Research Core Labs

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One of the defining features of a top-tier research university is the availability of core facilities that provide a spectrum of contemporary analytic tools that can be shared across the campus. Ideally these cores provide both technical and consultative services at mode​st cost and, as a result, elevate the quality of the overall research enterprise. It is appropriate that the core landscape evolves as new technologies emerge and others become obsolete.

Below is a list to the current operational research cores supported by the School of Medicine and the research leadership on the Anschutz Medical Campus.


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Allergy and Clinical Immunology Core

Director: Brent Palmer

Technical Director: Charles Preston Neff

Location: RC2, 10th Floor, Room 10231 and 10232

Services: Flow Cytometry, Cellular Immunology, Cell Analysis and Sorting, Monoclonal Antibody Panel Design, Data Analysis

Website: ClinImmune, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Infectious Disease Flow Cytometry & Bioarchiving Facility

Animal Imaging Shared Resource (AISR) at the CU Cancer Center

Director: Natalie Serkova

Manager: Jenna Steiner

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location:
RC1 North: Vivarium, P18-0434, P18-0443
RC2: P15-1109, P15-1306, P15-1214

Services: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), IVIS Imaging, Bioluminescence, Computed Tomography (CT), FDG-PET

Website: Animal Imaging Shared Resource

Anschutz Center for Microbiome Excellence (ACME)

Director: Catherine Lozupone

Technical Director: Nichole Nusbacher

Location: RC1 N, 8th Floor, Room 8119

Services: 16S rRNA targeted sequencing, Microbiome Data Analysis, Nucleic Acid extraction, Bacterial culture

Website: Anschutz Center for Microbiome Excellence (ACME)

Autoantibody/HLA Core Facility

Director: Liping Yu

Administrator: Allison Reeds

Location: Barbara Davis Center: M20-4201A-H

Keywords: Autoantibodies, HLA, Type 1 diabetes, Celiac disease, Biomarker

Website: Autoantibody/HLA Core Facility

Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Shared Resource (BBSR) at the CU Cancer Center

Biostatistics Director: Dexiang Gao

Biostatistics Manager: Andrew Nicklawsky

Bioinformatics Director: James (Jim) Costello

Bioinformatics Manager: Andrew Goodspeed

Location:
Fitzsimons: Q20-N2211, Q20-N2215, Q20-N2227C^02, Q20-N6203D, Q20-N6203E, Q20-W3127^02
RC1 South: L18-5113^02

Services: Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Grant preparation and Study design, Data analysis, -omics, Clinical trials

Website: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource

Cardiovascular Bioimaging Core: CTRC Outpatient Clinic

Director: Kerrie Moreau

Administrator: Tim Lockie

Location: Anschutz Health Sciences Building (AHSB) 6th Floor - CTRC Outpatient

Services: Ultrasound, Cardiac, Vascular, Liver, Fibroscan

Website: Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRC)

Cell Technologies Shared Resource (CTSR)

Director: Peter Dempsey

Manager: Anh Le

Location: RC1 South: L18-5404B

Services: Hybridoma/Monoclonal antibody, Fetal calf serum, Cell lines, Protein expression, IncuCyte

Website: Cell Technologies Shared Resource

Center for Innovative Design and Analysis (CIDA) - Consulting Center

Director: Nichole Carlson (CSPH)

Consulting Center Manager: Camille Hochheimer

Administrator: Theresa Jennings

Location: Fitzsimons: 4th Floor West

Services: Data Analysis, Grant Development and Study Design, Data Science, Biostatistics, Long/Short-Term Partnerships

Website: Center for Innovative Design & Analysis

Clinical Research Support Team (CReST)

Director: Benjamin Echalier

Location: Fitzsimons Building, WG109

Services: Clinical Coordinators & Coordination, Clinical Monitoring, IRB & Regulatory Assistance, Study Startup & Administration Help, OnCore Submission & Signoff Help, Sponsor Invoicing, Invoice Payments

Website: Clinical Research Support Team (CReST)

Colorado Anschutz Research Genetics Organization (CARGO)

Principal Investigator: Kathleen Barnes

Director: Monica Campbell

Project Managers: Meher Boorgula, Nicholas Rafaels

Administrator: Alesia El Ali

Location: RC2: P15-3490B, P15-3490C, P15-3490F

Services: DNA/RNA Services, Genotyping, Data Analysis

Website: Colorado Anschutz Research Genetics Organization (CARGO)

Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) Clinical Research Core: Adult CTRC Core Laboratory

