resources for imaging live or fixed samples and a 5 color flow cytometric analyzer are available. Data analysis software for each resource is also available on site.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Imaging Facility

The Bioscience Imaging Facility, Purdue University, is a 24hr/7day access core facility specializing in confocal microscopy, multi-photon and light sheet microscopy, pre-clinical molecular and nuclear imaging and computed tomography (mCT) with offline analysis workstations.

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

Imaging Research Facility (IRF)

The IRF is a state-of-the-art neuroimaging facility that enables cutting-edge neuroscience research and training using non-invasive imaging methodologies, including both MRI and EEG.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy (ICBM)

The ICBM provides researchers with access to laser-scanning confocal, 2-photon and epi-fluorescence microscopes (http://www.medicine.iupui.edu/ICBM/USING-THE-FACILITY).  Center personnel train individual researchers to use all imaging systems and provide expert help in the design, conduct and analysis of imaging studies.  As necessary, center personnel can also be hired to conduct microscopy studies for laboratories lacking the necessary expertise.

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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF)

The Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) is a state-of-the-art research core that makes available to the Notre Dame science and engineering community, as well as external customers, an integrated suite of sophisticated microscopes and imaging stations. The NDIIF also provides resident professional staff (three Ph.D.-level imaging specialists and two technicians) to guide the non-expert users. 

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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

Integrated Imaging Facility – Histology Core (NDHC)

The Notre Dame Histology Core (NDHC) provides a means to examine biological processes in mice, rats, frogs, zebra fish, fruit flies, sheep bone, and even human tissue by use of immunohistochemical techniques and pathology.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

IU School of Medicine Center for Electron Microscopy (iCEM)

The Indiana University School of Medicine Electron Microscopy Center is a full service research laboratory providing both Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The service provided can apply both traditional methods and recent technical developments to suit the investigator’s needs.

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Purdue University

Non-Designated Service Resource

Life Science Microscopy Facility

The Life Science Microscopy Facility (LSMF) is an electron microscopy core with both service and individual use options.

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

Light Microscopy Imaging Center (LMIC)

The LMIC provides access and training for confocal and super-resolution light microscopy systems with support for experimental design and data visualization.

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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

Magnetic Resonance Research Center

The Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC) supports research in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, engineering and related fields. The MRRC operates six solution-state NMR spectrometers (400 to 800 MHz), a solid-state 300 MHz NMR instrument, and an X-band EPR spectrometer. Most instruments are equipped with sample changers for increased sample throughput. See the MRRC website for more information.

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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility

Analysis of large and small molecules using several ionization methods, low or high resolution, hyphenated techniques, proteomics, and metabolomics.

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IU Bloomington

Non-Designated Service Resource

Mass Spectrometry Facility

The Indiana University Mass Spectrometry Facility (MSF) provides qualitative and quantitative small molecule mass spectrometry data. It also confirms chemical formulae of novel compounds by accurate mass spectrometry.

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IU Bloomington

Non-Designated Service Resource

Oxidative Stress and Environmental Analysis Core

The Oxidative Stress Environmental Analysis Core laboratory has established a number of measurements for assessing oxidative stress and damage in a variety of biological samples with excellent accuracy and reproducibly using state of the art LC-MSMS, GC, and PCR equipment.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility (TGEF)

Offering transgenic and CRISPR-mediated targeted gene editing in mice and rats; gene-targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells (ES) cells; embryo and sperm cryopreservation; in vitro fertilization; rederivation for importation or clean-up of infected lines. Also offering assistance with project design and mouse/rat breeding colony maintenance.

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