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Listing of research core items

  1. Instrument/equipment

    Spatial technology

    YCGA offers four different platforms for spatial gene expression and epigenetic state analysis. Spatial technologies aim to assay single cells' genomic and epigenetic information within their native tissue environment.

    Located within Yale Center for Genome Analysis (YCGA)

    William Renock

  2. Instrument/equipment
    STEM ADF at 60 kV

    Spectra Ultra Scanning Transmission electron microscope

    The tool is still under installation. We will start to do some tests soon.

    Located within Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy (ACEM) Core

    Shize Yang

    Director
  3. Instrument/equipment

    Sputtering and evaporation

    Physical vapor deposition (PVD) tools are used to deposit metal/oxide films under HV/UHV. This includes e-beam and thermal evaporators, plus magnetron sputtering.

    Located within Yale Cleanroom Facilities

    Lauren McCabe

    Assistant Director
  4. Instrument/equipment

    Stellaris 8 DIVE multiphoton/confocal microscope

    Stellaris 8 DIVE multiphoton/confocal microscope

    Located within Confocal Microscopy at CCMI

    Mateus Guerra, PhD

    Primary contact Associate Director
  5. Instrument/equipment

    Stylus profilometer

    The Bruker Dektak XT stylus profilometer measures step heights, surface profiles and roughness using a stylus with a 12.5 um radius tip. 

    Located within Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering (YINQE)

    Sungwoo Sohn, PhD

    Associate Director of Facilities
  6. Services

    Surgical disease model services

    Assistance with pre- and post-operative animal care, animal surgery, and novel experimental cardiovascular disease model design. 

    Located within Yale CVRC Micro-CT Imaging Core

    Zhen Zhuang, MD, MS

  7. Services

    Task programming support

    Consultations and code examples are available to support users in programming their experimental tasks. 

    Located within BrainWorks

    Alex Forrence

    Research Support Engineer
  8. Instrument/equipment

    Teaching cleanroom

    The teaching cleanroom is located in Becton 400.

    Located within Yale Cleanroom Facilities

    Cleanroom Staff

  9. Services

    Testing

    Genetic testing available at the DNA Diagnostics Laboratory

    Located within DNA Diagnostics Laboratory

    Dan Dykas

  10. Instrument/equipment
    TGA Zoomed Out

    Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

    This instrument measures the weight loss of material due to thermal effects. Technical specifications and limits of the equipment are listed below.

    Located within Mechanical and Thermal Analysis Instrumentation Core (MTAIC)

    Amit Datye, PhD

    Primary Contact
  11. 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
  12. Core/facility

    Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC)

    We facilitate translational animal research with small- and large- animal housing, surgery, and state-of-the-art imaging resources.

    Albert Sinusas, MD

    Director