Core Facilities & Shared Resources
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Core Facility Voucher Application
| INBRE Core | Institution | Manager | Email 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 Hospital | Diana Corao-Uribe, PhD Jen Holbrook, BS | DianaCoraoUribe@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, PhD | jcaplan@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, PhD | polson@udel.edu |
| Biostatistics Epidemiology Research Design Core (BERD) Statistics, epidemiology consultations, collaboration, advanced statistical methodologies | ChristianaCare Health System | Claudine Jurkovitz, MD, MPH | cjurkovitz@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, PhD | slennon@udel.edu |
| Cawley Center for Translational Cancer Research (CCTCR) Flow cytometry / cell sorting, real time PCR, microirradiator. | ChristianaCare Health System | Lynn Opdenaker, PhD | lopdenaker@christianacare.org |
| Cell Science Core (CSC) Flow cytometry, Cell culture, 2-D electrophoresis, 2-D DIGE, LC-MS/MS, HPLC. | Nemours Children’s Hospital | Sonali Barwe, PhD | sonali.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, PhD | keithas@udel.edu |
| Center for Human Research Coordination Recruit, screen and register participants for studies. | University of Delaware | Karin Gravare Silbernagel, PT, ATC, PhD | kgs@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, PhD | yinzhif@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, PhD | mboggs@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, MS | dnasequence@udel.edu |
| Flow Cytometry Core Full service flow cytometry and cell sorting. | University of Delaware | Arit Ghosh, PhD | agosh@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, PhD | jrsampso@udel.edu |
| Histochemistry and Tissue Processing Center (HTPC) Full services histotechnology laboratory providing routine & complex assays. | Nemours Children’s Hospital | Heather Hardy, MS, ASCP | heather.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, PhD | pasare@udel.edu |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Core Solution and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. | University of Delaware | Steve Bai, PhD | bais@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 Hospital | Diana Corao-Uribe, PhD | DianaCoraoUribe@Nemours.org jennifer.holbrook@nemours.org |
