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Indiana CTSI Research Service Cores and Resources
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
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 …
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 Bloomington
Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB)
The CGB offers a wide range of genomic services, including high-throughput DNA/RNA extraction, library preparation, next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis.
IU Indianapolis
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.
IU Indianapolis
Human Vascular Imaging Core (HVIC)
The HVIC performs functional and anatomic vascular imaging measuremetns (flow-mediated dilation and carotid intima-media thickness).
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 Indianapolis
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.
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
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 …
Notre Dame
Keck Center for Transgene Research (resources)
Unique research resources available for collaboration
IU Bloomington
Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR)
LAR provides housing, food, water, bedding, enrichment and medical care for animals housed in LAR animal facilities to be used for research. Research is overseen by an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the Institutional Official and is accredited by AAALAC International and their three primary standards (The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, and the European …
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
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.
IU Bloomington
Physical and Biochemistry Instrumentation Facility (PBIF)
The PBIF provides resources to characterize particle properties as well as macromolecular interactions.
Purdue University
Pre-Clinical Research Laboratory (PCL)
The Pre-Clinical Research Laboratory (PCL) helps researchers conduct pre-clinical animal research by providing research expertise, technical support, surgical experience, and surgical facilities and equipment. The PCL is a multidisciplinary laboratory where researchers conduct advanced clinical and applied research using induced animal models ranging from rodents to pigs and sheep
IU Indianapolis
Preclinical Innovation Think Tanks
Indiana CTSI Think Tanks are an opportunity for researchers at any of the Indiana CTSI campuses of Indiana University (IU), Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame to get help advancing their discoveries to the market. The Drug and Device Think Tanks each serve as a one-stop shop where investigators can receive guidance from a pool of advisors with a wide range of scientific, technical, clinical, business, and regulatory expertise.
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
• …
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.
IU Indianapolis
Vector Production Facility (IUVPF)
IUVPF produces retroviral and lentiviral vectors for both pre-clinical and FDA Phase I/II human gene therapy clinical trials.