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Core Facilities

Tulane University has research core facilities that are available to research groups/investigators.  As noted in the list below, these cores are usually under administrative control of a research center.  Detailed information about the core can be found in the synopsis and/or on the core website.  Contact information for the director and other contact for the core is listed below.

 

Coordinated Instrumentation Facility

George Flowers
flowers@tulane.edu
504-865-5198

Synopsis

Cancer Genetics Program – COBRE Core

Erik Flemington
eflemin@tulane.edu
504-988-1167

Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium/Tulane Cancer Center Cores

Cancer Crusaders Next Generation Sequence Analysis Core

Erik Flemington
eflemin@tulane.edu
504-988-1167

Cell Analysis Core Facility

Prescott Deininger
pdeinin@tulane.edu
504-988-6385

Genomics Core Facility

Marilyn Li
mli2@tulane.edu
504-988-1050

Tulane Cancer Center Office of Clinical Research

Aniko Vigh
avigh@tulane.edu
504-988-6121

Tulane Center for Gene Therapy Cores

 

Real-Time PCR Core

Christine McBride
robinson@tulane.edu
504-988-7071

Affymetrix Microarray Core

Justin Manges
jmanges@tulane.edu
504-988-7063

DNA Diagnostics Core

Charlene Crain

ccrain@tulane.edu          

504-988-7706

DNA Sequencing Core

Justin Manges
jmanges@tulane.edu
504-988-7063

Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core

Alan Tucker
atucker@tulane.edu
504-988-7741

Histology Core

Dina Gaupp or Claire Llamas  
dgaupp@tulane.edu
504-988-1194

Tissue Culture Core Facility

Margie McCants
mmccants@tulane.edu

504-988-7714

Microscopy Core Facility

Michael Raeder
mraeder@tulane.edu
504-458-1364

 

Hayward Genetics Center Cores

 

Biochemical Genetics Core

Cytogenetic Core
Molecular Diagnostic Core

Hans Andersson
handers@tulane.edu
504-988-5229

Tulane National Primate Research Center Cores

Vector Borne Diseases Core

DNA Microarray and Expression Core

Mario Philipp
TNPRC-BactPar@tulane.edu
504-862-8040

Anatomic Pathology Core

Clinical Pathology Laboratory Core

Molecular Pathology Core

Confocal Microscopy and Image Analysis Core

Ronald Veazey
TNPRC-ComPath@tulane.edu
504-862-8040

Nonhuman Primate Stem Cell Production Core

Bruce Bunnell
TNPRC-Gene@tulane.edu
504-862-8040

Infectious Disease Aerobiology Core

Chad J. Roy

croy@tulane.edu

985-871-6417

 

Flow Cytometry Core

Immunology Core

Marcelo Kuroda
TNPRC-Immun@tulane.edu
504-862-8040

Viral Characterization, Isolation, and Production Core

Pathogen Detection and Quantification Core

Infectious Disease Aerobiology Core

Preston Marx
TNPRC-Micro@tulane.edu
504-862-8040

Collaborative Research Resources

James Blanchard
TNPRC-CollRes@tulane.edu
504-862-8040

Transgenic Mouse Facility

Ann Mullin
amullin@tulane.edu
504-865-6742

Shared Instrumentation Facility- Tulane University School of Medicine - Department of Biochemistry 

 

implant@tulane.edu

Imaging and Detection
Sample Processing & Analysis
Liquid Chromoatography
Centrifugation

 

Molecular Neuroscience Core Facility (A joint project of Tulane University and Louisiana State University)

Jeffrey G. Tasker, Director
tasker@tulane.edu
504-862-8762

Molecular Biology

Single cell RT-PCR

   RT-PCR (genotyping)
   Realtime PCR (relative or absolute quantitation)
   Northern Blotting
   in situ Hybridization
   Carmel Bridgeman, Coordinator
    cbridgem@tulane.edu
    504-862-8195

Protein Biochemistry

   Western Blotting
   Cryo-sectioning
   Cell Culture
   Enzymatic activity assays
   ELISA

Recombinant Virus Production

The MNCF can generate, expand, and titer three commonly used viruses.
   Lentivirus
   Adeno-associated virus
   Pseudorabies virus