Cores Directory

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Listing of research core items

  1. Instrument/equipment

    Electron-beam lithography

    For nanoscale patterning, the Raith EBPG 5000+ and EBPG 5200+ electron-beam lithography systems provide 100kV patterning of 10 nm scale devices.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  2. Instrument/equipment

    Mass spectrometry

    Instruments for mass spectrometry

    Terence Wu

    Director
  3. Services

    Metabolic flux and enrichment studies using MIMOSA

    In this subcore, parameters of cellular and tissue metabolic flux are assessed by incorporation of stable isotope-labeled tracers (e.g., 13C, 15N, 2D) into metabolism.

    Located within Chemical Metabolism Core

    Stephan Siebel, MD, PhD

  4. Instrument/equipment

    NMR

    Our NMR instruments include a Bruker 400 MHz broadband probe and an Agilent DD2 600 MHz 3 mm cold probe.

    Terence Wu

    Director
  5. Instrument/equipment

    Transmission electron microscopy

    The FEI Tecnai Osiris 200kV TEM is specifically configured for material science.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

  6. Instrument/equipment

    Biotechnology

    Biotechnology instruments

    Terence Wu

    Director
  7. Instrument/equipment

    Scanning electron microscopy

    Two Hitachi SU-70 scanning electron microscopes provide 1 nm resolution with a high-brightness electron source.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  8. Instrument/equipment

    3D printing

    At the APC we have three 3D printers: a Formlabs Form 3, a Dremel 3D20, and a Lulzbot Taz Pro.

    James A. Nikkel, PhD

  9. Instrument/equipment

    Atomic force microscopy

    A Bruker Dimension Fastscan AFM provides atomic force microscopy in both air and fluids using the new “Peak Force” tapping mode as well as very high speed resonant tapping mode.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  10. Services

    Islet isolation and function

    The islet cell biology component of the core offers isolation of islets, high-throughput parallel perfusion of islets, and dynamic studies of hormone secretion. 

    Located within Chemical Metabolism Core

    Rebecca Cardone, MS

  11. Instrument/equipment

    Optical

    Optical instrumentation

    Terence Wu

    Director
  12. Core/facility

    Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy (ACEM) Core

    Our core's focus is cutting-edge and high-throughput capability in electron microscopy techniques, including TEM, SEM, and FIB.

    Primary contact

    Shize Yang, PhD