Research Core

The Research Department in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside provides faculty, staff, and students with a variety of support, including management of and access to instrumentation cores and other equipment, clinical research coordination, writer/editor, and biostatistician. The Core is open to all faculty and researchers from UCR and outside institutions to conduct research with otherwise inaccessible equipment. 

• Histology Core

  The Histology Core is located on the ground floor of the School of Medicine Research Building. Available instruments in this core include:

  • Leica CM1950 Cryostat
  • Leica RM2235 Rotary Microtome
  • Shandon Excelsior ES – Tissue Processor
  • Tissue Tek Embedding Console
  • Innova 4000 Incubator Shaker
• Multiphoton Core

  The Multiphoton Core is located in the Psychology Building. Instruments available within the core are:

  • Nikon A1R MP Plus
• Cell Sorter and Flow Cytometry Core

  The Cell Sorter and Flow Cytometry Core is located in the School of Medicine Research Building. Instruments available within the core are:

  • MoFlo Astrios EQ Cell Sorter
  • NovoCyte Quanteon Flow Cytometer Systems 4 Lasers
• Cell and Gene Expression Analysis Core

  The Cell and Gene Expression Analysis Core is located in the Research Building. Instruments available within the core are:

  • Agilent Seahorse XF Pro analyzer
  • Visium CytAssist
  • 10X Genomics Chromium Single Cell Gene Expression 
• Nanostring Core

  The Nanostring Core is located in the School of Medicine Research Building. Instruments available within the core are:

  • nCounter SPRINT Profiler
  • GeoMX Digital Spatial Profiler - Nanostring