Cores Directory

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Listing of research core items

  1. 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

  2. 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
  3. Instrument/equipment

    Teaching cleanroom

    The teaching cleanroom is located in Becton 400.

    Located within Yale Cleanroom Facilities

    Cleanroom Staff

  4. Services

    Testing

    Genetic testing available at the DNA Diagnostics Laboratory

    Located within DNA Diagnostics Laboratory

    Dan Dykas

  5. Instrument/equipment
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    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
  6. Services

    Tissue Procurement and Distribution (TPD)

    The mission of this division is to maximize the access of human tissues to translational investigators by providing high quality annotated fresh and frozen human tissue to Yale and other users.

    Located within Yale Pathology Tissue Services (YPTS)

    Yalai Bai, PhD, MD

    Research Scientist Technical Director
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Core/facility

    West Campus Analytical Core

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

    Fabian Menges, PhD

    Director
  10. 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.

    Joerg Nikolaus, PhD

    Director
  11. Core/facility
    Micrograph of zinc metal organic frame, photo courtesy Sarah Ostresh and Charles Schmuttenmaer

    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
  12. Instrument/equipment

    Wet benches

    The cleanroom houses bench fume hoods that are dedicated to acid use, base use, solvent use, and the RCA cleaning process.

    Located within Yale Cleanroom Facilities

    Cleanroom Staff