Enabling technologies

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The Enabling Technologies programme consists of a number of core facilities that provide critical technologies and equipment to scientists in the MDU and it is crucial its success. Because metabolic disease affects the entire body, it is vital to study these diseases whole animals. Our model of choice is the mouse. The Disease Model Core provides facilities for the measurement of the amount of fat and muscle in an animal’s body, how much and what type of food is eaten, and how much energy is burnt, through either metabolism, heat production, or exercise. It also provides facilities for examining isolated cells, tissues and organs. At the other end of the size spectrum, the Genomics/Transcriptomics Core enables scientists to study the sub-microscopic world of genes and how they function and are turned into proteins and the Core Biochemistry Assay Lab measures hormones and other molecules in blood.