Core Center-NIDCD Research Core Center P30

描述（由申请人提供）：斯坦福OHNS核心中心的主要目标是1)作为知识和技术的中心，2)刺激和支持合作研究，3)通过在r01资助的实验室之间经济高效地共享使用核心中心设备，提供高质量的最先进技术。核心中心的管理将由首席研究员和两名研究核心主任以及一名行政助理提供。核心中心的行政部门负责日常运作，但也负责总体目标的长期规划，以确保核心中心的主要目标得以实现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main goals of the Stanford OHNS Core Center are to serve 1) as a hub for knowledge and technology, 2) to stimulate and support collaborative research, and 3) to provide access to high quality state-of-the-art technology via cost efficient shared utilization of Core Center equipment among R01-funded laboratories. Administration of the Core Center will be provided by the Principal Investigator and two Research Core Directors in conjunction with an administrative assistant. The Core's administration is responsible for daily operations, but also for long-term planning with the overall objective to ensure that the main goals of the Core Center are being met. Two Research Cores are proposed: Core I - Imaging Core, consists of four independent imaging systems, each one individually dedicated for specific tasks including routine confocal and fluorescence imaging, two photon imaging, live cell confocal imaging, and high-speed live cell confocal imaging. A full time imaging specialist will support Core users with expert advice, training, and supervision. Core II - Auditory Function Core consists of dedicated apparatus development space, two sound shielded rooms, two adjacent rooms for animal preparations and recovery, and three comprehensive auditory physiology systems. These systems are dedicated to measures of auditory function in vivo in small mammals including tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions and auditory evoked potentials from surface or subdural electrodes. A part time auditory function specialist will support core users with expertise, training, and supervision. The imaging and auditory function equipment is already being used by a group of researchers that are faculty members in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Neurobiology, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, as well as Bioengineering. There already is an urgent need for support personnel and an overall core organization, which will ensure efficient shared use of the existing equipment by a highly collaborative user base that is unified by a common interest in auditory and vestibular neurobiology.