The Core Research Facilities are a collection of centralized laboratories dedicated to developing and providing state-of-the-art research resources to facilitate biomedical research. They are available on a fee-for-service basis to the entire health sciences community as well as outside entities.
The facilities below are supported by the University of Iowa, the Carver College of Medicine, the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Facilities available to Carver College of Medicine investigators include:
Core |
Contact |
Office of Animal Resources |
Email Directory |
Biochemistry Stores |
Justin Rogers |
Bioengineering Services |
Dennis Wilson |
Biomedical Informatics Service |
Prakash Nadkarni, MD
Boyd Knosp, MS |
Biosafety Level III Laboratories |
Dana Ries |
Biomedical Research Store |
Julie Steele (Enzymes)
Sue Ross-Barta (Media)
Kevin Knudtson, PhD |
Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing |
Mani Subramanian, PhD
Mitch Rotman
biocatalysis@uiowa.edu |
Central Microscopy Research Facilities |
Randy Nessler |
Comparative Pathology Laboratory |
Paul Naumann |
Crystallography Facility |
Lokesh Gakhar, PhD |
Electron Spin Resonance Facility |
Brett Wagner, MS |
Flow Cytometry Facility |
Justin Fishbaugh |
Genome Editing Core Facility |
William Paradee, PhD |
High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Facility |
Lynn Teesch, PhD |
High Throughput Screening Facility (UIHTS) |
Meng Wu, PhD |
Hybridoma Facility |
Paul Kapke, PhD
hybrid@iastate.edu |
Iowa Institute of Human Genetics: Bioinformatics Division |
Tom Bair, PhD |
Iowa Institute of Human Genetics: Genomics Division |
Kevin Knudtson, PhD |
Magnetic Resonance Research Facility |
Vincent Magnotta, PhD |
Metabolic Phenotyping |
Jamie Soto |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility |
Liping Yu, PhD |
Protein Facility |
Joel Nott
protein@iastate.edu |
Proteomics Facility |
Marshall Pope, PhD |
Radiation and Free Radical Research Facility |
Douglas Spitz, PhD |
Small Animal Imaging Facility |
John Sunderland, PhD
saic@uiowa.edu |
Tissue Procurement Core Facility |
C. Michael Knudson, PhD |
Viral Vector Core Facility |
Kate Holt, PhD |