Cores Directory

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Listing of research core items

  1. Instrument/equipment
    Researcher and participant in a TMS experiment. Photo by Anton Grassl, courtesy of SmithGroup

    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive method of brain stimulation that uses electromagnetic pulses to inhibit, excite, or modulate neural activity. 

    Located within BrainWorks

    Roeland Hancock

    Director
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    Yale University Cleanroom_main

    Yale University Cleanroom

    The University Cleanroom provides a controlled environment that maintains intentionally low concentrations of pollutants to allow for uncontaminated scientific research.

    Yong Sun

    Primary contact Director
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    West Campus Analytical Core

    Our instruments help characterize and elucidate the structures of chemical and biophysical samples. We train researchers.

    Terence Wu

    Director
  4. Core/facility
    Benches with microscopes

    West Campus Imaging Core

    We offer access to and training in the use of a variety of confocal and epifluorescence microscopes as well as light-sheet, laser microdissection, and atomic force microscopy.

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    West Campus Materials Characterization Core

    We offer a variety of materials characterization tools, including spectroscopy, microscopy, and X-ray fluorescence and diffraction.

    Min Li, PhD

    Director
  6. Instrument/equipment

    Wet benches

    Process benches, Westar resist spin coater, programmable hotplate, and regular hotplate.

    Located within West Campus Cleanroom

    Lauren McCabe, PhD

    Primary contact
  7. Core/facility
    Exterior entrance of BrainWorks. Photo by Anton Grassl, courtesy of SmithGroup

    BrainWorks

    BrainWorks houses all major neurotechnologies for non-invasive studies of the human brain.

    General inquiries

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    Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE)

    We offer access to electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and electron-beam lithography for students, postdocs, and faculty.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Primary contact Associate Director of Facilities
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    Yale Plant Growth Facility

    The core consists of over 20,000 square feet of greenhouses, growth chambers and workspace for plant genetics, evolutionary biology, climate change, and other controlled-environment research.

    Christopher Bolick

    Primary contact Associate Director of Research, Marsh Botanical Gardens
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    Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 Microscope

    A selective plane illumination microscope (SPIM).

  11. Instrument/equipment

    Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan confocal microscope

    Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan confocal microscope

    Mateus Guerra, PhD

    Primary contact Associate Director
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