HCS Core Research Facilities

"The goal of the Cores is to make Technology and expertise available to all faculty members and students."

About

The Core Facilities operate under a central administration headed by:

Dr. Jerry Kaplan, Benning Presidential Endowed Chair, Professor of Pathology, Associate Dean for Research School of Medicine & Assistant Vice President for Basic Sciences at the Health Sciences Center

Dr. John Phillips, Associate Director of the Core Resources, Associate Professor of Hematology.

Dr. Kaplan and Dr. Phillips are assisted by Ms. Janet Bassett, Ms. Kristy Green and Ms. Sarah Jo Short. The Core Facility office is responsible for personnel and financial affairs. All of the Core facilities operate on a charge-back basis, although the percent recovery of operating expenses for each facility varies greatly. For example, the DNA Sequencing Core recovers all expenses, while other Cores such as NMR, Cell Imaging and Knockout/Transgenic Mouse are heavily (50-90%) subsidized by institutional resources.

The goal of the Cores is to make technology and expertise available to all faculty members and students. The institutional view is that supporting core facilities is the single best way that institutional funds can be used to promote the University's research mission.