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Service supports consultation and collaboration in areas of biostatistics and epidemiology to Penn vision scientists. Biostatisticians and data management experts provide advice on study design, and offer services in sample size determinations, data management, data analysis, data interpretation, and data presentation. They are active participants in the development and writing of grant applications and manuscripts.Consulting personnel are CPOB members. In addition to their methodological and technical expertise, consultants are knowledgeable about ocular conditions under study in Penn vision community, about commonly used measures that are unique to vision research (visual acuity, refractive error, visual field indices, etc) and specialized statistical analysis techniques required for many experimental designs used in vision research (correlated data techniques to handle appropriately data from two eyes of same subject). Majority of projects are patient oriented researchers,however, CPOB Consulting Service also works on data analysis with bench laboratory scientists.

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Core is division of Genetics Core Facilities, University service center to provide consultation, training, and services in areas of cell culture and hybridomas. Stockroom serves University of Pennsylvania investigators and affiliate institutions by coordinating relations with various suppliers of molecular biological research materials. This involves not only bulk purchasing of these products, but negotiation of discounts and convenient delivery arrangements. Special ordering of non regularly stocked products is available from 28 bioreagent vendors with discounted pricing and overnight delivery.

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Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (CAMRIS) is a Radiology research core at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine providing oversight in the responsible use and application of Magnetic Resonance (MR) in research at Penn. CAMRIS oversees eight state-of-the-art whole-body MR scanners and provides scanning services by experienced technologists to a diverse community of investigators conducting innovative human and animal research.

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Offers development and application of advanced computational and analytical techniques that quantify morphology and function from biomedical images, as well as on relating imaging phenotypes to genetic and molecular characterizations, and on integrating this information into diagnostic and predictive tools in era of personalized medicine. Computational methods can contribute significantly to automated, reproducible and quantitative interpretations of biomedical images. Translates advanced computational and analytical imaging methods to clinic, by providing forum in which interactions between researchers and clinicians facilitate bidirectional flow of ideas, algorithms and data between laboratory and clinic.

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Core dedicated to development and application of innovative, novel magnetic resonance and optical imaging techniques. Provides research and computing resources for projects with focus on developing instrumentation, methodologies, and data analysis techniques for quantitative assessment of functional, structural, and metabolic parameters in humans with use of multinuclear magnetic resonance, novel spectral, perfusion, functional, and optical imaging techniques.

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CACTIS mission is to oversee proposed research protocols that involve human, animal, phantom or specimen studies in an effort to achieve two goals, to ensure that all research performed on CT scanners comply with CACTIS and University policy, and Federal Regulations, and to determine if CACTIS can maintain the resources required to carry out each research protocol, including personnel, software, hardware and scan time. Additionally, CACTIS oversees the day-to-day operations of all CT procedures associated with research protocols, provides information regarding the use of CT facilities to the research community at the University of Pennsylvania, provides CACTIS users with all of the policies of the institution governing research, and ensures that CACTIS is in compliance with these policies. The service center strives to support the Perelman School of Medicine�s research endeavors by providing CT research services for a fee designed only to cover actual costs.

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Provides infrastructure support for research on human cognition, perception, affect, disordered cognition, and extension to preclinical models. By consolidating methodological expertise in these domain areas as services, center seeks to facilitate cutting edge research using largely shared set of methods and tools for elucidating brain behavior relationships in health and disease.

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Provides wide range of biostatistical and epidemiological consulting services.

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Core encourages and facilitates microbiome focused research in pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of patients with critical illness. Core assists in research by providing de-identified samples with linked clinical metadata to support research in this area, collect specimens as needed in support of microbiome research, and offer support for development of such research in the critical care setting.

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Facility provides basic cell culture training and services in various cell culture and related procedures e.g. Mycoplasma and Endotoxin testing. Services include cell culture at various scales, expansion of primary cells, seed cell cultures from on site cell bank, cell storage; large scale growth of hybridoma and other cell lines followed by antibody purification by protein G column or recombinant protein production; EBV induced transformation of lymphocytes.Offers hybridoma generation by cell fusion and screening and, transfection of mammalian cells. Facility prepares specialized cell culture media, Drosophila media and, various tissue culture and molecular biological reagents.

