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  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. Services

    Global metabolomics and integrative -omics (intOmics)

    Metabolomics provides screening of targeted (~650) and untargeted (~2500) metabolites. Options for more detailed analyses include volcano plots, pathway enrichment and KEGG network optimization data. Metabolomic data can be integrated with (user provided) RNAseq using a metabolomics network analysis platform (IntOmix), for an optimized pathway analysis of relationships between metabolites and enzyme transcripts.

    Located within Chemical Metabolism Core

    Stephan Siebel, MD, PhD

  3. Instrument/equipment

    Mass spectrometry

    Instruments for mass spectrometry

    Terence Wu

    Director
  4. 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. The CMC uses the targeted mass isotopomer multi-ordinate spectral analysis (MIMOSA) platform to interpret stable isotope labeling patterns for calculation of rates of discrete steps in glycolytic and mitochondrial metabolism. Such measurements can be used to identify differences in fuel usage (e.g., glycolysis vs. beta-oxidation), and non-oxidative (reductive carboxylation, anaplerosis and cataplerosis) contributions to the TCA cycle.  

    Located within Chemical Metabolism Core

    Stephan Siebel, MD, PhD

  5. 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
  6. Instrument/equipment

    Transmission electron microscopy

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

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

  7. Instrument/equipment

    Biotechnology

    Biotechnology instruments

    Terence Wu

    Director
  8. Services

    Quantitative targeted analysis

    Identification and quantification of key metabolites of central carbon metabolism.

    Located within Chemical Metabolism Core

    Stephan Siebel, MD, PhD

  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Services

    Islet isolation and function

    In this subcore, our technical expertise in isolating rodent islets including rats, mice and most recently ground squirrel islets, from the pancreas ex-vivo allows researchers to study the intact islets for their studies or to proceed with substrate stimulated insulin secretion functional studies using our BioRep Technologies Islet Perfusion Systems (8-channel and 12-channel) offered by our core. For non-rodent islet studies, human donor islet procurement assistance as well as unction studies are also offered.

     

    Located within Chemical Metabolism Core

    Rebecca Cardone, MS

  12. Instrument/equipment

    Optical

    Optical instrumentation

    Terence Wu

    Director