Shared Resources

The GHSU campus provides a number of shared resources and core laboratories that provide important support to members of The MCG Cancer Center and their collaborators. These resources offer access to state-of-the-art technology and bioinformatics at an affordable cost. Training, consultation and support are also available.

• Flow Cytometry:

  Cells or particles in a liquid suspension stream single-file through a battery of lasers and photo detectors in the flow cytometer. The cytometer captures data about each one simultaneously at the rate of thousands per second. Researchers can use this powerful computer to assess multiple effects of new drugs on cells, and physicians can use it in diagnostics, particularly in immunology for measuring antigen-specific T cells.

• Integrated Genomics Core:

  The identification of genetic events that lead to the development of human cancer is now possible through genomics analysis. The development of high resolution, high throughput microarray platforms is available in the Integrated Genomics Core, which offers a nearly unlimited use of differennt array formats from a multitide of different suppliers. Researchers can survey genome-wide DNA copy number abnormalities and expression levels to correlate losses, gains and amplifications in tumor cells with genes that are over- and under-expressed in the same samples.

• GHSU Tumor Bank:

  " Researchers studying how cancer develops and spreads or trying to discover new methods for diagnosis and treatment, need access to patient specimens. The GHSU Tumor Bank or biorepository, has been established to provide investigators high quality biospecimens and relevant data, obtained with appropriate, ethical patient consent".

• Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Core:

  GHSU has recently expanded its biostatistics, bioinformatics and epidemiology capabilities to support and maximize collaboration among researchers from diverse disciplines. It is an investment in the future and the promise of translational research.

 

List of GHSU Campus Core Laboratories:

• Small Animal Imaging
• Zebrafish
• Proteomics
• Transgenic and Embryonic Stem Cell Mouse Core Laboratories
• Laboratory Animal Services
• Complete Core Lab Listing