The DRTC provides important scientific resources to Center members and to the entire Vanderbilt and VUMC community. |
| Listed below are the facilities DRTC currently supports. We encourage members to utilize the extensive network of shared resources and core facilities managed by VU and VUMC, some of which are highlighted on our Resources page. The price for a DRTC Core Service is determined by the DRTC working with the Office of Research. This price may change so please contact the DRTC Core Director for the current price. |
Core Facilities
Hormone Assay & Analytical Services Core
Managing Director: Dale Edgerton, PhD
The Hormone Assay & Analytical Services Core (ASC) offers sensitive, reproducible, and inexpensive analysis of hormones, catecholamines, amino acids, stable isotopes, purine nucleotides, and markers of oxidative stress and inflammation.
Animal Metabolic Physiology Core
Director: Julio Ayala, PhD
The AMPC provides investigators with platforms for the design, execution and interpretation of unique and highly specialized surgical and experimental procedures for animal models.
Islet and Pancreas Analysis (IPA) Core
Core Director: Marcela Brissova, PhD
The Islet and Pancreas Analysis (IPA) Core assists VDRC’s large group of renowned and collaborative investigators who are studying a broad spectrum of islet-related processes, ranging from the function of islet-enriched factors and intracellular signaling to in vivo physiology and maintenance of hormone secretory profiles.