Core Facilities & Shared Resources

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INBRE CoreInstitutionManagerEmail Contact
Biobank and Molecular Analysis Program (BMAP)

Provides essential services in molecular biology and genetics. The core offers Sanger sequencing, fragment analysis, Ion PGM, Real-Time PCR, 3D PCR, Microarray
Nemours Children’s HospitalDiana Corao-Uribe, PhD

Jen Holbrook, BS
diana.coraouribe@nemours.org

jennifer.holbrook@nemours.org
BioImaging Center (University of Delaware)

State-of-the-art microscopy instrumentation, including transmission and scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and advanced light microscopy.
University of Delaware Jeff Caplan, PhDjcaplan@udel.edu
Bioinformatics Data Science Core (BDS)

Support & training for a broad range of bioinformatics, genomic analysis, and data science applications
University of Delaware Shawn Polson, PhDpolson@udel.edu
Biostatistics Epidemiology Research Design Core (BERD)

Statistics, epidemiology consultations, collaboration, advanced statistical methodologies
ChristianaCare Health SystemClaudine Jurkovitz, MD, MPHcjurkovitz@christianacare.org
Cardiovascular Research Core (CVRC)

Custom Vascular Studies, echocardiography, 24-hour
blood pressure, monitoring Standard and Doppler Carotid
ultrasound.
University of Delaware Shannon Lennon, PhDslennon@udel.edu
Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research (CCTCR)

Flow cytometry / cell sorting, real time PCR, microirradiator.
ChristianaCare Health SystemLynn Opdenaker, PhDlopdenaker@christianacare.org
Cell Science Core (CSC)

Flow cytometry, Cell culture, 2-D electrophoresis, 2-D DIGE, LC-MS/MS, HPLC.
Nemours Children’s HospitalSonali Barwe, PhDsonali.barwe@nemours.org
Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging (CBBI)

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.  Also simultaneous MRI with EEG or TMS.
University of Delaware Keith Schneider, PhDkeithas@udel.edu
Center for Human Research Coordination

Recruit, screen and register participants for studies.
University of DelawareKarin Gravare Silbernagel, PT, ATC, PhD

Marlo Goss
kgs@udel.edu



mgoss@udel.edu
Custom Synthesis Lab

Synthetic chemistry services, broadly defined, mainly to non-specialists with limited access to organic chemistry facilities.
University of Delaware Yinzhi Fang, PhDyinzhif@udel.edu
Delaware Center for Musculoskeletal Research (DCMR)

Instrumentation and expertise in support of mechanical testing and measurements, multimodal animal imaging, histology, and preclinical experimentation/lab and animal medicine.
University of Delaware Mary Boggs, PhD, Liyun Wang, PhD & Millicent Sullivan, PhDmboggs@udel.edu
Lywang@udel.edu, msullivan@udel.edu
DNA Sequencing & Genotyping Center

DNA sequencing; Nucleic Acid extraction, purification, and amplifications; Nucleic Acid quality analysis; DNA fragmentation; DNA size selection.
University of Delaware Bruce Kingham, MSbrucek@udel.edu
Flow Cytometry Core

Full service flow cytometry and cell sorting.
University of Delaware Arit Ghosh, PhDaghos@udel.edu
High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Center

Conducts organic reactions in parallel format for 24- and 96-well microscale experiment screening to support rapid identification of catalysts for new reactions and optimization of reaction conditions.
University of Delaware Jessica Sampson, PhDjrsampso@udel.edu
Histochemistry and Tissue Processing Center (HTPC)

Full services histotechnology laboratory providing routine & complex assays.
Nemours Children’s HospitalHeather Hardy, MS, ASCPheather.hardy@nemours.org
Life Science Research Facility (LSRF)

Provides housing for research rodents and technical expertise is available to train research staff or conduct experimental procedures.
University of Delaware Gwen Talham, D.V.M.gtalham@udel.edu
Mass Spectrometry Core

State-of-the-art equipment and expertise for mass spectrometry and proteomics.
University of Delaware PapaNii Asare-Okai, PhDpasare@udel.edu
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Core

Solution and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
University of Delaware Steve Bai, PhDbais@udel.edu
Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR) Imaging Facility

Imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy, and image analysis.
Delaware State University Hacene Boukari, PhD &
Michael Moore, MS
hboukari@desu.edu
mmoore@desu.edu
Pediatric Genomics Laboratory (PGL)
Project

Consultation/experiment design, library preparation, next generation sequencing and downstream data analysis
Nemours Children’s HospitalDiana Corao-Uribe, PhDdiana.coraouribe@nemours.org
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