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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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Purdue University

Non-Designated Service Resource

Bioinformatics Core

The Bioinformatics Core provides data analysis services for genomics, proteomics and metabolomics data.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

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.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Biospecimen Collection and Banking Core

The IUSCCC Biospecimen Collection and Banking Core (BC2) provides an extensive collection of well-annotated samples from patients with malignancy and normal controls to support studies exploring the biologic basis of cancer, move basic findings to the clinic, and probe the biology underlying clinical and population phenomena. 

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Cellular Response Technologies Core

Conduct validated and highly reproducible in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis, endothelial, hematopoietic and multi-parametric flow cytometry assays and their role in normal and patient-related hematologic and cardiovascular disorders. The ABC also manages an IncuCyte Zoom and Seahorse XFp.

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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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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Clinical Pharmacology Analytical Core (CPAC)

The Clinical Pharmacology Analytical core provides drug and metabolite concentrations from a variety of biological matrices such as (but not limited to): plasma, urine, CSF, and tissue using HPLC-MS/MS. Additional services include protein binding of drugs, formulation studies, drug stability, drug metabolism, and metabolite screening.

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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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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

Freimann Life Sciences Center (FLSC)

The Freimann Life Sciences Center is comprised of 2 state-of-the-art animal facilities equipped to house a wide variety of vertebrates. FLSC’s key goals are to support the University of Notre Dame’s teaching and research. The Center is fully accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International.

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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility (GBCF)

The Genomics & Bioinformatics Core Facility (GBCF) at the University of Notre Dame offers comprehensive services and support for state-of-the-art genomics experiments and bioinformatics analysis. This includes next generation Illumina sequencing, a variety of standard and specialty DNA and RNA library construction methods, consultation, and analysis support.

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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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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Human Vascular Imaging Core (HVIC)

The HVIC performs functional and anatomic vascular imaging measuremetns (flow-mediated dilation and carotid intima-media thickness).

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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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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

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.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

In Vivo Therapeutics Core (IVT)

The In Vivo Therapeutics Core (IVTC) supports the research and development of safe and more efficacious drug treatment. The IVTC provides cost-effective and comprehensive services including, but not limited to, on-site breeding facilities as well as a numerous in vivo pharmacology models to facilitate the development and testing of novel pharmacological & cellular therapies.

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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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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Infectious Diseases Laboratory (IDL)

The Infectious Diseases Laboratory (IDL) is skilled at performing clinical research studies including the evaluation of new molecular technologies for the diagnosis of a wide array of sexually transmitted pathogens, developing novel assays to meet the needs of individual research collaborators, and tailoring services to successfully meet study objectives. The laboratory has the capability to identify and type human papillomavirus (HPV) using molecular assays that can …

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

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. 

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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

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.

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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

Non-Designated Service Resource

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Core Facility

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Core Facility provides support and capabilities for a wide range of research in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. Technical support for the Facility is provided by the faculty of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy who have extensive pharmaceutical manufacturing experience in both industrial and academic environments.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Regenstrief Data Services

Services RDS offerings include, but are not limited to:

• Feasibility
• DIY: i2b2
• Cohorts
• Recruitment Lists
• Registries
• Patient Lists
• Geocoding
• Phenotyping
• Deidentification
• EHR Integration/Innovation
• Application Development
• Application Prototypes
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Data Linkage
• Machine Learning Models …

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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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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Translational Pharmacology Facility

The PTP Core offers automated blood monitoring in rodents and large animals utilizing stress free sampling through CulexTM technology. We perform a host of services from early lead identification PK and PD assessment through product testing of human formulations in pigs and minipigs, including preclinical formulation development, biodistribution studies, metabolomics analysis, and in vivo toxicological evaluation.

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