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Shared research core facilities (cores), provide the University of Pittsburgh research community with access to specialized instruments, facilities, and services. These facilities offer high-end equipment, expert scientific staff, and advanced data analysis capabilities that enable leading-edge research across disciplines.
By leveraging shared research core facilities, investigators can reduce costs, accelerate discovery, and ensure the highest standards of quality and reproducibility. Core facilities are open to Pitt faculty, staff, and students, and many also serve external users including other universities and industry partners.
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| Core Name | Primary Contact | Phone Number/Ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Instruments | Jeff Germuska | germjx3@upmc.edu | 412-623-5984 |
| Cytometry Facility | Tullia Bruno, PhD | tbruno@pitt.edu | 412-383-5722 |
| Luminex Core Laboratory of the Cancer Proteomics Facility | Anna Lokshin, PhD | loksax@upmc.edu | |
| Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications Facility (SaMIRA) | SaMIRA | SAMIRAhillman@groups.pitt.edu or ivifhillman@groups.pitt.edu | 412-864-7960 |
| Core Name | Primary Contact | Phone Number/Ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Research Computing and Data | Kim Wong | kimwong@pitt.edu | 412-273-8322 |
| Dietrich Glass Shop | Kiva Ford | kcf32@pitt.edu | 412-624-8413 |
| Dietrich School Electronics Shop | Nick Howell | nah331@pitt.edu | 412-624-8410 |
| Dietrich School Machine Shop | Shawn Artman | sha58@pitt.edu | 412-642-8412 |
| Dietrich School Microscopy and Imaging Suite | Chaowei Shang, PhD | chs330@pitt.edu | 412-624-4448 |
| FSRDC | Shawn Ratcliff-Peterson, PhD | shawn.ratcliff@census.gov | |
| Mass Spectrometry Lab | Bhaskar Godugu | bhg5@pitt.edu | 336-554-4903 |
| Materials Characterization Lab | Joel Gillespie | jrg68@pitt.edu | 412-624-0312 |
| NMR Facility | Damodaran Krishnan Achary, PhD | damodaran@pitt.edu | 412-624-8403 |
| Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core | Wenmin Yang | wey101@pitt.edu | 412-224-0945 |
| X-Ray Diffraction Facility | Steven Geib | geib@pitt.edu | 412-327-1912 |
| Core Name | Primary Contact | Phone Number/Ext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAR Core D: Clinical Sciences | Sharon Riddler, MD | riddler@pitt.edu | |
| CFAR Core E: Viral Pathogenesis & Persistence | Kerri Penrose, MS | kjp43@pitt.edu | 412-383-3922 |
| CFAR Core F: Systems Biology and Biostatistics | Peter Shoucair | pes41@pitt.edu | |
| Gnotobiotic Animal Core Facility | Gnotobiotic Core Facility | gnotobio@pitt.edu | 412-648-4450 |
| Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | Steven Mullett | sjmst52@pitt.edu | |
| Health Sciences Sequencing Core | William MacDonald, PhD | wam30@pitt.edu | |
| High Throughput Genomics Core | Dara Kozak | dlk85@pitt.edu | 412-623-7157 |
| Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory (IMCPL) | Devanjan Sikder, DVM, MS, PhD | des367@pitt.edu | |
| McGowan Institute Core Histology Laboratory | Julia Hart | jrp128@pitt.edu | 412-624-5265 |
| Mouse Embryo Services Core | Chunming Bi, PhD | chunming@pitt.edu | 412-383-4217 |
| Organoid Research Core | Polly E. Mattila, PhD | pem18@pitt.edu | |
| Peptide and Peptoid Synthesis Core | Kazi Islam | kazi@pitt.edu | 412-383-9015 |
| Pitt Biospecimen Core | Christina Kline | puetc@upmc.edu | 412-624-7454 |
| Rangos Animal Imaging Core | Yijen Wu, PhD | yijenwu@pitt.edu | 412-692-9902 |
| Rangos Flow Cytometry Core | Radha Gopal, PhD | rag100@pitt.edu | 412-692-8452 |
| Rangos Histology Core | Riley Gedrys | pitthistologycore@pitt.edu | |
| Research Histology - Pitt Biospecimen Core | Tony Green | greenag@upmc.edu | 412-623-7898 |
| Single Cell Core | Heidi Monroe | heidi.monroe@pitt.edu | |
| Small Molecule Biomarker Core | Raymond West, PhD | rew82@pitt.edu | 412-648-9854 |
| Unified Flow Core | Dewayne Falkner | falkner@pitt.edu | 724-799-1520 |
| Core Name | Primary Contact | Phone Number/Ext |
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