Manager: Rebecca Baldermann

Administrator: Tim Lockie

Location: Anschutz Health Sciences Building (AHSB) 6th Floor, Room 6110

Services: Research Laboratory, Analytical Testing, Chemistry Testing, Hormone/Peptide Testing, Cytokine Testing, Immunological Testing, HPLC, ELISA, RIA, COVID Testing, CAP and CLIA Accreditation Lab

Website: CTRC Services

Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) Clinical Research Core: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD)

Director: Nichole Carlson

Administrator: Theresa Jennings

Location: Fitzsimons: 4th Floor West

Services: Grant Development, Data Analysis, Statistical Education, Long/Short-Term Partnerships

Website: Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)

Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) Clinical Research Core: CTRC Nutrition Services

Director: Janine Higgins

Manager: Tyson Marden

Administrator: Tim Lockie

Location: Kitchen in AHWC: 1st floor; Office/Clinic in AHSB: Room 6023

Services: Nutrition, Dietary intake, Metabolic meals, Diet design, Measurement of habitual dietary intake

Website: Nutrition Services

Diabetes Research Center Bioresources Core

Director: Lori Sussel

Administrator: Mark Farrell

Location: Barbara Davis Center: M20-4207 and M20-4209

Services: Islet isolation/function, Cytometry, Microscopy, Sanger sequencing, STR profiling

Website: Core Facilities

Drug Discovery and Development Shared Resource (D3SR) at the CU Cancer Center

Director, Arm 1: Dan LaBarbera (Drug Discovery and Hit-to-lead Drug Development)

Director, Arm 2: Dan Gustafson (In Vivo Pharmacology)

Pharmacology Manager: Krista Banks

High-throughput Screening Manager: Qiong Zhou

Location: Flint Animal Cancer Center, CSU School of Pharmacy

Services: Drug discovery, Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling, High throughput and high content sequencing, Compound libraries, Metabolism, Drug transporter studies

Website: Drug Discovery and Development

Electron Microscopy Core Facility

Director: Anza Darehshouri

Administrator: Kate Beatty

Location: RC1 South 1207

Services: Electron microscopy, Project consultation, Sample preparation, Sample analysis, Training

Website: Electron Microscopy Core Facility

Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) at the CU Cancer Center

Director: Eric Clambey

Manager: Christine Childs

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location: RC1 South: L18-4112, L18-4204, L18-4208, L18-4215, L18-4402G and RC1 North: P18-8207

Services: Flow cytometry, Cell sorting, CyTOF, Spectral flow cytometry, Mass cytometry

Core-Specific Equipment: Beckman Coulter MoFlo Astrios, MoFlo XDP Flex, Sony MA900, Miltenyi Biotec Tyto, BD Fortessa, Cytek Aurora, Cytek Northern Lights, Agilent Novocyte Penteon, Propel Yeti, BioRad ZE5, Gallios 561, CyTOF XT, Vi-CELL BLU, Antibody bank, FlowJo, FCS Express, Cell Engine, Kaluza, ModFit, Astrolabe

Website: Flow Cytometry

Functional Genomics Shared Resource (FGSR) at the CU Cancer Center

Director: Joaquin Espinosa

Manager: Molishree Joshi

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location: RC1 North: P18-6222, P18-6223

Services: shRNA, CRISPR, Plasmid, Genetic Screen, Cell-Engineering

Website: Functional Genomics

Gates Biomanufacturing Facility

Director: Matthew Seefeldt

Director: Terri Foote

Administrator: Charles Hickey

Location: Bioscience 1

Services: GMP manufacturing, Project management, Cell therapy, Recombinant protein, FDA compliance, Translational research

Website: Gates Biomanufacturing Facility

Gates Institute: Histology (Morphology & Phenotyping) Core

Director: Igor Kogut

Manager: Laura Hoaglin

Administrator : Carmen Garcia

Location: P15-4430A

Services: Histology, Tissue grossing, Embedding, Paraffin Processing, Sectioning (paraffin/OCT), Automated Immunohistochemistry & Immunofluorescence

Website: The Gates Center Histology Core

Gates Institute: Stem Cell Biobanking & Disease Modeling Core (SCB&DM)

Director: Ganna Bilousova

Director: Igor Kogut

Manager: Michael Ferreyros

Administrator: Carmen Garcia

Location: P15-4410A

Services: Cell Reprogramming and iPSC Characterization, Gene editing of iPSCs, Production of modified mRNA, Biobanking

