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Core Research Facilities

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