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Other Biomedical Resources

Department of Animal Resources

The Department of Animal Resources provides animal procurement, animal care, veterinary services and scientific and diagnostic support for animals used in testing and research at USC. Visit Site

Donald Casebolt, Director
Hoffman Medical Research Building 214
Health Sciences Campus
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90033–9093
323-442–1689
casebolt@usc.edu

General Clinical Research Center Bionutrition Core

The GCRC Bionutrition Core provides diets tailored to study specifications; dietary analysis; and indirect calorimetry for assessment of metabolic rates. The Bionutrition Core also provides body composition analysis by bioelectrical impedance and DEXA scans. Visit Site

Carmen Martinez, Bionutrition Director
1200 N. State St.
Room GNH 6602
Los Angeles CA, 90033
323 226-4632
gcrc@usc.edu

Health Research Association

Health Research Association (HRA) provides clinical trial support services, including fiscal management, project staffing, purchasing, contracting, budgeting, project accounting, sponsor/investigator financial reporting, staff development and training, IRB document preparation, study opportunities, proposal preparation/grant writing, and other clinical research administrative tasks. The Investigational Drug Pharmacy at HRA manages all investigational product tracking, mixing, dispensing and monitoring. Visit Site

HRA
1640 Marengo Street
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90033
323-223-4091

NanoBiophysics Core Facility

The NanoBiophysics Facility is designed for the study of the structure and interaction of biological and synthetic molecules with emphasis on Nanoscience research. The core currently has resources to study molecular and nanostructures with Biacore surface plasmon resonance instrument T100, Light Scattering Equipment, both Dynamic and Multiangle devices from Wyatt, a Spectrofluorometer QuantaMaster from PTI with near-IR capabilities, solid sample holder and time-resolved accessory, an Atomic Force Microscope Nanoscope IIIa, and a Universal Microplate Reader GENios.Visit Site

Nickolas Chelyapov, Director
NanoBiophysics Core Facility
835 W 37th St.
SHS 163
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Norris Cancer Center Bio-Reagent Core

The Norris Cancer Center Bioreagent and Cell Culture Core supports cancer related research that requires in vitro experiments, provides reagents for cell culture and prepares Bioreagents that are produced by cells grown in the facility. The Core has acquired a New Brunswick BioReactor and is in the process of developing and evaluating lipofectin preparations for cell transfection. Visit Site

Dr. Zoltan Tokes
Director
USC/Norris Cancer Center Bioreagent Core
1303 Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033
323-224-7775
ztokes@hsc.usc.edu

Norris PharmacoAnalytical Core

The USC/Norris Core Pharmaco-Analytical Laboratory develops, validates and performs qualitative and quantitative drug assays and their metabolites in various biological matrices. The laboratory provides analytic capability including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using conventional UV/visible and fluorescence detection, and is upgrading its resources, including liquid chromatograph mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Visit Site

Dr. Stan G. Louie
Director
PharmacoAnalytical Core Facility
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089
323-442-1357
slouie@usc.edu

Pancreas and Liver Transplant Core

The Department of Pancreas and Liver Transplant Surgery Core offers core laboratory support in three areas: Cell culture, molecular biology, and subcellular organelle. It provides cell line banking and hepatocyte cultures; offers highly-purified plasma membrane, mitochondrial and microsomal specimens for use in transport, metabolic and biochemical studies; and oligonucleotide synthesis along with a number of other custom services. Visit Site

Keck Department of Pancreas and Liver Transplant Surgery
USC Liver Transplant Program and Center for Liver Diseases
1510 San Pablo Street Suite 430
Los Angeles CA 90033-4612
(323) 442-3245
uscliver@surgery.hsc.usc.edu

Research Subject Advocacy Services

Research Subject Advocate (RSA) Services serve as a resource for investigators regarding issues related to subject rights, safety and safe conduct of research in humans. They also assist investigators in development or evaluation of Data Safety Monitoring Plans, serve as a resource for patients who have questions about their rights as research subjects and their participation in research protocols and monitor the informed consent process for studies utilizing vulnerable subjects. Visit Site

Robert Larsen, M.D., Senior Research Subject Advocate
1200 N. State St.
Room GNH 6602
Los Angeles CA, 90033
(323) 226-4632
gcrc@usc.edu

Translational Pathology Core

The Norris Cancer Center Translational Pathology Core provides normal and tumor tissue specimens necessary for many of the laboratory-based, epidemiologic and clinical studies being conducted by Cancer Center investigators. Services include the supply of fresh or frozen adult normal and tumor tissue specimens, pediatric normal and tumor tissue specimens, and population-based, fixed tissue specimens. Visit Site

Dr. Sue Ellen Martin
Director
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Translational Path Core Facility
1441 Eastlake Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90089
CoreTransPath@ccnt.hsc.usc.edu

Last updated: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 1:33pm PDT