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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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Notre Dame

Designated Service Core

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.

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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

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.

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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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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

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.

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

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.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

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.

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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

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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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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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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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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Notre Dame

Non-Designated Service Resource

Keck Center for Transgene Research (resources)

Unique research resources available for collaboration

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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

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

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 Bloomington

Non-Designated Service Resource

Physical and Biochemistry Instrumentation Facility (PBIF)

The PBIF provides resources to characterize particle properties as well as macromolecular interactions.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

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
• …

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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

3D Bioprinting Core (3DBPC)

We provide 3D bioprinting services with the Regenova Bio 3D Printer to generate tissue models (e.g., bone and liver) and we provide FABRICA bioreactor platforms to properly perfuse bioprinted tissue models with blood or cell culture media.

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