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The long-term goal of the Statistical Consulting Laboratory (SCL) is to be a regional resource for the statistical support of basic science research, clinical or population based research, and evaluation of interventions designed to address issues of health and health disparities in the region''s population. As a major component of the Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), the Statistical Consulting Lab will continue to serve as a focal point from which all BBRC participants may obtain statistical and computing support for both their research and for the education of students in the graduate programs of the Biological Sciences Department. Statistical support is provided by a Ph.D. level staff statistician and five resource statisticians (counting the SCL core director) in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
Core facility that provides the following services: DNA Sequencing Service, DNA/protein microarray printing. The DNA Analysis Core Facility supports researchers in their nucleic acid-based research studies on a 24/7 basis. The facility provides access to a wide range of genomic research tools including: DNA sequencing; microsatellite and fragment length polymorphism analysis; quantitative and real-time PCR; microarray analysis; and sophisticated nucleic acid analysis software. The DNA Analysis Core Facility services are available to external researchers from the RCMI program and other institutions for a nominal fee.
Core facility that provides the following services: Confocal microscope access, Flow cytometry analyzer access, FACS Cell Sorting, Cell culture technique training, Cryopreservation of cultured cells, Cell culture analysis assistance, Preparation of high titer viral stock, Flow cytometry for cytotoxicity assay, Viral plaque assay, Real-time imaging of cell cultures, Mycoplasma testing, Treatment of cell lines contaminated with mycoplasma, Provide SF-9 cell suspension, Establishment of seed stocks, AnnexinV-FITC/PI assay. The Cell Culture and High Throughput Screening (HTS) Core Facility is a comprehensive research cell-culturing and cytometry facility established in 2007, as part of the Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC). This facility was conceived to provide investigators, students and other researchers access to state-of-the-art technology for conducting experiments related to cellular, immune and physiological responses to stress, infectious agents, and toxicants. The laboratory also provides assistance and training related to cell culture techniques and equipment operation . The 1,756 sq ft core facility includes 6 individual cell culture suites that are available 24/7 to any researchers that have completed in-house training. The core also provides customized project support for experimental design and data analysis. The integration of the Cell Culture and HTS Core Laboratories has allowed investigators to screen a large number of compounds for their therapeutic potential against pathogens, cancer, and other diseases.
Core facility that provides the following services: Mass spectrometry analysis, Trypsin Digestion. The Biomolecule Analysis Core Facility (BACF) specializes in the separation and characterization of biomolecules. The facility possesses state-of-the-art equipment for proteomic analysis and the characterization of molecular binding interactions. These resources promote new insight into the mechanism of infectious agents, cancer, and other diseases that affect the population of the Paseo del Norte region. BACF services are available to external collaborators for a small fee.
Core facility provides the following services: General Bioinformatics Computing Support, Software Development and Computational Modeling. The Bioinformatics Computing Laboratory (BCL) serves as a core facility for the Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC). Core specializes in developing databases and software for: genomics and proteomics data analysis; biomolecular sequence analysis and structure prediction; and glycosylation site prediction. Core aids researchers in the use of these advanced bioinformatics software tools by building user-friendly, customized, web-based interfaces for them.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVCE, documented January 23, 2019. Core facility that provides the following services: Zeiss LD-5 Pascal Scanning Confocal Microscope/Assisted access, Zeiss Axioskop Epifluorescence Microscope/Assisted access, Zeiss EM-10 Transmission Electron Microscope/Assisted access, Microscopy sample preparation, Observation and photography service. The Analytical Cytology Core Facility provides assistance in the designing of protocols and the use of sophisticated, well maintained and supervised equipment. Each microscope is equipped with software for image analysis, image processing and printing of digital images. Service contracts are maintained on each of the microscopes. Computers and software are regularly upgraded. Confocal workshops are held regularly to familiarize users with new techniques and new protocols. The specific aims of the Analytical Cytology Core Facility (ACCF) are: 1. to train users in the design of protocols, the fixations, sectioning, cryofixations, immunolocalizations, the use of the Zeiss EM-10, the Zeiss Axioskop epifluorescence microscope and the Zeiss Pascal scanning confocal microscope with image analysis and image processing, 2. to support new faculty in realizing their research objectives that utilize microscopy, 3. to support the productivity of the Infectious Diseases and Immunology unit, the Toxicology unit, the Neuroscience/Metabolic Disorders unit, the Statistical Consulting Laboratory and the Bioinformatics unit by assisting faculty, undergraduate, masters, doctoral and postdoctoral students in advancing biomedical research, 4. to maintain and upgrade equipment and expertise and; 5. to provide core services anticipating self-sustaining maintenance of the core facility.
