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Building blocks for breakthroughs

From A(nalytical and stable isotopes) to Z(ebrafish phenotyping), research at Yale combines serious inquiry, deep expertise, and state-of-the-art technology.

A bird looks into a camera with its pelvic and leg bones superimposed

The "drumstick" of the leg is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago helped make it possible for peacocks to strut, penguins to waddle, and turkeys to trot.

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Yale’s research cores enable scientists across campus to interact, collaborate, and develop new applications that advance the university’s scientific mission.

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At a series of autumn Cores Fairs, visitors learn how core facilities can help with their research. Mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are among the offerings at West Campus Analytical Core.  

A bearded man crouches beside a piece of cylindrical equipment

Eric Paulson, PhD, tunes the probe under a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, one of twelve at the Chemical and Biophysical Instrumentation Center (CBIC). The Center also houses instruments for mass spectrometry and X-rays.

Micrograph image of a Meissner corpuscle, a sensory organ

A Meissner corpuscle is a group of cells that acts as a touch detector. Its 3D structure was revealed for the first time using enhanced focused ion-beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM). Image credit: Yury Nikolaev, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Slav Bagriantsev lab.

Evolutionary research relies on the cores. 

"The micro-CT scans we collected at the CBIC core from Yale Peabody Museum dinosaur fossils were essential for piecing together how the structure of the leg bones (and in turn, the potential motion of the knee) changed over dinosaurian evolutionary history."
Armita R. Manafzadeh, PhD Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow & NSF Postdoctoral Research in Biology Fellow

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Research cores make science easier, more fruitful, and more efficient.

“You’d be hard-pressed to find a high-profile experimental research paper from Yale that hasn’t been touched by a core."
Ben Myers Co-Director of Research Cores

Characterizing and elucidating structures

“The WCAC provides our research community here at Yale access to high-level instrumentation, helping to forward discovery.”
Terence Wu Director

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A more collaborative approach

"One of the most enjoyable aspects of what we do is collaborate with the grad students and faculty to solve the problems they’re up against. It’s not just cranking out the data."
Eric Paulson, PhD Director

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Cutting-edge electron microscopy

“Potentially, this research will inform the development of tactile sensors for next generation of prosthetics.”
Slav Bagriantsev, PhD Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Physiology at Yale School of Medicine

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By the numbers

Yale takes a data-intensive approach to science and technology research, harnessing today's volume, speed, and availability of data to transform knowledge production.

Research Infrastructure

  • 70+ core science facilities
  • 1,169 specialized reference databases
  • 10 campus libraries
  • 15.9 million volumes across Yale's collections

Empowering Support

$1.326B+

in sci/tech R&D expenditures in FY23

HERD Report, 2023

#4

Yale School of Medicine was 4th in the nation for total National Institutes of Health funding in FY 2023.

Organizational structures that support excellence Learn more about Yale's scientific research strategy

Newsmakers

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Meet Yale’s maestro of MicroED

A new technology upgrade brings microcrystal electron diffraction — which helps determine the atomic structure of small crystals — to the Yale campus.

Molecular map shows the way towards better food choices

In a new study, Yale researchers used mass spectrometry to examine how different molecules interact with bacteria found in the human gut — an important step towards personalized nutrition tailored to individual gut health needs.

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