Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：俄克拉何马州内森休克中心将专注于新兴的地质科学领域，并为全国各地的研究人员提供独特和创新的分析方法，这些方法可供整个研究老龄化和地质科学的研究团体使用。俄克拉何马州内森冲击中心的5个核心是：项目增强核心：此外，为了监督冲击中心的所有活动，项目增强核心将管理两个新项目。俄克拉何马州地质科学联盟的发展将汇集来自俄克拉何马州五大研究机构对老龄化和地质科学感兴趣的研究人员。此外，通过发现生物信息学组件，Core将为老龄化研究人员提供独特的生物信息学工具和方法，以发现他们的数据与年龄相关现象之间的新联系。研究开发核心：这个核心是一个创新的背离了类似的核心在内森冲击中心的传统结构。俄克拉何马州内森休克中心的研究发展核心旨在为整个科学界提供前所未有的服务，而不仅仅是在主办机构的研究人员。多路复用蛋白质定量核心：该核心将为研究人员提供一种新的质谱方法，用于测量来自任何生物体的任何组织/细胞的蛋白质丰度，并进行基因组测序。Core可以在单次运行中量化25到30个蛋白质组，从而使研究人员能够询问衰老和老年科学中的重要途径。通过为秀丽隐杆线虫、果蝇和酵母以及特别长寿的动物开发蛋白质面板，该核心将首次为研究人员提供一种测量这些动物模型中蛋白质丰度的方法，这对衰老很重要。靶向DNA甲基化和线粒体异质性核心：使用具有独特引物集的新一代测序，目前仅在该核心中可用，研究人员将有可能研究全基因组或特定基因的DNA甲基化。此外，Core还开发了一些方法，使研究人员能够以高通量的方式对非常小的样本进行线粒体基因组异质性（变异/突变和缺失）和拷贝数的全面分析。综合氧化还原生物学核心：该核心将为研究人员提供细胞氧化应激状态的综合评估，例如，氧化损伤和氧化还原偶对的测量，这需要主要的仪器和专业知识来获得准确和可重复的数据。在过去，这个核心的领导人经历了来自全国各地的调查人员对这些分析的高需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center will focus on the newly-developing field of Geroscience and on providing investigators across the nation with unique and innovative assays that are accessible to the entire research community studying aging and Geroscience. The 5 Cores in the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center are: Program Enhancement Core: In addition, to overseeing all the activities of the Shock Center, the Program Enhancement Core will administer two novel programs. The development of the Oklahoma Geroscience Consortium will bring together investigators interested in aging and Geroscience from the five major research institutions in Oklahoma. In addition, through a Discovery Bioinformatics Component, the Core will provide investigators in aging with unique bioinformatics tools and methods to discover new connections between their data and age-related phenomenon. Research Development Core: This Core is an innovative departure from the traditional structure of similar Cores in Nathan Shock Centers. The Research Development Core of the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center is designed to provide unprecedented service to the scientific community at large, not just investigators at the host institution. Multiplexing Protein Quantification Core: This Core will provide investigators with a novel mass spectrometry method for measuring the abundance of proteins from any tissue/cell from any organism that has its genome sequenced. The Core can quantify panels of 25 to 30 proteins in a single run, thereby allowing investigators to interrogate pathways of importance in aging and Geroscience. By developing panels of proteins for C elegans, Drosophila, and yeast, as well as exceptionally long-lived animals, this Core will provide investigators, for the first-time, a method for measurin protein abundance in these animal models, which are important to aging. Targeted DNA Methylation & Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy Core: Using novel next-generation sequencing with unique primer sets, which are currently available only in this Core, it will be possible for investigators to study DNA methylation either genome-wide or in specific genes. In addition, the Core has developed methods that will allow investigators to conduct a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy (variants/mutations and deletions) and copy number from very small samples in a high throughput manner. Integrative Redox Biology Core: This Core will provide investigators with a comprehensive state-of-the-art assessment of the oxidative stress status of a cell, e.g., measures of oxidative damage and redox couples, which require major instrumentation and expertise to obtain accurate and reproducible data. In the past, the Leaders of this Core have experienced a high demand for these assays from investigators across the country.