INBRE: URI: CENTRALIZED RES CORE FACILITY

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Centralized Research Core Facility is in its fourth year of providing research and training support to the RI-INBRE participants and the Rhode Island biomedical research community. The Core Facility equipment and resources continue to be made available to researchers from all Rhode Island academic and research institutions without charging any user fees. During the current year, the usage of Core Facility instrumentation and services has doubled. More than thirty five research groups used the Facility, with an average frequency of approximately 800 usages per quarter. The hands-on users included 6 faculty, 14 postdoctoral fellows, 36 graduate students, and 25 undergraduate students. All new users were trained by the Core Facility staff in properly utilizing various technologies for their research projects. The Facility staff also participated in teaching undergraduate and graduate laboratory courses offered by the College of Pharmacy. In addition, several instructional seminars and training workshops were organized in collaboration with the instrument manufacturers. The topics included the following: IR-Imaging for In-Cell Western Analysis; Basic Flow Cytometry; and Real-Time Quantitative PCR and RT-PCR. Equipment and software packages acquired this year included the following: Offgel Fractionation System for Proteomics; PD-Quest 2D Gel Analysis Software; Analytical HPLC System with Thermostatic Auto-Sampler; and Milli-Q Water Purification System. The poster printing service at the Core Facility has already printed 290 posters this year, free of charge, for investigators from the member institutions. A fee structure and a mechanism to charge for this service is being explored.