Core facilities
CVS hosts a range of core shared research facilities, each led by experts:
- Animal Imaging: 7T MRI, optical imaging, high resolution Ultrasound and Optical Projection Tomography
- Animal Integrative Physiology: dedicated facilities within QMRI including zebrafish, fruit flies and metabolic studies & radiotelemetry in rodents
- Bioinformatics: data analysis throughout the research process with a focus on microarray and next-generation sequencing technologies
- Clinical Integrative Physiology: in the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, with expertise in detailed cardiovascular and metabolic investigation
- Drug Discovery & Development: an experienced in-house teamwith a track record in small molecule discovery
- Immunoassay: an extensive range of validated assays is supported
- Mass Spectrometry: GCMS and LCMS in support of stable isotope tracer and small molecule/drug analyses
- Myography: vascular biology expertise and support
- Pathology and Image Analysis: support from tissue blocks through hybridisation and staining to image quantification andarchiving, and expert reparting of rodent pathology
- Transgenesis: capacity for novel model development in rodents
The QMRI is home to a core facilities grouping: SuRF@QMRI, comprising Bioinformatics; Biomolecular Core; CALM; Flow Cytometry; Histology; Immuno and Imaging; Specialist Assay Service.