Animal Models and Phenotyping Core

路易斯维尔大学糖尿病和肥胖中心（DOC）动物中心的功能是 为DOC成员提供发展所需的资源、设施和技术， 糖尿病和肥胖症研究动物模型的询问和表型分析 与代谢评价和肥胖评估相关的技术、程序和方案， 胰岛素抵抗和糖尿病的心血管并发症。通过不断积累专业知识， 资源和经验，核心已成为中心不可或缺的组成部分， 糖尿病和肥胖症研究的资源，可与世界各地领先机构的研究核心相媲美。 国家在这条成功的轨道上发展，核心将继续提供独特的和不可复制的 服务UofL调查员，并通过逐步收购和积累新的 能力、资源和专业知识。

The function of the Animal Core of the University of Louisville’s Diabetes and Obesity Center (DOC) is to provide members of the DOC with the resources, facilities and knowhow needed for the development, interrogation and phenotyping of animal models for diabetes and obesity research using state-of-the-art techniques, procedures and protocols relevant to the evaluation of metabolism and assessment of adiposity, insulin resistance, and the cardiovascular complications of diabetes. By successive accumulation of expertise, resources, and experience, the Core has become an integral component of the Center and an indispensable resource for diabetes and obesity research, comparable with research cores at leading institutions around the country. Developing on this trajectory of success, the Core will continue to provide unique and unduplicated services to UofL investigators, and continue to grow by progressively acquiring and accumulating new capabilities, resources, and expertise.