Core Facilities List

DNA-based Assays

HLA-Typing Core
Director: Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, University of California San Francisco

RNA-based Assays (Gene expression profiling)

Affymetrix Genechip™ Microarray
Expression Analysis Inc, Durham, NC

High Throughput Real Time PCR Core
Director: Mimi Roque-Biewer, Applied Biosystems

Boutique Real Time PCR Core
Directors: Terry Strom, Harvard University; Manikkam Suthanthiran, Cornell

RNA Preparation Core
Directors: P. Suzanne Hart & Paul Wood, University of Pittsburgh; McKesson Bioservices,
Rockville, MD

Protein & Cellular Assays

Enzyme-linked Immunospot (ELISPOT) Assay Core
Directors: TBD

MHC-Peptide Tetramer Facility
Directors: Gerald Nepom, Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, WA;
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Type 1 Diabetes Autoantibody Facility
Director: George Eisenbarth, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO

Flow Cytometry Core
Director: Paul Wallace, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Alloantibody & Flow Crossmatch Core
Director: Robert Bray, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Luminex Core
Director: Ger T Rijkers, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands

Tissue & Histochemical Assays

Liver Tissue Analysis Core
Director: Anthony Demetris, University of Pittsburgh

Renal Pathology Core
Director: Robert Colvin, Harvard University

Additional Cores

CMV/EBV Viral Load Core
Contractors: ViraCore, Lee's Summit, MO

Data & Specimen Support

Clinical Specimen Repository
Contractors: Fisher Bioservices, McKesson Bioservices, Rockville MD


Bioinformatics/Data Analysis Core
Director: Dave Parrish, Immune Tolerance Network

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