RESEARCH

Case School of Medicine, Office of Research Administration:

• Core Facilities Directory
  
  

Cleveland Clinic - Lerner Research Institute:

• Research Core Services
  
  

CLINICAL CORES:

• Clinical Research Units (CRU) of the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth & University Hospitals)
  

• Skin Diseases Research Center (SDRC)
• The SDRC encompasses four Research Core facilities: Morphology Core (A) • Cell Culture/Molecular Technology Core (B) • Translational Research Core (C) • Animal Experimentation Core (D)

LABORATORY CORES:

• BRTT Core Facilities
  
  
• Case Center for Surface Analysis
  
  
• Center for Mechanical Characterization of Materials
  ---Provides mechanical testing, deformation processing, etc. expertise to the CWRU campus, medical, industrial, legal, outside university, and government laboratory communities.
  
  
• Case Transgenic & Targeting Facility
  
  


• Orthopaedic Research Histology Core Facility
  Contact: Teresa Pizzuto 844-1787. Overseen by Ed Greenfield, Ph.D.
  --This Facility prepares various research specimens for histological examination. The lab is equipped for paraffin processing, sectioning and staining but specializes in plastic preparation of orthopaedic research specimens with metal implants. Routine stains include H&E, Safranin O - Fast Green, Toluidine Blue O, Von Kossa and Goldners Trichrome. Facilities also include a table-top X-ray machine (Faxitron).



DENTAL MEDICINE:
• Craniofacial Imaging Center at Case School of Dental Medicine
  
  


• DNA Sequencing & Real-Time PCR Service, Dept. of Orthopaedics More info: 368-6168 or diane.kocka@case.edu
  
  
• Light Microscopic Imaging / Flow Cytometry
  
  
• Molecular Biotechnology Core Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic Available to all Case researchers



• Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry

EQUIPMENT CORES:

• Design Fabrication Center
  --Provides technical and engineering support services for Case Western Reserve University, Research, and Affiliated Biotech Community.
  
  
• Imaging Research Center
  --Provides investigators with access to state-of-the-art equipment, & technologies as well as imaging expertise.
  
  
• Scientific Instrument Repair Center
  
  

 

 

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Last updated June 20, 2008