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• • Imaging

  • Medical Campus

  Metabolic Phenotyping Core

  Metabolic Phenotyping Core provides experimental testing services to researchers (inside and outside Boston University) studying metabolic diseases in mouse models, including non-invasive assessment of body composition, measurement of basal metabolic rate and physical activity using monitoring systems, evaluation of maximal exercise capacity using treadmill regimens, and more. 

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• • Imaging

  • Charles River Campus

  Micro-Computed Tomography Imaging Core Facility

  The Micro-CT Imaging Core Facility provides nondestructive 3-D X-ray imaging for a wide variety of research applications involving both biological and non-biological materials. The facility houses a Scanco microCT40 and a Zeiss Xradia 520 Versa. Services are available to users internal and external to BU and include custom imaging, image analysis, and technical consultation.

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• • Cellular & Molecular
  • Genetic Data & Sequencing

  • Medical Campus

  Microarray and Sequencing Resource Core Facility

  The Microarray and Sequencing Resource Core Facility offers Next Generation Sequencing (Illumina NextSeq500, Ion Torrent Proton and PGM) and supports the full line of microarray products available from Affymetrix including expression profiling, miRNA, exon, genotyping, resequencing, and tiling arrays.

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• • Cellular & Molecular
  • Genetic Data & Sequencing

  • Medical Campus

  Molecular Genetics Core

  The Molecular Genetics Core provides DNA and RNA isolation services from different sources along with sample storage, separation and storage of serum and plasma aliquots, whole genome amplification and sample clean-up, picogreen quantification of DNA samples, and high throughput genotyping.

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• • Animal Sciences

  • Medical Campus

  Mouse Assisted Reproductive Technology

  Boston University Mouse Assisted Reproductive Technology Core is part of the BU Animal Science Center with a mandate  to oversee the breeding of complex genetically modified mice and preserve rare and valuable strains for later use. MART oversees the breeding of complex genetically modified mice, collecting mouse sperm, harvesting unfertilized eggs, and more.

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• • Biology

  NEIDL Arborviral Research Core

  The NEIDL Arborviral Research Core (ARC) supports high-impact research on mosquito-borne viruses such as Zika, dengue, yellow fever, West Nile, and others. With Arthropod Containment Level 3 (ACL-3) facilities, we provide scientific planning and oversight and offer fee-for-service for Boston University researchers and external collaborators.

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• • Neuroscience
  • Photonics

  • Charles River Campus

  Neurophotonics Center

  The mission of the BU Neurophotonics Center is to build and support an interdisciplinary community that can develop and broadly deploy impactful photonics technologies in the neurosciences to advance our understanding of how the brain works in health and in disease.

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• • Cellular & Molecular
  • Manufacturing & Engineering
  • Photonics

  • Charles River Campus

  Photonics Center Shared Facilities

  The Boston University Photonics Center’s multi-user facilities are open to the entire university and outside users who engage in Shared Laboratory Usage Agreements. The facilities include semiconductor fabrication, testing and measurement, spectroscopy, electron, and atomic force microscopy equipment for varied disciplines in materials science, engineering, life sciences, and medical applications. The facility acquired a Nikon […]

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• • Cellular & Molecular

  • Medical Campus

  Proteomics Service Center

  The Proteomics Service Center provides label-free and multiplexed proteomics workflows for both BU investigators and the external research community. Its research faculty have extensive experience in proteomics analysis of tissue specimens and tissue slides. The center offers spatial proteomics using a Leica LMD6 laser microdissection microscope and has significant expertise in TMT multiplexed deep proteomics, […]

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• • Data & Computation

  • Charles River Campus
  • Medical Campus

  Research Computing

  BU's Research Computing Services group administers advanced, multiprocessor supercomputing systems that are available to all University faculty, their students, and their collaborators for research and for educational use in courses related to computational science.

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