Updates on UWCCC Shared Resources Operations during COVID-19
Due to the continuously changing situation, we have compiled a summary of current operations of UWCCC Shared Resources. The summary can be found at the link below and will be updated weekly. Contact the individual resources for questions or more information.
Shared Resources provide researchers with a wide variety of services to ensure that their science is supported by state-of-the-art technology and techniques. Our shared resources are designed to support multidisciplinary research and unite physicians and scientists to speed the transfer of science to patients.
UWCCC is proud to support the following research services for academia and industry:
| Shared Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Biostatistics Shared Resource | Offers statistical support in the design, conduct and analysis of research studies in basic, clinical and population-based sciences |
| Cancer Informatics Shared Resource | Provides modern and efficient informatics, including advancements in bioinformatics, clinical informatics, image analysis and computational science |
| Cancer Metabolomics Shared Resource | Provides the UW campus community with access to cutting-edge small molecule identification and quantification technologies. |
| Cancer Prevention and Outcomes Data | Delivers seamless and state-of-the-art cancer prevention data exchange, survey research consultation and data collection services |
| Circulating Biomarker Core | Provides translation of circulating biomarker research methods for clinical trials and clinical grade assays. |
| Clinical Research Imaging Core | Provides imaging support related to cancer research and serves to integrate imaging expertise jointly with the UW-SMPH Department of Radiology and the UW Carbone Cancer Center. |
| Drug Development Core | Facilitates drug discovery and development through the integration of high throughput screening, medicinal chemistry, and pre-clinical and clinical pharmacology |
| Experimental Animal Pathology Laboratory | Provides a broad array of high quality histology services |
| Flow Cytometry Laboratory | Offers technical and educational support for fluorescence-based single cell analysis and isolation to further the characterization and understanding of cellular function, biomarkers, pathology and treatment in basic, translational and clinical research projects |
| Genome Editing and Animal Models Shared Resource | Makes gene editing and biobanking technology accessible and affordable |
| Glassware Washing & Sterilization | Provides centralized services for cleaning laboratory glassware and sterilizing glassware and media |
| Microtechnology Core | Develops and applies advanced microscale cell-based assays to enhance basic cell biology research and enable clinical studies |
| Pharmaceutical Research Center | Coordinates safe and ethical provision of investigational/study medications to research subjects enrolled in clinical drug trials |
| Scientific Instrumentation Facility | Provides centralized instrument related support to UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) Shared Resources, cancer center members and non-members involved in laboratory, translational and clinical research. |
| Small Animal Imaging and Radiotherapy Facility | Provides innovative, state-of-the-art, affordable, noninvasive, high-resolution, in-vivo and ex-vivo imaging and radiotherapy support |
| Translational Science BioCore | Facilitates basic science and translational research through the integration of human biospecimen collection and storage with associated histological and molecular services |