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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.
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
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.
IU Indianapolis
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 …
IU Indianapolis
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.
IU Indianapolis
Center for Medical Genomics (CMG)
The Center for Medical Genomics provides high-throughput genomics services including: genomic DNA sequencing, transcriptome RNA sequencing, miRNA sequencing, methylome or targeted methylation sequencing, protein DNA/RNA interaction (ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq and CLIP-seq), 10x single cell or single nuclei sequencing, and SNP genotyping.
IU Bloomington
Center for Survey Research (CSR)
Leading academic research center providing expert research design, sampling, questionnaire design, interface development and programming, data collection, data processing, and analysis services for wide range of qualitative and quantitative research projects. Partnering on cutting-edge research that involves surveys, interviews, focus groups, or structured observations.
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 …
IU Bloomington
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.
Purdue University
Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility
The Purdue Flow Cytometry Core Facility provides instrumentation, data analysis software, training and technical expertise for flow cytometry analysis and cell sorting. Our capabilities also include the characterization of genome and transcriptomes using the Fluidigm C1 and 10X Genomics systems, in partnership with the Purdue Genomics Core Facility.
IU Bloomington
Flow Cytometry Core Facility (FCCF)
The IU-B FCCF provides flow cytometry analysis, sorting and cell counting services, access to flow cytometry data analysis software, assistance with experimental design, and houses a mobile (on a cart) flow cytometry analyzer and a large particle sorter.
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
HANDS In Autism Interdisciplinary Training & Resource Center
The HANDS (Helping Answer Needs by Developing Specialists) in Autism® Interdisciplinary Training & Resource Center is located within the Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The HANDS team offers services including:
(1) recruitment,
(2) behavioral, educational, functional, and/or vocational assessment of individuals across a broad range of ages and functioning levels, and
(3) program evaluation efforts targeted to a range …
IU Indianapolis
Human Vascular Imaging Core (HVIC)
The HVIC performs functional and anatomic vascular imaging measuremetns (flow-mediated dilation and carotid intima-media thickness).
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.
IU Indianapolis
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 …
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.
IU Indianapolis
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 …
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
Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC)
The Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) provides basic husbandry, training, supplies, and specialized service support for medical research at IU School of Medicine.
IU Bloomington
Laboratory for Biological Mass Spectrometry (LBMS)
The LBMS uses mass spectrometry to characterize proteins as well as other biologically-derived molecules. It specializes in the characterization of protein post-translational modifications, including glycosylation, phosphorylation, acetylation and persulfidation (S-sulfhydration). We also have an emphasis on identification of protein-interactions (including determination of protein-protein crosslinks) and quantitative comparisons of complex samples.
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 Indianapolis
Multiplex Analysis Core (MAC)
The Multiplex Analysis Core (MAC) offers microplate-based immunoassay systems that can perform multiplex analysis of multiple different analytes in a single sample. The MAC uses a Bio-Plex 200 Multiplex System with High Throughput Fluidics based on Luminex technology.
IU Bloomington
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.
Purdue University
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.
IU Bloomington
Physical and Biochemistry Instrumentation Facility (PBIF)
The PBIF provides resources to characterize particle properties as well as macromolecular interactions.
IU Indianapolis
Research Jam
Research Jam is an interdisciplinary team of healthcare, research, and design professionals. The team uses human-centered design research to collaborate with doctors, patients, and community members in an effort to ensure that health research, interventions, and communications are more relevant to the community they aim to serve. By engaging stakeholders in a co-design process, they are able to assist clients with recruitment strategies, study retention, and protocol …
IU Indianapolis
SNRI Biomarker Core
The Stark Neurosciences Research Institute Biomarker Core provides biomarker services to investigators. Multiplexing of targets in tissues or on a slide, investigators can detect changes in their samples and target specific pathways of interest in disease.
Purdue University
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.
Purdue University
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.