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Provides expertise in medicinal chemistry, metal chelate chemistry, polymer synthesis, nanoparticle production and surface functionalization, and site-specific antibody labeling. Our chemists provide custom, problem specific support for researchers in medical, chemical, and materials science fields. Specific services include consultation and assistance with the design of chemical/medicinal compounds, in house synthesis of chemical/medicinal compounds, custom nanoparticle design and synthesis, custom nanoparticle surface functionalization, polymer and dendrimer synthesis, and site specific antibody labeling.

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Facility provides full service whole genome and targeted molecular profiling of DNA and RNA on multiple platforms. Core supports quantitative RNA profiling (gene expression) on Affymetrix GeneChips and high-throughput Gene Titan instruments, Fluidigm BioMark HD and, ABI QS 12K real-time PCR machine. DNA profiling (genotyping) is offered on Affymetrix SNP GeneChip and high-throughput Gene Titan instruments, Fluidigm BioMark HD and, ABI QS 12K. Agilent aCGH platform provides genome-wide chromosomal analysis.Users benefit from consultation and training available throughout their projects, including during experimental design and budget development, sample accrual, data management and analyses and, manuscript preparation.

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Facility provides centralized service to efficiently produce genetically altered mice for basic research.� They include transgenic, chimeric and genome edited mice carrying transgenes or gene knockout and Knockin of specific interest.�Core also provides embryo and sperm cryopreservation as well as in vitro fertilization and re-derivation of live and cryopreserved lines, along with long-term storage of cryopreserved samples.

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Provides specimens including gynecologic cancer specimens such as fresh and frozen tissues, plasma, serum, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, blood, formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples, and Tissue Microarrays (TMAs). All samples collected have clinical annotation including demographic patient profiles, pathological and clinical notations, treatment history, and detail disease information, etc. We are building and maintaining centralized research database according to HIPPA specifications and Penn IRB standards.

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Core provides equipment and services to investigate behavior phenotypes of models related to neurological and other disorders. Core is utilized by scientists across disciplines that are interested in behavioral consequences of unique physiological disruptions (e.g., metabolic, drugs etc.). Provides assessment of many domains of behavior including sensory, motor, social, communication, affect related behaviors and learning and memory. NTC was established in 2012 through generous startup funds from the Penn School of Medicine, the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology (CSCN) and Penn Medicine Neuroscience Center (PMNC).

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Core provides comprehensive suite of imaging modalities including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), spectroscopy (MRS), optical imaging (including bioluminescence, fluorescence, and near-infrared imaging), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and ultrasound (US). In addition, dedicated housing is available for mice and rats undergoing longitudinal imaging studies. Ancillary facilities and resources of SAIF are devoted to radiochemistry and image analysis.

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Our core, which is part of the PennCHOP Microbiome Program, provides access for researchers to small experimental isolators for variety of in vivo studies using germ free mice. Core personnel provide technical support for germ-free experiments. New addition to core is state-of-the-art Isocage system.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 8th,2024. Facility offers sequencing services on three platforms, gold standard Sanger sequencing on ABI capillary sequencers, next generation sequencing (NGS) on Ion Torrent PGM and S5 and, Illumina MiSeq along with experimental design and data analysis.NGS service includes library preparation for multiple applications including targeted sequencing, RNA-Seq and Exome-Seq. Capillary sequencers also enable microsatellite genotyping and fragment analysis for VNTR, SNaPshot and Human Cell Line Authentication. Molecular biological services include PCR, cloning, subcloning, mutagenesis, construct preparation and, plasmid DNA preps at different scales.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 10,2025. Core provides services related to single cell and bulk whole genome, RNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, BIS-Seq, Exome-Seq, ChIP-Seq, CLIP-Seq, etc.Provides Illumina NovaSeq 6000 in addition to NextSeq and MiSeq sequencers - which all feature self-service as well as full-service operation. Offers experience with difficult, low input samples as well as sequencing and analyzing novel library types. Small Oxford Nanopore sequencer allows for full-length RNA or cDNA sequencing as well as very long read (100KB) sequencing from genomes. Offers experimental design services prior to starting your experiment.

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Core is overseen by Cardiovascular Institute and is partnership with the Abramson Cancer Center and the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism at Penn. Provides expertise in targeted and untargeted metabolomics of biological samples using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Performs assays and assists in interpretation of results.

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