Core facility that provides the following services: RNA extraction, Immunofluoresence assay, Dendritic cell immunophenotyping, ELISA, Polymerase chain reaction service, Florescence activated cell sorting service, Western blot analysis service. Research interests include: immunogenicity and protective efficacy of multi-clade consensus ENV SHIV virus-like particle vaccine, cellular innate activation as a tactic to prevent HIV-1 transmission, molecular changes after serial DV infections in macaques, and immunization of rhesus macaques with a dengue vaccine candidate based on a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) replicon vector.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 26,2026. The goal of this Unit is to establish a shared facility to assist investigators associated with the Institute of Neurobiology in the application of molecular biology techniques in studies of the regulation of gene expression in neurobiological systems. The Unit provides advisory, technical and instrumentation support to faculty, postdoctoral associates, students and laboratory technicians.
Core facility that provides the following services: Necropsy. The Sabana Seca Field Station (SSFS) is the administrative headquarters for the Caribbean Primate Research Center, or CPRC. This area contains offices, a clinic, and laboratories for reproductive biology and bone densitometry, necropsy and maintenance buildings. It houses rhesus monkeys from the CS colony or from the CS genetic line.
The Translational Proteomics Center provides training, resources, and tools for new and established investigators seeking to use innovative approaches of proteomics to their research, as well as to undergraduate and graduate students in the biomedical field. The Center fosters collaborations and partnerships among researchers aiming to reduce health disparities, including infectious diseases, cancer, and neurological/neurodegenerative diseases. Currently located at the second floor of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Laboratory # 5.
These laboratories house large, relatively expensive research instruments, which are shared among the faculty, students and staff on campus.
The Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Support Unit responds directly to the Chair of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. Its mission is to promote research by making available to offering our investigators instruments such as HPLCs, GC-MSs, NMR, among others and facilitating physical complementary spaces.
The center is dedicated to scientific research, training of health professionals and service to women who live with AIDS. The program offers patients with a multidisciplinary team that provides medical, gynecologic-obstetrics, psychiatric, psychological and social work services. Also we provide research clinics with new medicines related with HIV.
Core facility that provides the following services: Macromolecular x-ray crystallography service. Facility is located at University of Puerto Rico, R��o Piedras Campus.
The long-range objective of the MBRS SCORE Program at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) is to develop productive health-related research programs among faculty, contribute to a supportive campus research environment, and stimulate under-represented minority students to enter careers in biomedical research. MBRS SCORE Program funding provides faculty an opportunity to generate sufficient data to present research results at national and international research forums, publish in peer-review journals, and apply for independent research support. The Program encourages the participation of developing investigators from throughout the Medical Sciences Campus with the expectation that this support will empower them to compete on a more equal basis with researchers from more gifted institutions.
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Core facility that provides the following services: Training in the use of FACSort instrumentation, Flow cytometry consulting service. The specific objectives of this unit are to provide access to flow cytometry technology resources to investigators, students, and technical personnel; to train users in the utilization of flow cytometry; instrumentation and in its multiple applications in biological research; to provide basic technical support in flow cytometry methodology to interested users of the facility, and to encourage the development of new methodology and applications in the area of flow cytometry. Provides specialized seminars in flow cytometry basic and clinical applications.
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Core facility that provides the following services: Training in STEM, Consulting service, Training in TEM, TEM and SEM service, Assistance with immunogold labeling, Maintenance of SEM, Training in SEM. This lab maintains and operates electron microscope facilities for the faculty, investigators and students of the Medical Sciences Campus for research, training and diagnosis. Service charges apply. Contact lab for details.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 26,2026. The overall goal of the Center for Information Technologies and Telecommunications (CentIT2) is to provide specialized information technology services to support research, professional development and global interactions at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. Collaboration from other information technology units from the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) and from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) System has been secured to provide access to their unique assets when necessary, avoiding duplication of resources.