Website: The Gates Center Stemcell Biobanking & Disease Modeling Core

Genetically Engineered Murine Models (GEMM) Core

Director: Jennifer Matsuda

Administrator: Bernadine Sena

Location: National Jewish Hospital

Services: Transgenic, Knockout, CRISPR/Cas9, Rederivation, Cryopreservation

Website: Genetically Engineered Murine Models (GEMM)

Genomics and Microarray Shared Resource (GSR) at the CU Cancer Center

Director: Bifeng Gao

Manager: Nicole Manning

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location: RC2: P15-9400

Services: Next Generation Sequencing; Single Cell Sequencing; Spatial Transcriptomics; Microarray; Experimental Consultation

Website: Genomics Shared Resource

Gnotobiotic Core

Director: Jordi Lanis

Technician: Kaitlyn Cox

Location: Vivarium

Services: Germ free, Gnotobiotic, Microbiome

Website: Gnotobiotic Core

HI3 Cores: Human Immune Monitoring Shared Resource (HIMSR)

Director: Jill Slansky

Assistant Director: Kimberly Jordan

Administrator: Lanette Schwarz

Location: RC1 North: P18-8113, P18-8403, P18-8202, P18-8212, P18-8206

Services: Immunotherapy, Immunology, Sample processing of clinical sample, Cytokines, Cytof, Mass cytometry, Flow cytometry, Imaging, Immunohistochemistry, IHC, Immunofluorescence, ELISA, Multiplex, MIBI, MSD (mesoscale discovery), Cytech, Polaris, Vectra, Phenotyping, inform, Flowjo, Blood Samples, PBMC, Plasma, Serum, Smart Tube Technology, Lymphocytes, Tissue Microscopy, Biomarker

Core-Specific Equipment: Akoya PhenoImager HT, 10x Genomics Xenium, Spatial transcriptomics, Spatial proteomics, Multi-omics, Histology, RNAscope

Website: The Human Immune Monitoring Shared Resource at CU|AMC

HI3 Cores: Pre-clinical Human Immune System Mice Share Resource (PHISM)

Director: Roberta Pelanda

Co-Director: Julie Lang

Location: RC1 North: P18-8404G and P18-8132

Keywords: Humanized, Mice, Immunotherapy, In-Vivo, Pre-Clinical

Website: Pre-clinical Human Immune System Mouse model and Analysis Shared Resource

Irradiation Sciences Core at the CU Cancer Center

Director: David Westerly

Manager: Tyler Weiskopf

Location: RC1 North: Vivarium, P18-0437

Services: Image-guided irradiator, Precision x-ray, Animal tumor irradiation, Immune function assays, Radiation-induced DNA damage

Website: Irradiation Services

Islet Preparation Core at the Barbara Davis Center

Manager: Scott Beard

Location: BDC, 4th Floor, Room 4209

Keywords: Pancreatic Islets, Rodent Islet Isolation, Islet / Tissue Transplantation (kidney capsule), Pancreas Inflation Training, Human Islet Distribution

Website: Pancreatic Islet Preparation Core

Neurotechnology Center (NTC): Advanced Light Microscopy Core (ALMC)

Director: Richard Benninger

Manager: Radu Moldovan

Administrator: Paula Robinson

Location:
Currently:
RC1 North: 7th Floor and 8th Floor
RC2: 7th Floor RC1 South: 11th Floor

Fall 2021:
RC1 North: 1st Floor
RC2: 7th Floor
RC1 South: 11th Floor

Services: Imaging, Fluorescence, Confocal microscopy, Super-resolution microscopy

Website: Advanced Light Microscopy

Neurotechnology Center (NTC): Animal Behavior Core

Director: Michael Mesches

Manager: Nicolas Busquet

Administrator: Paula Robinson

Location: RC1 North: Vivarium

Keywords: Rodent Behavior Testing; Animal models; Cognition, learning, and memory; Stress, anxiety, and depression; Sensory and motor function; Behavioral phenotyping

Website: Animal Behavior Core

Neurotechnology Center (NTC): In Vivo Neurophysiology (EEG)

Director: Michael Mesches

Administrator: Paula Robinson

Location: RC1 North: Vivarium

Services: EEG, EMG recording, Sleep architecture, Stereotactic surgery, Electrode manufacture and implantation, Rodent in vivo neurophysiology

Website: In Vivo Neurophysiology (EEG)

Neurotechnology Center (NTC): Machine Shop

Director: Gidon Felsen

Administrator: Paula Robinson

Location: Fitzsimons: Q20-NG003 and Q20-NG003B

Services: Experimental device design. Machining, Prototyping, Fabrication, Maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment

