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Core Research Facilities

Following is a list of several research support core facilities available to scientists within the WSU community. Please contact each facility for specific information as to services and pricing.


  • Biocomputing Facility

  • Cell Culture Facility

  • Clinical Genetics Resource

  • CMMG Core Facilities - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

  • Confocal Imaging Facility

  • Genomics Service Center - School of Medicine/Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics/Vice President for Research

  • KCI Core Facilities

  • MR Research Facility

  • PET Center

  • Proteomics Service Facility - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

  • Toxicology Core Facilities


  • Biocomputing Facility - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

    Services: GCG Molecular Sequence Package, GenBank & EMBL Databases
    Location: Scott Hall Room 3202
    Contact: Dr. David Womble
    P. (313) 577-2669
    dwomble@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu

    Cell Culture Facility - Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology

    Services: Hepatocyte isolation, cell line maintenance, centrifugal elutriation, media preparation, mycoplasma testing, technical assistance and training
    Location: 4000 Metropolitan Center for High Technology
    Contact: Dr. Tom Kocarek, Core Leader
    P. (313) 963-7487
    t.kocarek@wayne.edu
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    Clinical Genetics Resource - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

    Services: Information about genetic diseases, availability of DNA testing, patient support groups, etc.
    Location: Scott Hall, Room 2375
    Contact: Anne Greb, M.S.
    P. (313) 577-6298
    agreb@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu
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    CMMG Core Facilities - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

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    Confocal Imaging Facility

    Services: 3-D Image reconstruction, Immunocytochemistry, Immunohistochemistry, Histochemistry, In situ Hybridization, Intracelluar trafficking, Near Infra Red Live Animal Imaging, etc.
    Location: Scott Hall, Room 6339
    Contact:

    Dr. Kamiar Moin, Director
    P. (313) 577-2199
    kmoin@med.wayne.edu

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    Genomics Service Center - School of Medicine/Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics/Vice President for Research

    Services: DNA Sequencing, Gene Expression Microarray analysis (Affymetrix), cDNA Microarrays
    Location: Biological Sciences Bldg., Room 5107
    Contact: Dr. Sue Land
    P. (313) 833-0715
    sland@med.wayne.edu
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    KCI Core Facilities - Karmanos Cancer Institute

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    MR Research Facility - Department of Radiology

    Services: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Research utilizing Human Whole Body Systems at 1.5 and 4.0 Tesla, and a Small Animal System at 4.7 Tesla
    Location: Harper University Hospital
    MR Center Concourse
    3990 John R Street
    Contact:

    Dr. E. Mark Haacke, Director
    P. (313) 745-1395
    haacke@wayne.edu

    Paula Morton, RN, Study Coordinator
    P. (313) 745-1393
    mortonp@karmanos.org

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    PET Center - Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan

    Services: PET Scanning, Cyclotron, Chemistry, Data Acquisition and Analysis
    Location: Children's Hospital, 3901 Beaubien Blvd.
    Contact: Dr. Harry Chugani, Director
    P. (313) 993-0000
    hchugani@pet.wayne.edu
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    Proteomics Service Facility - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

    Services: Liquid-Handling Robotics, Yeast Two-Hybrid Screening
    Location: 3126 Scott Hall
    Contact: Russell Finley, PhD
    P. (313) 577-1309
    rfinley@wayne.edu

    Keith Gulyas
    P. (313) 577-1309
    kgulyas@med.wayne.edu

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    Toxicology Core Facilities - Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology

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