The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center’s shared resources represent state-of-the-art support services and technology that provide critical support to groups of investigators. Facilities are described briefly below. For additional detail, choose links for each core (below or through the Quick Links above).
Provides human BAC arrays for Array CGH, DNA to data hybridization and imaging services, custom printing, and training on the use of the arrays.
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Provides biostatistical support to the UCSF cancer research community.
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Assists with protocol development, data management, regulatory compliance, contract development, and patient registration.
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Provides computational biology support to the UCSF cancer research
community.
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Provides quantitative PCR (QPCR), single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis, epigenetic analysis, and technical support and education.
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Facilitates immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analyses of tumor materials.
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Provides cytometric support, including flow and image cytometry, new cytometric methods and applications, and technical support and education.
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Provides protein identification using MALDI-TOF or Qq-TOF; determines molecular weights of peptides, oligonucleotides, and small proteins; and offers related technical guidance.
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Provides histologic and hematopoietic research support services relating to malignancies in mouse models of human cancer.
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Offers a complete set of preclinical services and in vivo imaging devices for cancer investigators.
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Identifies, samples, and banks tissue to facilitate cancer research.
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Serves as an analytical chemistry resource for the UCSF tobacco control and cancer research community
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Provides database development/support as well as web-based interfaces for database queries and presentation.
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“CoreAdmin” is the online application for authorizing, ordering, and tracking core services.
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A hard-copy form must be submitted prior to request for recharged core services.
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UCSF Research Core Facilities and Services
Searchable database of core facilities at all UCSF campus locations, provided by the Translational Technology and Resources Program of UCSF Clinical and Translational Science
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