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http://www.norch.org/metabolic-imaging-core/

Core that links a variety of imaging facilities providing services to NORCH investigators who currently require or plan to conduct human studies using imaging research instrumentation and expertise. Its goal is to provide users with access to imaging technology for in-vivo phenotyping of human tissues for nutrition, obesity and metabolism studies.

Proper citation: Nutrition and Obesity Research Centers at Harvard Metabolic Imaging Core (RRID:SCR_015426) Copy   

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https://nyonrc.cumc.columbia.edu/content/molecular-biologymolecular-genetics-core

Core whose goal is to assist investigators in applying the tools and technologies of molecular genetics and genomics to elucidate the molecular-genetic bases of obesity and its comorbidities. Its services include consultation on study design, analysis, and applicable molecular biological techniques and developing and making research tools and reagents.

Proper citation: New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics Core (RRID:SCR_015436) Copy   

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http://www.mmpc.org/shared/showCenterCore.aspx?id=30

Core that provides investigators with services to accurately measure the major components of energy balance in their mouse models and tests that allow investigators to examine physiological factors that may influence food intake or energy expenditure.

Proper citation: MMPC-University of California Davis Energy Balance Exercise and Behavior Core (RRID:SCR_015364) Copy   

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https://nyonrc.cumc.columbia.edu/content/animal-phenotyping-core

Core that allows investigators to efficiently and cost effectively define the phenotypes of small rodents in ways that are relevant to the study of obesity, nutrition, and metabolism. Its services range from whole animal measurements of body composition and energy utilization, to ex vivo measurements of substrate fluxes, to histological analyses of adipose tissue.

Proper citation: New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center Animal Phenotyping Core (RRID:SCR_015414) Copy   

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http://www.medtronic.com/

Medical technology company that develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 30 chronic diseases, including heart failure, Parkinson's disease, urinary incontinence, Down syndrome, obesity, chronic pain, spinal disorders, and diabetes. A Commercial healthcare organization for both patients and healthcare professionals. For professionals, it provides products, therapy and procedure solutions, and services.

Proper citation: Medtronic (RRID:SCR_003988) Copy   

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http://sph.unc.edu/norc/animal/

Core that offers technical support and expertise for measuring traits related to metabolism in mouse models of obesity and nutritionally relevant disease. It provides access to methods, equipment, and populations to support high quality and high throughput phenotyping of energy balance components in mice.

Proper citation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core (RRID:SCR_015465) Copy   

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http://depts.washington.edu/uwnorc/core-facilities/energy-balance-core/

Core that provides affiliated investigators with a resource for measuring energy balance and body composition in rodent models, and for applying neuroscience techniques to nutrition and obesity-related research.

Proper citation: University of Washington Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Energy Balance Core (RRID:SCR_015469) Copy   

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http://www.norc.uab.edu/corefacilities/animalmodels

Core that provides specialized expertise in the use of animal models and instrumentation to facilitate animal research related to nutrition and obesity.

Proper citation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Animal Models Core (RRID:SCR_015466) Copy   

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http://chaicore.com/home

Core that uses technologies to facilitate the translation of traditional evidence-based behavioral interventions into effective web- and mobile-based interventions in fields such as obesity and cancer prevention.

Proper citation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Communication for Health Applications and Interventions Core (RRID:SCR_015461) Copy   

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http://mmoc.med.umich.edu/CoreIntegrativeBiostatisticsInformatics.php

Core facility whose services include expertise in experimental design and modeling for preclinical, clinical and translational research studies that integrate clinical, molecular, neurobehavioral and other phenotype data. It also offers support for data acquisition and analysis by the MMOC phenotyping Cores and Investigational Weight Management Clinic, expertise in database construction, maintenance and security relevant to investigators studies, and development and use of database and software tools for information organization and visualization of tightly-linked multiscale data for T1 translation of research knowledge relevant to obesity.

