DE-INBRE Core Facilities

BMAP houses a tissue biorepository and a wet lab specializing in molecular biology instrumentation and methodologies.  BMAP offers clinical trial support as well as basic specimen processing.

Services offered include: serum and plasma isolation, mononuclear cell isolation,  liquid nitrogen flash freezing, and cell culture of specimens, nucleic acid extraction and QC, specimen identification and profiling, Real-Time qPCR and gene expression analysis, CNV detection and digital PCR, and DNA Sanger sequencing. 

The BioImaging Center houses state-of-the-art microscopy instrumentation, including transmission and scanning electron, atomic force, and advanced light microscopy.

The BioImaging Center contains a breadth of equipment enabling us to acquire information from the millimeter to nanometer scales.  Whether you want to look at whole organisms, cells, organelles, or individual proteins, we’ll be able to accommodate your research needs.

The BERD Core offers consultative services including epidemiology, biostatistics, research design, data management, and bio- and medical informatics. 

Services offered include: assistance with statistics analysis and advanced statistical methodologies.

CVRC offers a variety of services to assist with cardiovascular research goals. 

Services offered include: custom vascular studies, echocardiography, 24-hour blood pressure, monitoring Standard and Doppler Carotid ultrasound.  Personnel support includes ultrasound expertise, cell culture support, a research nurse, and support for graded exercise testing.

The Cell Science Core (CSC) assists researchers in flow cytometry, cell sorting, and other cell sciences. The core provides access to a variety of state-of-the-art technology and technical expertise to researchers. 

Services offered include: flow cytometry, cell culture, 2-D electrophoresis, 2-D DIGE, LC-MS/MS, and HPLC.
 

CCBI offers a state-of-the-art research facility houses the 1st research fMRI scanner in the state of Delaware—with the capability to map brain activity, as well as provide remarkably detailed images of muscles, discs, bones and organs. 

Services offered include: functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for humans, with two 3T scanners for humans and large animals, and a 9.4T scanner for samples and small animals.  Additionally,  simultaneous MRI with EEG or TMS can be performed. 

University of Delaware’s Center for Human Research Coordination (CHRC) was established to support UD researchers focused on human subject research.

Research changes people’s lives and we are here to support the endeavor of advancing research at the University of Delaware.  CHRC will assist with recruitment of participants, coordination of studies and registries, as well as REDCap and data management.

The Synthetic Chemistry Core Facility offers many services including: synthetic chemistry services, broadly defined, mainly to non-specialists with limited access to organic chemistry facilities.

The facility offers many services including: synthetic chemistry services, broadly defined, mainly to non-specialists with limited access to organic chemistry facilities.

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The University of Delaware Genomics Technology Center contains a wide range of instrumentation which enables us to acquire genetic/genomic information from the smallest virus to to the largest mammals.

Services offered include: DNA sequencing (Sanger and next-generation sequencers); nucleic acid extraction, purification, and amplifications; nucleic acid quality analysis; DNA fragmentation; DNA size selection.

The Flow Cytometry Core offers a full service flow cytometry and cell sorting facility. 

Services offered include: Immunophenotyping, DNA content analysis, veterinary hematology, sample processing, figure preparation, data analysis, consultation, assay design, cell culture, and cell sorting

The Histochemistry and Tissue Processing Core (HTPC) is a full-service histology laboratory providing routine and specialty histology techniques. 

Services offered include: a wide array of instrumentation, and provides consultation for research projects for special staining, enzyme histochemistry, immuno-histochemistry and routine processing. The lab offers TMA services, and can prepare slides from normal controls or provide custom arrays from provided sample blocks.

The LSRF provides housing for research rodents and technical expertise is available to train research staff or conduct experimental procedures.

The LSRF provides housing for research rodents and technical expertise is available to train research staff or conduct experimental procedures.

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The NMR Spectroscopy Core is home to nine NMR spectrometers ranging from 9.4 to 20.0 T (400-850 MHz in proton frequency) in magnetic field strength, with a full range of capabilities from solution to solid state to HR-MAS NMR.

Services offered include solution and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.  These spectrometers are equipped with various state-of-the-art probes and other key accessories for general and specialized applications to meet the needs of our diverse user group.  

The OSCAR Imaging Facility is a multi-user core facility that offers state-of-the-art equipment for imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy, and image analysis.

Services offered include imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy, and image analysis including: confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, light microscopy, sample prep.