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UVM Neuroscience Graduate Program: Core Facilities
 CORE FACILITIES
One of the strengths of the University of Vermont is the availability of well-managed core facilities for research that are accessible to all members of the research community. These core facilities feature state-of-the-art equipment for molecular cellular research. Training or service-for-a-fee is available at all facilities.

COBRE Neuroscience Imaging Core Facility
Director, Todd Clason

  • Noran high speed scanning confocal microscope
  • Deltavision Deconvolution Restoration System
  • Biorad Multiphoton Microscope
  • Calcium Imaging Microscope
  • TIRF

COBRE Neuroscience Molecular Cellular Core Facility
Director, Sheryl White, PhD

  • LiCor Odyssey Infrared Scanner
  • ABI 7500 Fast Real Time PCR System
  • PALM/Zeiss Laser Microdissection Microscope
  • Ciphergen Protein Chip Biomarker System

Microscopy Imaging Center
Director, Douglass Tatjes, PhD

  • Zeiss LSM 510 META Confocal Laser Scanning Imaging System
  • BioRad MRC 1024ES Confocal Laser Scanning Imaging System
  • JEOL 1210 Transmission Electron Microscope
  • JEOL 6060 Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Digital Equipment Atomic Force Microscope
  • Compucyte Laser Scanning Cytometer
  • Arcturus PixCell II Laser Capture Microdissector

Vermont Cancer Center DNA Analysis Facility
Manager, Timothy Hunter

  • Automated DNA Sequencing
  • DNA Fragment Analysis
  • Real Time Quantitative PCR

DNA Microarray Core Facility
Director, Ahamad Chaudry, PhD

  • Affymetrix GeneChip Array System
  • Hybridization and fluidics stations
  • Affymetrix GeneChip scanner
  • Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer for RNA

Flow Cytometry Center
Director, Ralph Budd, MD
Coordinator, Colette Charland

  • BD LSRII analytical cytometer
  • FACS Aria high-speed cell sorter

Transgenic Mouse Facility
Director, Mercedes Rincon, PhD
Assistant, John Dodge

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