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Service Cores
Indiana CTSI Research Service Cores and Resources
IU Indianapolis
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.
IU Indianapolis
Bioinformatics Core
The Bioinformatics Core provides advanced computation and informatics approaches to analyze large and complex biological datasets.
Purdue University
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.
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.
Purdue University
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
IU Indianapolis
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.
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 Indianapolis
Center for Medical Genomics (CMG)
The Center for Medical Genomics provides high-throughput genomics services including: genomic DNA sequencing, transcriptome RNA sequencing, miRNA sequencing, methylome or targeted methylation sequencing, protein DNA/RNA interaction (ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq and CLIP-seq), 10x single cell or single nuclei sequencing, and SNP genotyping.
IU Bloomington
Center for Survey Research (CSR)
Leading academic research center providing expert research design, sampling, questionnaire design, interface development and programming, data collection, data processing, and analysis services for wide range of qualitative and quantitative research projects. Partnering on cutting-edge research that involves surveys, interviews, focus groups, or structured observations.
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
Flow Cytometry Resource Facility (FCRF)
The Flow Cytometry Resource Facility (FCRF) provides flow cytometric analysis and cell sorting services as well as flow cytometric image analysis.
IU Indianapolis
HANDS In Autism Interdisciplinary Training & Resource Center
The HANDS (Helping Answer Needs by Developing Specialists) in Autism® Interdisciplinary Training & Resource Center is located within the Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The HANDS team offers services including:
(1) recruitment,
(2) behavioral, educational, functional, and/or vocational assessment of individuals across a broad range of ages and functioning levels, and
(3) program evaluation efforts targeted to a range …
IU Indianapolis
Human Vascular Imaging Core (HVIC)
The HVIC performs functional and anatomic vascular imaging measuremetns (flow-mediated dilation and carotid intima-media thickness).
IUSM South Bend
Imaging and Flow Cytometry Core Facility
Standard confocal or multiphoton resources for imaging live or fixed samples and a 5 color flow cytometric analyzer are available. Data analysis software for each resource is also available on site.
IU Bloomington
Imaging Research Facility (IRF)
The IRF is a state-of-the-art neuroimaging facility that enables cutting-edge neuroscience research and training using non-invasive imaging methodologies, including both MRI and EEG.
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
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.
Notre Dame
Magnetic Resonance Research Center
The Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC) supports research in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, engineering and related fields. The MRRC operates six solution-state NMR spectrometers (400 to 800 MHz), a solid-state 300 MHz NMR instrument, and an X-band EPR spectrometer. Most instruments are equipped with sample changers for increased sample throughput. See the MRRC website for more information.
Notre Dame
Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility
Analysis of large and small molecules using several ionization methods, low or high resolution, hyphenated techniques, proteomics, and metabolomics.
IU Bloomington
NMR Facility
The NMR Facility offers solution NMR spectroscopy services for small and large molecules.
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
Purdue University
Purdue MRI Facility
The Purdue MRI Facility houses two 3T full body MRI systems and one 7T small bore (animal) MRI system that are available for research involving MRI, MR spectroscopy, and other MR applications.
IU Indianapolis
Translation Core
The Translation Core provides services that facilitate the conduct of research involving human subjects, including supplying low-cost, high-quality analyte measurements for a variety of hormones, cytokines, lipids and other analytes. Translation Core human studies services include phenotyping (i.e. GTT, clamp studies, tracer studies), and access to a biobank of human tissues and serum.
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.