{"id":661,"date":"2015-09-29T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/core-facilities\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2024-09-04T13:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:46:07","slug":"office-of-core-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/core-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Research Core Administration supports research core facilities in the School of Medicine which were established to make research more efficient and cost effective. The core facilities allow the presence of specialized instruments and personnel that individual laboratories cannot afford. Personnel in the cores provide expertise on the capabilities of their instruments and services and develop new applications for their techniques. The cores provide training and support for user operated instruments.<\/p>\n<h3>Services include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>centralized\u00a0 budget system for all cores<\/li>\n<li>centralized billing system using iLab<\/li>\n<li>tracking of users and volume of use<\/li>\n<li>promotion of collaboration by cores<\/li>\n<li>annual user surveys<\/li>\n<li>business manager and fiscal technician to support cores and assist researchers<\/li>\n<li>support for applications for new instruments<\/li>\n<li>publicizing cores through <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UVaCoreFacilities\/#\">Facebook<\/a> and <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/core-facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2015\/08\/Cores-hand-book-2014-v2.pdf\">handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This administrative structure allows the combined research cores to have status similar to a department and staff have their appointments listed as in ORCA. Faculty in research cores\u00a0belong to other academic departments.<\/p>\n<h3>Research Core Facilities supported by the School of Medicine:<\/h3>\n<div class='content-column one_half'><div style=\"padding-right:20px;\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/advanced-microscopy-facility\/\">Advanced Microscopy Facility<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.2524<br \/>\nDirector: Stacey Criswell<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sjm7r@virginia.edu\">sjm7r@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/antibody-engineering-technology\/\">Antibody Engineering and Technology Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.5379<br \/>\nDirector: Bhupal Ban<br \/>\n<a class=\"mail-link\" href=\"mailto:bb5en@virginia.edu\">bb5en@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bioinformatics-core\/\">Bioinformatics Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.982.4208<br \/>\nDirector; Stephen Turner<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:bioinformatics@virginia.edu?subject=Bioinformatics%20Core%20Consultation%20Request\">bioinformatics@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomolecular-analysis-facility\/\">Biomolecular Analysis Facility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomolecular-analysis-facility\/services\/mass-spectrometry\/\">Mass Spectrometry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomolecular-analysis-facility\/services\/shared-instrumentation\/\">Shared Instrumentation<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.2356<br \/>\nDirector; Nicholas Sherman<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:nes3f@virginia.edu\">nes3f@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biomolecular-magnetic-resonance-facility\/\">Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility<br \/>\n<\/a>ph. 434.924.3163<br \/>\nDirector: Jeff Ellena<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jfe@virginia.edu\">jfe@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/biorepository-and-tissue-research-facility\/\">Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.982.0488<br \/>\nLab manager: Craig Rumpel<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:crumpel@virginia.edu\">crumpel@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/gatc\/\">Genome Analysis and Technology Core<br \/>\n<\/a>ph. 434.924.9953<br \/>\nDirector: Katia Sol-Church<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ks5uq@virginia.edu\">ks5uq@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/exercise-physiology-core-laboratory\/\">Exercise Physiology Core Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.6191<br \/>\nDirector: Arthur Weltman<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alw2v@virginia.edu\">alw2v@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/flow-cytometry-facility\/\">Flow Cytometry Core Facility<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.0274<br \/>\nDirector: Joanne Lannigan<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:joannelannigan@virginia.edu\">joannelannigan@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/genetically-engineered-murine-model-core\/\">Genetically Engineered Murine Model Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.982.6506<br \/>\nDirector:\u00a0Wenhao Xu<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:wx8n@virginia.edu\">wx8n@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/molecular-electron-microscopy-core\/\">Molecular Electron Microscopy Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.982.0525<br \/>\nDirector: Kelly Dryden<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kdryden@virginia.edu\">kdryden@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/molecular-imaging-core\/\">Molecular Imaging Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.5096<br \/>\nManager: Stuart Berr<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:berr@virginia.edu\">berr@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/molmart\/\">Molmart<\/a><br \/>\nInternal (UVa) users\u00a0only<br \/>\nph. 434.924.9211<br \/>\nManager: Linda Beggerly<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:smd-mol@virginia.edu\">smd-mol@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiochemistry-core\/\">Radiochemistry Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.243.1770<br \/>\nDirector: Kiel Neumann<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kdn2e@virginia.edu\">kdn2e@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/research-histology-core\/\">Research Histology Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.9205<br \/>\nDirector: Kenneth Tung<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kst7k@virginia.edu\">kst7k@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/stem-cell-core\/\">Stem Cell Core<\/a><br \/>\nph. 434.924.1753<br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\">Acting Director: <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Veronica Porterfield<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:vp7p@virginia.edu\">vp7p@virginia.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/tissue-culture-facility\/\">Tissue Culture Facility<\/a><br \/>\nInternal (UVa) users\u00a0only<br \/>\nph. 434.924.2501<br \/>\nDirector: Nena Fox<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:nsf8u@virginia.edu\">nsf8u@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/virginia-research-resources-consortium\/\">Virginia Commonwealth University cores<\/a><br \/>\nUVa researchers can use some VCU cores at the same rates as VCU researchers<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/core-facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2015\/08\/Cores-hand-book-2014-v2.pdf\">Handbook<\/a> of the research cores.<br \/><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Research Core Administration supports research core facilities in the School of Medicine which were established to make research more efficient and cost effective. 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