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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

Bindley Bioscience Center

Biomolecular technologies, imaging and cytomics, bioinformatics support, and bionanotechnology with an emphasis on nanochemistry and functionalization of nanomaterials.

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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

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.

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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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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

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

Non-Designated Service Resource

Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing

The Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing (CGTM) Facility collaborates with investigators through all phases of cell and gene therapy manufacturing, from pre-clinical design through treatment of patients. The facility is under the direction of Emily Hopewell, PhD, and comprises the Cell Immunotherapy and Transduction Facility (CIT), the Vector Production Facility (VPF), and the Bioprocess Development and Cell Manufacturing Lab (BDL). Each section of the CGTM is led by a …

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

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 …

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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Investigational Agent Acquisition Program

Goal: The goal of the CTSI Investigational Agent Acquisition Program (IAAP) is to assist CTSI investigators seeking investigational agents for use in clinical trials.

Scope: The IAAP program will assist in acquiring drugs, neutraceuticals, biologics or other materials to be used in a Investigational New Drug Application or IND-exempt clinical trial.

Eligibility: Any faculty within the CTSI member institutions.

Overview: Moving bench research into …

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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

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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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Metabolite Profiling Facility (MPF)

The Metabolite Profiling Facility (MPF) provides both qualitative (comparative analysis) and quantitative (absolute concentrations) metabolite chemical analysis in complex biological systems.

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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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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Translation Core

The Translation Core provides services that facilitate the conduct of research involving human subjects, including supplying low-cost, high-quality analyte measurements for a variety of hormones, cytokines, lipids and other analytes. Translation Core human studies services include phenotyping (i.e. GTT, clamp studies, tracer studies), and access to a biobank of human tissues and serum.

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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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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Vector Production Facility (IUVPF)

IUVPF produces retroviral and lentiviral vectors for both pre-clinical and FDA Phase I/II human gene therapy clinical trials.

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