Core Facilities and Shared Resources

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Transgenic, Knockout & Stem Cell Technology Core
Contact: Valerie Stewart
410-706-0454
Howard Hall, Rm. 582
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Biopolymer-Genomics Core
Contact: Nick Ambulos
410-706-8553
Howard Hall, Rm. 560
biopolym@umaryland.edu
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Flow Cytometry (CVD)
Contact: Marcelo Sztein
410-706-5328
HSF-I, Rm. 456 
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Flow Cytometry (UMGCC)
Contact: Dean Mann
410-706-8120
BRB, Rm. 7-046
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Proteomics
Contact: Austin Yang 
410-328-7588
BRB, Rm. 7-033
ayang@som.umaryland.edu
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Dermatopathology/Histology Lab
Contact: April Deng
410-328-6098
405 W. Redwood St., 6th Fl.

Histology Core Facility (SOM/CVID)
Contact: Elizabeth Smith
410-706-8185
Biopark I, Room 330

Bioinformatics
Contact: Mark Pohl
410-706-2060
MSTF, Room 257   

Comparative Medicine/Special Collaborations
Contact: Dr. Louis DeTolla
410-706-8537
MSTF, Rm. G100
detolla@vetmed.umaryland.edu

Translational Core Facility (UMGCC)
Contact: Joseph Bryant, Mariola Sadowska

Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Contact: Joseph R. Lakowicz, Director 
410-706-8409
Chris Geddes, Associate Director
410-706-3149
725 W. Lombard St.
cfs@cfs.umbi.umd.edu

NMR
Contact: Kristen Varney or David Weber
Office: 410-706-4354; Labs: 410-706-2110, 410-706-6085, 410-706-8335)
HSF-II Basement
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Biostatistics
Contact: Ming Tang
410-328-8505
MSTF, Room 261
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Cytokine Lab
Contact: Jeff Hasday
410-706-1508
MSTF, RM. 8-61
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Tissue Bank (GCC)
Contact: William Rodgers or John Cotrell
410-328-5518
UMMC, Rm. NBW46

Confocal Microscopy
Contact: Catherine Ann Kraft, Ph.D.
410-706-0849
Howard Hall, Room 431
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

X-ray Crystallography
Contact: Eric Toth (SOM)
410-706-5345
Edwin Pozharski (SOP)
410-706-1097
HSF-II, room 516 
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing 

Clinical Research
Contact: Ed Sausville
410-328-7394
UMMC, Rm. S9D07 
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Biacore
Contact: Dawn Catino
410-706-2665
Howard Hall, Rm. 421b
biacore@umaryland.edu
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

NICHD Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders
Contact: H. Ronald Zielke
410-706-1755
BRB 13th floor 
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Tissue Bank – Brain (adult)
Contact: Sharon Stilling, MBC administrator
410-402-7119
MPRC, Spring Grove Hospital, Catonsville
sstilling@mprc.umaryland.edu

HIV Animal Models
Contact: Joseph Bryant
410-706-2754
MRF, 1st Floor

microQUANT Facility
Contact: Melissa Fratine
410-706-4647 
Office: IHV, N-652; Lab: S-632/33
Services Offered & Ordering Information

BIORESCO (Freezer program)
Contact: Carol McKissick
410-706-0322
Howard Hall, Rm. 664 
freezer@umaryland.edu
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Small Animal Physiology Core (SAPC)
Contact: Dr. Ling Chen
410-706-4920
MSTF, Room 8-16
Lchen@medicine.umaryland.edu

Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (SOM)
Contact: Richard Y. Zhao
410-706-6300

High Throughput Screening Core Facility (SOM)
Contact: David Weber
410-706-4354

Edman Sequencing & Protein Analysis Core Facility (SOM/CVID)
Contact: Brian Hampton
Phone: 410-706-8207
Fax: 410-706-8234
Biopark I, Room 307

Protein Core (SOM/CVD)
Contact: Keith G. Inman
410-706-5335
HSF-I, Room 433

Electronics and Machine Shop
Contact: Dept. of Physiology
410-706-7242
machine@umaryland.edu or electron@umaryland.edu

MRI
Contact: Rao Gullapalli
410-328-2099

Translational Research
Contact: Angelika Burger
410-328-7462
BRB, 9-039

Animal Care and Use Office (ACUO)
Contact: Angela Peiser
410-706-4365
HSF-I, Rm. 146
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Other UMB Schools

Electron Microscopy (SOD)
Contact: Ru-ching Hsia
410-706-7992
Dental School, 650 W. Baltimore St.
Scientific Objectives, Services and Pricing

Confocal Microscopy Core Facility (SOP)
Contact: Peter Swaan, Director
410-706-0103
HSF II, Room 648
pswaan@rx.umaryland.edu

Mass Spectrometry Core Facility (SOP)
Contact: Peter Swaan, Director
(410) 706-0103
HSF II, Room 648
pswaan@rx.umaryland.edu

Pharmacokinetics Biopharmaceutics Laboratory (SOP)
Contact: Natalie Eddington, Director
410-706-6710
Pharmacy Hall, Room 730

Industrial Pharmaceutics Laboratory (SOP)
Contact: Stephen Hoag, Director
410-706-6865
Pharmacy Hall, Room 620

Clinical Pharmacology Unit (SOP)
Contact: Kenneth Bauer, Director
410-706-3274
Allied Health Building, Room 540

Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery (SOP)
Contact: Peter Swaan, Director
410-706-0103
HSF II, Room 648

Computer Aided Drug Design Center (SOP)
Contact: Shijun Zhong; Alex MacKerell (Director)
(410) 706-7442

Pharmaceutical Research Computing (SOP)
Contact: Ilene Zuckerman
410-706-3266
Health Services Research, Saratoga Street Garage

Imaging Core (SON)
Contact: Chris Ward
410-706-3618

Molecular Biology/Functional Genomics Core Facility (SON),
Mouse Functional and Behavioral Core Facility (SON)
Contact: Susan Dorsey, Director
410-706-7250
School of Nursing, Room 764

Cellular Physiology Core Facility (SON)
Contact: Chris Ward, Director
410-706-3618
Susan Dorsey, Co-Director
410-706-7250

Cell Biological Core Facility (SON)
Contact: Cynthia L. Renn
410-706-5736