Core-Specific Equipment: - Manual Milling Machines (One with Digital Readout) - Full 3-Axis Automation CNC Milling Machine - Laser Cutter / Engraver - Large-Format Dual-Head FFF 3D Printer - Metal Lathes (One high-precision)? - Wood / Metal-Cutting Band Saws - Table Saw - Panel Saw - Precision Surface Grinder - Drill Press - 12" disk sander, 6" belt sander - Shearing, Bending, Pressing Equipment - Extensive Tooling & Precision Measuring Devices

Website: Machine Shop

Neurotechnology Center (NTC): Optogenetics & Neural Engineering Core (ONE)

Director: Gidon Felsen

Manager: Andrew Scallon

Administrator: Paula Robinson

Location: RC1 North: P18-7113 and P18-7401L

Services: Optics, Electronics, Custom engineering, 3D printing and design, Neural data analysis

Website: Optogenetics and Neural Engineering Core

Neurotechnology Center (NTC): The Innovation and Design for Experimentation and Analysis (IDEA) Core

Director: Gidon Felsen

Manager: Ryan Williamson

Location: RC1 North: P18-7107

Services: Engineering, Neuroscience, Data Analysis, Instrument Design, Animal Behavior

Website: The IDEA Core

Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC): Clinical Intervention and Translation (CIT) Core

Director: Janine Higgins

Location: Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

Keywords: Weight loss, Diet, Nutrition, Food intake, Appetite regulation

Website: Clinical Intervention and Translation Core

Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC): Energy Balance Assessment (EBA) Core

Director: Wendy Kohrt

Associate Director: Edward Melanson

Associate Director: Paul MacLean

Location:
RC1 North: P18-5402, F, G, J, L, K, M, P18-5207, P18-5208
Leprino Building: 3rd Floor

Keywords: Body composition, Energy expenditure, Resting metabolic rate, Physical activity, Exercise

Core-Specific Equipment: High-Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography imaging device (HR-pQCT)

Website: Energy Balance Assessment Core

Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC): Molecular and Cellular Analytical (MCA) Core 

Director: Bryan Bergman

Associate Director: Kartik Shankar

Managing Director: Matthew Jackman

Location:

RC2: 5th Floor
RC1 South: L18-6207 and L18-7403E

Keywords: Lipidomic, Mass Spectrometry, Mitochondrial Function, RNAseq

Website: Molecular and Cellular Analytical Core

OLAR (Office of Laboratory Animal Resources)

Director: Jori Leszczynski

Administrator: Carolyn Russell

Location:

RC1 North: Vivarium
RC2: Vivarium
Fall 2021: AHSB Basement BDC, CU Denver Science Building basement, Denver Health, and Perinatal Research

Services: Animals, Husbandry, Veterinary Care, Breeding, Surgery, Comparative Clinical Pathology, Necropsy Services, Technical Services/Investigator Support, IACUC Protocol Consultation and Planning, Training -- Handling, Experimental Procedures

Website: Office of Laboratory Animal Resources (OLAR)

Organoid and Tissue Modeling Shared Resource (OTMSR)

Director: Peter Dempsey

Manager: P. Sean McGrath

Administrator : Robert Murchison

Location: Barbara Davis Center, 3rd Floor, Room(s) M20-3202P, 3205, 3203

Services: Adult- and iPSC-derived 3D organoid models (human & mouse), conditioned media, matrices and reagents for 3D culture, gene editing (point mutations and fluorescent knock-in), organoid assays and imaging, biobanking

Website: Organoid and Tissue Modeling Shared Resource (OTMSR)

Pathology Shared Resource (PSR) at the CU Cancer Center - Cytogenetics

Director: Liming Bao

Manager: Mary Haag

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location: Biosciences 2, Suite 400

Services: Chromosome/Karyotype Analysis, Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH), Chromosomal Microarray (CMA)

Website: Pathology Shared Resource

Pathology Shared Resource (PSR) at the CU Cancer Center - Molecular Testing

Director: Dara Aisner

Manager: Kurtis Davies

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location: Biosciences 2, Suite 400

Services: Targeted NGS, Precision Medicine, FFPE Sample Processing, Mutation Analysis, Gene Fusion

Website: Pathology Shared Resource

Pathology Shared Resource (PSR) at the CU Cancer Center - Research Histology

Directors: M. Scott Lucia and Adrie vanBokhoven

Manager: E. Erin Smith

Administrator: Michaela Montour

Location: RC1 North: P18-5220, P18-5221^02

Services: Histology, Tissue grossing/cassetting, Paraffin processing, Sectioning, Routing and staining, Immunohistochemistry, Antibody optimization

