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Core Facilities

Activity 1 - Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

MR Image Processing Core

The Magnetic Resonance (MR) Processing Core serves the needs of researchers in the MR Research Facility at Queen's Hospital. Specifically, the MR Image Processing Core provides image processing support, infrastructure development, methodological development and training.

Activity 2 - Bioactive Nutrients

Microscopy and Imaging Core


Miyoko Bellinger
Core Manager
Publications 		 
Services:
  • Histology processing, including paraffin embedding, frozen or floating sections, staining and other conventional histology technique

  • Training and advice for general histology techniques

  • Development of new immunohistochemical or in situ hybridization approaches as needed

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Activity 3 - Tropical Infectious Diseases Detection and Prevention

Pathogen Reference and Reagent Core Facility


C. Bruce Cropp, M.S.
Facility Director
Publications 		 
Services

Provide viruses and other microbial pathogens, antibodies and other reagents to investigators to conduct basic and applied research on tropical infectious disease pathogens.

Provide training to new investigators on microbiologic and serologic assays needed to conduct research on specific pathogens.

Provide basic microbiologic and serologic services, including producing selected reagents, conducting customized assays such plaque-reduction neutralization test, and provide assistance in the vivarium and insectary to manipulate experimentally infected animals and insects.

Staff

Satoru Arai, D.V.M., Ph.D., Research Veterinarian
Saguna Verma, Ph.D., Molecular Biologist
Alan R. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Epidemiologist
Thomas Bui, M.Sc., Insectary Manager
Isaac Brown, B.S., Research Associate

Molecular Pathology and Histology Core Facility


Frederic Mercier, Ph.D.
Interim Facility Director
Publications 		 
Services

Assist in planning animal experiments, conducting necropsies, and proper fixation and storage of tissues and cells.

Provide selected and customized services, including routine histologic and immunologic staining for pathology and pathogen detection, in situ hybridization, cryosections, and negative staining.

Assist in fluorescence and confocal microscopy.

Staff

Qingping He, M.S., Research Associate
Laarni Sumabicay, B.S., Research Associate
Infectious Disease Pathologist is being recruited

Microarray Core Facility


Gabor Mocz, Ph.D.
Facility Director
Publications 		 
Services

To conduct microarray-related experiments, including developing chips for pathogen discovery, evaluating RNA quality and test chips, processing RNA specimens, hybridizing microarray chips, scanning microarray chips and providing raw data for analysis.

Staff

Paul Armstrong, Ph.D., Research Associate
Esther Volper, B.S., Research Associate

Activity 4 - Biostatistics and Computer Core Support Services

Biostatistics and Data Management Facility

   
Specific Aims

  1. Develop expertise in structural equation modeling.
  2. Develop a web-based system for data entry.
  3. Develop power/sample size calculation software for multivariate statistics.
  4. Develop software tools for analysis of gene-environment interactions.

Now recruiting a Biostatistician, Assistant Biostatistician and
Junior Biostatistician

Computer Network Support Facility


Bradley R. Jones, Ph.D.
Facility Director 		 
Specific Aims

  1. Expand data management and database services.
  2. Expand network and communication services.
  3. Expand desktop and presentation services.

Staff

Stanford Togashi, Computer Specialist
Scott Niimoto, Desktop Services
Stephanie Barry, Presentation Services

Facilities Developed with Prior RCMI Support

Biological Electron Microscope Facility

Carpentry and Machine Shops

Electronics Shop

Greenwood Molecular Biology Facility

Retrovirology Research Laboratory

The University of Hawaii RCMI Program (G12RR003061) is funded by the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program, an initiative of the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health.