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Service Cores
Indiana CTSI Research Service Cores and Resources
Purdue University
Bindley Bioscience Center
Biomolecular technologies, imaging and cytomics, bioinformatics support, and bionanotechnology with an emphasis on nanochemistry and functionalization of nanomaterials.
IU Indianapolis
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Our laboratory provides clinically validated liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry testing for researchers interested in quantifying metabolites in a wide range of biospecimens with a particular focus on amino acid, organic acid, and acylcarnitine analyses.
Purdue University
Biological Evaluation (BE-SR)
The Biological Evaluation Shared Resource performs highly customizable efficacy testing of novel drug or therapies for antitumor activity. We also acquire blood or tissues for pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic analyses.
Notre Dame
Biophysics Instrumentation Core (BIC) Facility
The BIC Facility offers sophisticated instrumentation dedicated to characterizing biomolecular conformations and interactions, as well as equipment for the isolation and purification of macromolecules for subsequent detailed biophysical analysis.
IU Indianapolis
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.
Purdue University
Center for Comparative Translational Research
Translational research spans the continuum in which research findings from the researcher’s lab are moved to the patients ‘bedside’ (human) or ‘barn’ (animal). The Center for Comparative Translational Research (CTR) wants to make bridging the gap between benchtop and bedside/barn easier by helping researchers conduct comparative animal studies using induced and spontaneous disease models. It does so by facilitating, coordinating, integrating …
IU Indianapolis
Chemical Genomics Core Facility
The CGCF is located in the Van Nuys Medical Science Building in Indianapolis. The core is equipped with five hoods for chemical synthesis, a microwave reactor, a parallel synthesizer and preparative HPLCs, LC-QTOF and 600 MHz NMR; a collection of 227,680 diversified small molecules, CRISPR libraries, liquid handling, assay detection and cell image systems.
Purdue University
Chemical Genomics Facility (CGF)
The Chemical Genomics Facility (CGF) provides affordable access to large chemical and CRISPR libraries and state-of-the-art instrumentation in high-throughput screening (HTS) and high content screening (HCS) campaigns to facilitate the identification of chemical or genomic tools to study biological pathways and the discovery of lead agents for the development of novel therapeutics and diagnostic approaches. The facility also provides assistance in assay development and hit …
Purdue University
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.
IU Indianapolis
Flow Cytometry Resource Facility (FCRF)
The Flow Cytometry Resource Facility (FCRF) provides flow cytometric analysis and cell sorting services as well as flow cytometric image analysis.
IU Indianapolis
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.
IU Indianapolis
Human Vascular Imaging Core (HVIC)
The HVIC performs functional and anatomic vascular imaging measuremetns (flow-mediated dilation and carotid intima-media thickness).
IUSM South Bend
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.
Purdue University
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.
IU Bloomington
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.
IU Indianapolis
Immunohistochemistry Research Lab (IHC Research Lab)
The Immunohistochemistry Research Lab specializes in assisting researchers with histologic and immunohistochemical labeling of cells or tissue sections as well as collaborations with surgical pathologists.
IU Indianapolis
In-Vivo Imaging Core
The In-Vivo Imaging Core provides imaging services for clinical trials, observational, and preclinical studies. We also provide radiochemistry support for molecular imaging. Currently, the Imaging Core is equipped with state-of-the-art imaging systems, including 3T MRI scanners, PET-CT scanners, Bruker 9.4 T preclinical PET-MRI scanner, a Siemens Eclipse Medical Cyclotron, and Radiochemistry Facilities. Highly skilled faculty and staff are available to assist with research …
IU Indianapolis
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.
Notre Dame
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.
Notre Dame
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.
IU Indianapolis
Islet and Physiology Core
The Islet and Physiology Core of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases provides investigators with the capability to obtain high quality rodent pancreatic islets for study. The Core also provides services for islet transplantation and will assist investigators who wish to perform immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and/or analysis of beta cell mass on whole pancreata from mouse and rat models.
IU Indianapolis
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.
Purdue University
Life Science Microscopy Facility
The Life Science Microscopy Facility (LSMF) is an electron microscopy core with both service and individual use options.
IU Bloomington
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.
IU Bloomington
Macromolecular Crystallography Facility Integrated with the Crystallization Automation Facility (MCF/CAF)
The Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Facility provides all resources for Crystal Screening and Optimization, Data Collection and Structure Determination of macromolecules.
IU Bloomington
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.
IU Bloomington
Physical and Biochemistry Instrumentation Facility (PBIF)
The PBIF provides resources to characterize particle properties as well as macromolecular interactions.
IU Indianapolis
Preclinical Modeling and Therapeutics Core (PMTC)
The Preclinical Modeling and Therapeutics Core (PMTC) facilitates the development of pharmacological and cellular therapies for cancer. It provides advanced resources essential for the preclinical validation of novel drug targets and biomarkers of cancer. The PMTC provides expertise in:
• Cellular response technologies
• Breeding of specialized mouse strains
• Tumor modeling
• In vivo therapeutics efficacy & safety testing
• …
Purdue University
Purdue MRI Facility
The Purdue MRI Facility houses two 3T full body MRI systems and one 7T small bore (animal) MRI system that are available for research involving MRI, MR spectroscopy, and other MR applications.