Website: Pathology Shared Resource

Pre-Clinical Cardiovascular Core

Principal Investigator: Tim McKinsey

Director: Maria Cavasin

Administrator: Kelley Brodsky

Location: RC2: 8th floor; RC2: vivarium

Keywords: Fibrosis, Pre-clinical studies, In vivo fibrosis models, ECHO imaging, Novel therapies

Website: Pre-Clinical Cardiovascular Core

Research Informatics Office: Health Data Compass

Director: Ian M. Brooks, PhD

Administrator: Sarah Ayala

Location:
Fitzsimons: 5th floor East, CCPM/HDC
Fall 2021: AHSB

Services: Clinical Data, Informatics, Data Science, Genomics, Clinical Data Warehouse

Website: Health Data Compass

School of Medicine Metabolomics Core (part of the CU Cancer Center Mass Spectrometry Shared Resource - MSSR)

Director: Angelo D'Alessandro

Manager: Julie Reisz Haines

Administrator : Shelly Fortner

Location: RC1 South: L18-1303

Services: High Throughput Metabolomics, In Vitro and In Vivo Stable Isotope Tracing, Absolute Quantitation, Polar Lipidomics, Trace Metal Analysis

Website: School of Medicine Metabolomics Core

School of Medicine Proteomics Core (part of the CU Cancer Center Mass Spectrometry Shared Resource - MSSR)

Director: Kirk Hansen

Manager: Anthony Saviola

Administrator : Shelly Fortner

Location: RC1 South: L18-1303

Services: Global Proteomics, Deep Proteomics, Absolute Quantitation, Post-translational Modifications, Protein Identification

Website: School of Medicine Proteomics Core

School of Pharmacy Resources: Computational Chemistry and Biology Core

Director: Philip Reigan

Location: School Of Pharmacy: V20-2104

Services: Molecular modeling, Protein Modeling, Drug Design, Structure-Activity Relationship

Website: Computational Chemistry and Biology Core Facility

School of Pharmacy Resources: Medicinal Chemistry Core Facility

Director: Michael Wempe

Manager: Vijay Kumar

Administrator: Peggy McIntosh

Location: School Of Pharmacy: V20-2410

Services: Chemical Synthesis, LC/MS-MS, HPLC/UV, NMR, Preclinical Safety Assessment

Website: Medicinal Chemistry

School of Pharmacy Resources: SSPPS Mass Spectrometry Facility

Director: Nichole Reisdorph

Assistant Director: Richard Reisdorph

Location: School Of Pharmacy: V20-2260 and V20-2460

Services: Metabolomics, Proteomics, Acetylomics, Lipidomics, Targeted mass spectrometry

Website: Mass Spectrometry Facility

Structural Biology: Biophysics

Director: Julie Cooper

Manager: Robb Welty

Administrator : Shelly Fortner

Location: RC1 South: L18-2400, L18-2400B, L18-2400D, L18-2400E

Services: Molecular interactions, Quantitative analysis, Biophysics, Macromolecular structure, RNA/DNA/Protein complexes

Website: Biophysics Shared Resource Facility

Structural Biology: CryoElectron Microscopy (CryoEM)

Director: Francisco Asturias

Manager: John Hardin

Administrator : Shelly Fortner

Location: RC1 South: L18-1302, L18-1302A, L18-1206, L18-1207F

Services: Cryo-EM, Macromolecular structure, Protein/RNA/DNA complexes, Macromolecular Interactions, Conformational changes

Website: Cryo-EM Structural Biology Shared Resource Facility

Structural Biology: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

Director: David Jones

Co-Director/Manager: John Hardin

Administrator : Shelly Fortner

Location: RC1 South: L18-1300

Services: NMR spectroscopy, Macromolecular structure, Molecular interactions, Drug screening, Macromolecular motions

Website: NMR Structural Biology Shared Resource Facility

Structural Biology: X-Ray Crystallography

Director: Mair Churchill

Manager: John Hardin

Administrator : Shelly Fortner

Location: RC1 South: L18-1201, L18-1201A, L18-1201B, L18-1201C, L18-1301, L18-1202

Services: Macromolecular crystallography , Structural biology, Drug-receptor interactions, Synchrotron data collection, DNA/RNA/protein

Website: X-ray Crystallography Shared Resource Facility