The Stanford University School of Medicine supports a number of shared research facilities housing specialized scientific instruments and services. These include 23 scientific Service Centers, which are open to all researchers in the University at predetermined fees, and a number of Cores, which house equipment shared among a group of labs.
A categorical listing of shared research facilities of interest to biomedical researchers at Stanford University can be found here http://spectrum.stanford.edu/biomedcores
Instrumentation scheduling and service ordering for service centers is slowly moving to the Stanford Shared Facilities Management System (aka iLab):
https://stanford.ilabsolutions.com
Information about new instruments and technologies in the School of Medicine scientific service centers can be found here.
Stanford University School of Medicine Scientific Service Center links:
Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Center (BioADD)
Cell Sciences Imaging Facility (CSIF)
Comparative Medicine Animal Histology Service (CMAHS)
Computational Services and Bioinformatics Facility (CSBF)
Data Coordinating Center (DCC)
Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting Facility (FACS)
Fly Facility
Gene Vector Virus Center (GVVC)
Genetics Bioinformatics Service Center (GBSC)
Genome (Sequencing) Service Center
High Throughput Bioscience Center (HTBC)
Human Pathology Histology Services Laboratory
Human Immune Monitoring Center (HIMC)
Neuroscience Microscopy Service (NMS)
PET/MRI Metabolic Service Center (PET-MRI)
Protein & Nucleic Acid Facility (PAN)
Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging
Stanford Behavioral and Functional Neuroscience Laboratory (SBFNL)
Stanford Center for Innovations in In vivo Imaging (SCi3)
Stanford Functional Genomics Facility (SFGF)
Transgenic, Knockout and Tumor Model Center (TKTC)
Translational Applications Service Center (TASC)
Veterinary Service Center (VSC)
Animal Diagnostic Lab
There are a number of scientific services that are not offered by Stanford’s shared facilities. We offer the links below as a starting point for a search to find these types of services at other Universities. These centers are not affiliated with Stanford and we have no direct knowledge about the quality of their services.
Monoclonal antibody generation and production:
http://sharedresources.fhcrc.org/services/monoclonal-antibody-development
Protein production and purification:
http://www.med.unc.edu/csb/PEP/
Isothermal Calorimetry:
http://strucbiol.pbsci.ucsc.edu/
High-field NMR:
http://qb3.berkeley.edu/nmr/
