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Core Descriptions for Grants

CIBR is a novel center that provides the infrastructure and oversight of a collection of 26 scientific core facilities that provide state-of-the-art technologies, high-tech instrumentation, and expertise to support biomedical research, clinical practice and health care to principal investigators in the state of Maryland and the region. Renovation of nearly 30,000 square feet of space was accomplished with $7.3 M in funding from an NIH award. This newly renovated space allows for the physical consolidation of many core facilities, creating a dynamic environment that facilitates collaboration, maximizes efficiencies and provides our investigators with easy access to cutting-edge instrumentation.   In addition, the CIBR offershighly-trained technical staff who can offer support on experimental design, data analysis and interpretation. CIBR also provides training for graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty within the University and to its collaborators.  Investigators can reserve equipment time and services from many of our cores via CIBR’s online “cores portal”.

CIBR supports wide range of research projects within the School of NMedicine via a strong portfolio of cores with cutting edge expertise in the areas of: Animal Models, Bioinformatics & Statistics, Clinical Resources, Cytometrics & Bioassays, Drug Development, Imaging, Nucleic Acids & Genomics and Structural Biology.

Cores (Complete List)

Listing of All Cores (mission, services, and highlights)

Individual Cores

Biorepository/ BioBank (PPGM), directed by Coleen Damcott

BIORESCO (SOM), directed by Carol McKissick & Sanjay Uchil

Biosensor/ Biacore* (Physiology)‌, directed by Robert Bloch

Biostatistics (UMGCCC), directed by Soren Benson

CTRIC: Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center (Epi. & Public Health), directed by Kate Tracey

CTRIM: Center for Translational Research in Imaging of Maryland, Human & Large Animal (Rad. Oncology), directed by Rao Gullapalli

CTRIM: Center for Translational Research in Imaging of Maryland, Small Animal (Rad. Oncology), directed by Rao Gullapalli

Confocal Microscopy (Physiology), directed by Thomas Blanpied

Cytogenetics (Pathology)‌, directed by Ying Zou

Cytokine (Dept. Med.)‌, directed by Jeff Hasday

Electron Microscopy (SOD & SOM)‌, directed by Ru-Ching Hsia

Flow Cytometry (UMGCCC), directed by Xiaoxuan Fan

Flow and Mass Cytometry (CVD), directed by Marcelo Sztein

Fluorescene Spectrometry (Biochemisty)‌, directed by Joseph R. Lakowicz

Genomics (UMGCC), directed by Nick Ambulos

Genomic Resource Center (IGS)‌, directed by Lisa Sadzewicz and Luke Tallon

Informatics Resource Center (IGS)‌, directed by Anup Mahurkar

NMR‌ (Biochemistry), directed by David Weber

Pathology Biorepository/ Histology(UMGCCC)‌, directed by Olga Ioffe

Physiological Phenotyping (Physiology)‌, directed by Ling Chen

Protein Analysis‌ (CVID), directed by Brian Hampton

TGL: Translational Genomics Lab (PPGM), directed by Linda Jeng

Translational Laboratory (UMGCCC)‌, directed by Rena Lapidus

Veterinary Resources (SOM)‌, directed by Louis DeTolla

uQuant (IHV), directed by Ping-Hsin Rex Lin

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