Cores Directory

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Listing of research core items

  1. Instrument/equipment
    Instron

    Instron tensile/compression testing

    This instrument performs tensile, compression, flexure/bend, peel, tear, shear, and cyclic tests.

    Amit Datye, PhD

    Primary Contact
  2. Instrument/equipment

    Ion mill

    The Hitachi IM4000 can be used for cross-sectioning samples (usually for SEM viewing) or for polishing surfaces.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  3. Instrument/equipment

    Iridium sputtering tool

    Iridium is useful for coating samples before electron microscopy.

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  4. Services

    Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)

    Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) services

    Brad Erkkila

    Director
  5. Core/facility

    Keck Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics Resource

    We provide efficient and cost-effective proteomics and state-of-the-art small-molecule mass spectrometry-based services.

    TuKiet Lam, PhD

    Director
  6. Core/facility

    Keck Microarray Shared Resource

    Microarray platforms available for high-throughput gene-expression detection.

    Guilin Wang, PhD

    Primary contact
  7. Instrument/equipment

    Keck Microarray instrumentation

    Tools for nucleic acid isolation and assessment, microarray genotyping and gene expression profiling, single-cell genomics and proteomics analysis, spatial genomics analysis, and long-read sequencing.

    Primary contact

  8. Core/facility
    A hand releases a butterfly over water before a sunset

    Legacy Tissue Donation Program

    Just as you can help save lives by becoming an organ donor, you can help advance cancer and other biomedical research by participating in the Legacy Tissue Donation Program.

    Harold Sanchez, MD and Marcello DiStasio, MD, PhD

    Co-Directors
  9. Instrument/equipment

    Leica SP5 confocal microscope

    Leica SP5 confocal microscope

    Mateus Guerra, PhD

    Primary contact Associate Director
  10. Instrument/equipment

    Leica SP8 Gated STED 3X super resolution

    Leica SP8 Gated STED 3X Super Resolution microscope

    Mateus Guerra, PhD

    Primary contact Associate Director
  11. Instrument/equipment

    Leica Stellaris laser scanning confocal microscope with FLIM and CRS

     State-of-the-art laser-scanning confocal microscope with white-light laser and integrated fluorescence lifetime (FLIM) and coherent Raman spectroscopy (CRS) capabilities.

    Lin Shao, PhD

  12. Instrument/equipment

    Leica STELLARIS 8 TauSTED confocal microscope

    Leica DM6 CS upright microscope with environmental control system.