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Core that is responsible for all statistical, data management and epidemiological aspects of studies in the Mayo Clinic O'Brien Urology Research Center. Its services include consultation to project investigators regarding study design, data analysis and interpretation of results, maintanence of the Olmsted County kidney stone database, and development of additional linkable databases and quality control procedures.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Research center that aims to provide an infrastructure to support ongoing nutrition and obesity research by providing measurements and expertise. It also aims to promote interdisciplinary collaborative, vertically integrated research among members of the Colorado research community, as well as translate basic and clinical research into programs to improve health and wellness and reduce obesity in the community.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that provides access to instrumentation used in metabolic studies. Instruments include a 12-chambered Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System (CLAMS), an EchoMRI, and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core which provides services and expertise in the design, management and analysis of nutrition-related research projects. Its services include coordination and management of statistical activities within the Core, statistical consultation on study design, research proposal development and manuscript submission, and statistical analysis.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that renders services that provide consulting with study design, subject recruitment, and statistical analyses, conducting clinical research, and an array of specialized NORC-focused methods, instruments, and facilities for human body composition/metabolism, radiologic imaging and biobehavioral measurements for human nutrition, obesity and metabolism research.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that provides services for genetic and genomic research, including DNA extraction, SNP genotyping, and gene expression, ES cell services with a high probability of germline transmission, microinjection of DNA for producing transgenic mice, microinjection of ES cells for producing gene knock-out mice, and 8 cell microinjection, and collection in vitro maturation and embryo transplant.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Research center whose goal is to define the underlying mechanisms of disease and to contribute to the prevention and treatment of obesity and its complications. It provides collective research facilities, a lecture program that fosters interactions amongst laboratories conducting cellular, animal, translational, clinical and epidemiologic research, pilot funding for new and interdisciplinary research directions plus administrative infrastructure that promotes these integrative goals.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core whose services include energy expenditure, substrate metabolism and body composition analysis to provide assessments of human energy expenditure, substrate metabolism, body composition, body fat distribution, and bone quality.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core for nutrition researchers that consists of two subcores: the Human Research Core and the Nutrition Research Kitchen and Metabolism Core. The Human Research Core provides human metabolism and body composition assessments, clinical laboratory and support services, and preparation and delivery of precisely designed meals for study participants. The Nutrition Research Kitchen and Metabolism Core offers nutrition research assistance to complement clinical studies.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that is comprised of the Animal Models Subcore and Animal Phenotyping Subcore. The former provides expertise and services for design and construction of transgenes, ES cell transfection and screening, pronuclear injection, and cryopreservation. The latter provides expertise and services for metabolism, physical activity, body composition, and behavioral research.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Obesity research center which provides access to core facilities, seminars, and collaborations for researchers.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that includes a genomics subcore that provides services in genomics such as Sanger DNA sequencing and fragment analysis service, microarray analysis service, quantitative PCR, robotic pipetting for quantitative PCR and custom pipetting projects, and software analysis solutions. The Cell Biology &and Bioimaging subcore provides histology and specipmen preparation, imaging, and flow cytometry/cell sorting.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that provides users with expertise and phenotyping services for different stages in life. It specifically provides services for obesity research, unique populations (pregnant women, children, infants, etc.), and clinical and translational studies through their Energy Balance subcore and Behavioral subcore.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core facility that is responsible for managing and organizing the activities of the internal governance committee and the external advisory board, promoting the techniques, methodologies, instrumentation, and resources offered by the core facilities, and supporting the integration of bioinformatics, biostatistics, clinical research, and metabolomics into clinical and translational research.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

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.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core which provides obesity and other medical eating disorder researchers with specialized measurements in body composition, energy expenditure, imaging analysis, and adipose tissue analysis in human subjects.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

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.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Provides scientific cores including Molecular Mechanisms Core (genomics and cellular), Human Phenotyping Core (characterization of phenotypes predisposing to obesity and metabolic syndrome and behavioral interventions to counteract those) and Animal Models and Phenotyping Core. Includes organizing administrative process to announce, collect, review and award Pilot and Feasibility grants, setting criteria for use of core facilities, and maintaining access to data management services.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that provides biostatistical consultation to other investigators who are doing research in the fields of obesity and nutrition at University of Maryland and the Baltimore VA Medical Center. It aims to develop new methods for data collection data from older subjects.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen

Core that utilizes investigator-derived DNA constructs or investigator derived (or obtained) genetically modified embryonic stem cells to create founder transgenic organisms that can be used to address questions relevant to obesity, diabetes and nutrition, including questions related to brain control of feeding, metabolism and reward.

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• 10 years ago - submitted by Kristen Jensen