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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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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Behavioral Phenotyping Core (BPC)

The BPC advises upon and/or conducts behavioral experiments in rats or mice. Assays include assessments of general sensory and motor function, cognitive processing, affective reactivity, and PK/PD relationships in drug evaluations.

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Purdue University

Non-Designated Service Resource

Bindley Bioscience Center

Biomolecular technologies, imaging and cytomics, bioinformatics support, and bionanotechnology with an emphasis on nanochemistry and functionalization of nanomaterials.

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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Biochemical Genetics Laboratory

Our laboratory provides clinically validated liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry testing for researchers interested in quantifying metabolites in a wide range of biospecimens with a particular focus on amino acid, organic acid, and acylcarnitine analyses.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Biological Evaluation (BE-SR)

The Biological Evaluation Shared Resource performs highly customizable efficacy testing of novel drug or therapies for antitumor activity. We also acquire blood or tissues for pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic analyses.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Biospecimen Collection and Banking Core

The IUSCCC Biospecimen Collection and Banking Core (BC2) provides an extensive collection of well-annotated samples from patients with malignancy and normal controls to support studies exploring the biologic basis of cancer, move basic findings to the clinic, and probe the biology underlying clinical and population phenomena. 

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

Biostatistics Consulting Center

The Biostatistics Consulting Center provides study design and data analysis for health-related research, including study design, grant or protocol development, sample size and power calculations, data management, data analysis, and scientific writing. Support can range from hourly support on a short-term project to including a biostatistician on a long-term grant collaboration.

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Purdue University

Non-Designated Service Resource

Birck Nanotechnology Center

Nanofabrication cleanroom, bio-pharma clean room, nanometrology laboratories, nanomanufacturing laboratories, microelectronics and microfuidics fabrication and testing laboratories, 3D cell culture and tissue chip laboratories

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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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Purdue University

Non-Designated Service Resource

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 …

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IU Bloomington

Non-Designated Service Resource

Center for Evaluation, Policy, and Research (CEPR)

CEPR provides rigorous, high-quality, non-partisan evaluation, policy analyses, and research for meaningful, useful, and actionable data for clients and project stakeholders. Clients include international, federal and state agencies, public and private organizations, and foundations and endowments working across a range of fields and disciplines.

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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Electrophysiology Core

The Electrophysiology Core performs rodent brain slice electrophysiological recordings to measure brain cell function.

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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 Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

Genome Editing Center

The Indiana University Genome Editing Center (IUGEC) is a shared resource whose mission is to provide Indiana University and external investigators access to state-of-the-art genome editing technologies by assisting with the generation of genetically modified mouse models and cell lines in a time- and cost-effective manner.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

Histology Research Laboratory (HRL)

The Histology Research Laboratory is a full service histology laboratory that provides general histology, immunohistochemistry, frozen sectioning, decalcified and undecalcified bone histology, and slide digitization services. Board certified veterinary pathologists are also available for consultation.

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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 Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

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.

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IU Indianapolis

Designated Service Core

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 …

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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

Non-Designated Service Resource

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 …

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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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IU Indianapolis

Non-Designated Service Resource

Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC)

The Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) provides basic husbandry, training, supplies, and specialized service support for medical research at IU School of Medicine.

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

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 …

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IU Bloomington

Designated Service Core

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.

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Notre Dame

Non-Designated Service Resource

Molecular Structure Facility

The Molecular Structure Facility at the University of Notre Dame provides for X-Ray structural studies of small (ca. 2kDa) molecules. The Facility has the capability to examine a wide range of molecules from “light atom” biologically relevant to metal-complexed compounds which can be readily analyzed using non-destructive techniques.

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IU Bloomington

Non-Designated Service Resource

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.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

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

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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

Designated Service Core

Regenstrief Data Services

Services RDS offerings include, but are not limited to:

• Feasibility
• DIY: i2b2
• Cohorts
• Recruitment Lists
• Registries
• Patient Lists
• Geocoding
• Phenotyping
• Deidentification
• EHR Integration/Innovation
• Application Development
• Application Prototypes
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Data Linkage
• Machine Learning Models …

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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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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

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.

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Purdue University

Designated Service Core

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.

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Purdue University

Non-Designated Service Resource

Veterinary Clinical Trials (VCT)

The Veterinary Clinical Trials Support Service (VCT) facilitates veterinary clinical trials and provides expertise and technical support for translational clinical investigations using animal models of spontaneous, naturally-occurring diseases in client-owned animals and for trials leading to novel drugs or devices.

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