Core Research Facilities, Institutes, and Centers

Much of the research conducted at the College is interdisciplinary and collaborations are fostered and coordinated through core research facilities, institutes and major research centers. 

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. Many of 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.

Core Research Facilities and Research Service Units	Contact	Facilities Description for Grants
Animal Resources	Jim Sheets, DVM	link
Biochemistry Stores	Laura Brouwer	link
Bioengineering Services	Dennis Wilson	link
Biosafety Level III Laboratories	Dana Ries	link
Biomedical Research Store	Kevin Knudtson, PhD	link
Biospecimen Procurement and Molecular Epidemiology Resource		link
Biostatistics Consulting Center		link
Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing	Mark Arnold, PhD Mitch Rotman	link
Central Microscopy Research Facility	Randy Nessler	link
Comparative Pathology Laboratory		link
Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank	David R. Soll, PhD	link
Electron Spin Resonance Facility	Brett Wagner, MS	link
Emergency Department Research Enroller Program (ED-REP)	Kari Harland, PhD
Flow Cytometry Facility	Heath Vignes	link
Genome Editing Core Facility	William Paradee, PhD	link
High Performance Computing	Ben Rogers	link
High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Facility	Lynn Teesch, PhD	link
High Throughput Screening Facility (UIHTS)	David Roman, PhD	link
Human Immunology Core	Zeb Zacharias, PhD
Hybridoma Facility	Paul Kapke, PhD	link
Iowa Institute of Human Genetics: Bioinformatics Division	Michael Chimenti, PhD	link
Iowa Institute of Human Genetics: Genomics Division	Kevin Knudtson, PhD	link
Iowa NeuroBank Core	Li-Chun (Queena) Lin, PhD	link
Iowa NeuroImaging Processing Core	Eric Axelson	link
Magnetic Resonance Research Facility	Vincent Magnotta, PhD	link
Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication Facility		link
Metabolic Phenotyping Core		link
Metabolomics Core Facility	Eric Taylor, PhD	link
Microbiome Core	Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD	link
Neural Circuits and Behavior Core	Shane Heiney, PhD	link
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility	Liping Yu, PhD	link
Population Research Core		link
Protein Facility	Joel Nott	link
Protein and Crystallography Facility	Nicholas Schnicker, PhD	link
Proteomics Facility	Marshall Pope, PhD	link
Radiation and Free Radical Research Facility	Douglas Spitz, PhD	link
Research Development Office	Aaron Kline
Scientific Editing and Research Communication Core	Christine Blaumueller, PhD	link
Small Animal Imaging Core Facility	Thaddeus J. Wadas, PhD	link
Tissue Procurement Core Facility	Stephanie Chen, MD	link
UI Pharmaceuticals		link
Viral Vector Core Facility	William Paradee, PhD	link

 

Research Institutes	Director
Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging	Milan Sonka, PhD
Iowa Institute of Human Genetics	Richard Smith, MD
Iowa Neuroscience Institute	Ted Abel, PhD
University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research	Edwin Stone, MD, PhD
University of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Science	Patricia Winokur, MD
University of Iowa Pappajohn Biomedical Institute	Michael Welsh, MD

 

Research Centers	Director
Carver Family Center for Macular Degeneration	Edwin Stone, MD, PhD
Center for Auditory Regeneration and Deafness	Bruce Gantz, MD Richard Smith, MD
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Center for Gene Therapy	John Engelhardt, PhD
Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases	Gail Bishop, PhD
Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center	Brad Amendt, MS, PhD
François M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center	Barry London, MD
Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center	E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Helen C. Levitt Center for Viral Pathogenesis and Disease	Jack Stapleton, MD
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center	George Weiner, MD
Huntington's Disease Society of American Center of Excellence	Jane Paulsen, PhD John Kamholz, MD, PhD
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	Ted Abel, PhD Lane Strathearn, MBBS, PhD
Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration	Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD
Iowa Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation	Aaron Boes
Iowa Comprehensive Lung Imaging Center
Lung Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Research Center	Michael Welsh, MD
National Ferret Resource and Research Center	John Engelhardt, PhD
Neuroendocrine Tumor SPORE Center	M. Sue O’Dorisio, MD, PhD
Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center	Kevin Campbell, PhD