Proper citation: University of Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Integrative Biostatistics and Informatics Core (RRID:SCR_015478) Copy   

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http://depts.washington.edu/uwnorc/core-facilities/administrative-and-enrichment-core/

Core that is responsible for the overall administrative coordination of the NORC. It also administers the Biostatistics Subcore, Pilot and Feasibility Program, and Enrichment Seminar Series.

Proper citation: University of Washington Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Administrative and Enrichment Core (RRID:SCR_015471) Copy   

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http://depts.washington.edu/uwnorc/core-facilities/analytic-core/

Core that provides affiliated investigators with access to nutritional assays, new methods development, and consultation services. Services also include quantitative measures of nitrogen-containing compounds, carbohydrates and related compounds, lipids and related compounds, and more.

Proper citation: University of Washington Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Analytic Core (RRID:SCR_015470) Copy   

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http://depts.washington.edu/uwnorc/core-facilities/adipose-tissue-and-obesity-core/

Core that provides affiliated investigators with assistance for in vivo and in vitro studies in both subcutaneous and visceral human adipose tissue. Body and liver fat measurement by DXA and MRI are also provided, as is support for translational studies that assist investigators in the design conduct of clinical obesity research.

Proper citation: University of Washington Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Adipose Tissue and Obesity Core (RRID:SCR_015481) Copy   

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http://norc.pbrc.edu

Research center that supports clinical investigation addressing the etiology of nutritionally induced chronic diseases across the entire age span, from gestational and perinatal development through childhood and adolescence. It provides core services to promote the investigations around the theme of molecular mechanisms of nutritional programming induced by environmental factors.

Proper citation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (RRID:SCR_015438) Copy   

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http://mmoc.med.umich.edu

Research center for obesity investigators which aims to provide researchers with infrastructure, expertise, and training to facilitate improved data integration, analysis and modeling from properly designed basic, clinical, and population-based studies in obesity and metabolism-related diseases.

Proper citation: University of Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (RRID:SCR_015457) Copy   

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http://www.norc.uab.edu

Research center that aims to understand the causal factors underlying nutrition and obesity-related health problems and the generation and evaluation of evidence on their consequences, prevention, and alleviation.

Proper citation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (RRID:SCR_015418) Copy   

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http://www.mmpc.org

Center mission is to advance medical and biological research by providing the scientific community with standardized, high quality metabolic and physiologic phenotyping services for mouse models of diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity and related disorders.

Proper citation: National Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers (RRID:SCR_008997) Copy   

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https://portal.bsc.gwu.edu/web/lifemoms

A consortium whose overall goal is to identify effective behavioral and lifestyle interventions that will improve weight, glycemic control and other pregnancy-related outcomes in obese and overweight pregnant women, and determine whether these interventions reduce obesity and metabolic abnormalities in their children. The study/consortium is comprised of seven clinical centers, with each clinical center conducting its own trial. Additional information on the consortium and individual trials is located in the Consortium Summaries tab.

Proper citation: Lifestyle Interventions for Expectant Moms (LIFE-Moms) (RRID:SCR_014376) Copy   

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https://www.nccor.org/

Brings together Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and U.S. Department of Agriculture to accelerate progress in reducing childhood obesity in America, to manage projects and reach common goals, to coordinate funding to make the most of available resources, to share insights and expertise to strengthen research. NCCOR focuses on efforts that have to benefit children, teens, and their families, and communities in which they live.

Proper citation: National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (RRID:SCR_019150) Copy   

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http://rc2resource.scripps.edu

Database portal for a project that aims to discover and characterize new molecular pathways that can be targeted pharmacologically to revert obesity-linked adipocyte defects that drive systemic insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. It works to identify in tandem physiologically-relevant proteins and chemical tools in order to expedite their functional annotation and therapeutic validation.

Proper citation: Chemoproteomic identification and therapeutic validation of proteins of metabolic significance (RRID:SCR_015847) Copy   

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