Other Biomedical Resources
CHLA-USC Proteomics Core Facility
The new USC-CHLA Proteomics Core Facility provides high-sensitivity and high-resolution mass spectrometry for protein and peptide analysis as its primary technology. The Core will be active in technology development to improve protein identification and post-translational modification analysis in complex mixture of proteins from biological tissue and fluids.
Dr. Ebrahim Zandi, Director
Dr Honghai Jiang
Proteomics Core Facility
511 Hoffman Medical Research Center
HMR 511, 9096 HSC
2011 Zonal Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90033
323-442-1062
honghaij@usc.edu
Flow Cytometry Core
The Flow Cytometry Core Facility provides the research community with the technology to selectively phenotype and sort specific populations of cells. The Core Facility currently maintains two cytometers used to address questions in cellular immunology, cell biology, chemical carcinogenesis, radiology, human tumor cell cycle kinetics, mechanisms of drug action and differences between patient samples and normal donors. For more information, please visit their websites at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center, School of Pharmacy and the Norris Cancer Center.
Dr. Gregor Adams, Director
Lora Barsky, Lab Manager
Flow Cytometry Core Facility
HNRT-Harlyne Research Tower, Fourth Floor #4513
1450 Biggy St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
323-442-7942
lbarsky@usc.edu
facscore@gmail.com
Department of Animal Resources
The Department of Animal Resources provides animal procurement, animal care, veterinary services and scientific and diagnostic support for animals used in testin and research at USC.
Donald Casebolt, Director
Hoffman Medical Research Building 214
Health Sciences Campus
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90033–9093
323-442–1689
casebolt@usc.edu
LA Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute (LAB CTSI)
LA Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute offers a variety of cores to support translational health research.
Dr. Roberta Brinton
323-442-1430
rbrinton@usc.edu
Health Research Association
Health Research Association (HRA) provides clinical trial support services, including fiscal management, project staffing, purchasing, contracting, budgeting, project accounting, sponsor/investigator financial reporting, staff development and training, IRB document preparation, study opportunities, proposal preparation/grant writing, and other clinical research administrative tasks. The Investigational Drug Pharmacy at HRA manages all investigational product tracking, mixing, dispensing and monitoring.
HRA
1640 Marengo Street
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90033
323-223-4091
Histology Lab
The USC School of Pharmacy Histology Laboratory, is ready to help you with your histology and pathology research. This school-wide core laboratory is open to any USC researcher and has everything you will need to make microscope slides from tissue samples. Tissues can be paraffin embedded, sectioned and stained in the laboratory.
James Adams, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
USC School of Pharmacy, PSC 716
(323) 442-1362
jadams@usc.edu
Lab location:
PSC 402A
USC School of Pharmacy
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
NanoBiophysics Core Facility
The NanoBiophysics Facility is designed for the study of the structure and interaction of biological and synthetic molecules with emphasis on Nanoscience research. The core currently has resources to study molecular and nanostructures with Biacore surface plasmon resonance instrument T100, Light Scattering Equipment, both Dynamic and Multiangle devices from Wyatt, a Spectrofluorometer QuantaMaster from PTI with near-IR capabilities, solid sample holder and time-resolved accessory, an Atomic Force Microscope Nanoscope IIIa, and a Universal Microplate Reader GENios.
Nickolas Chelyapov, Director
NanoBiophysics Core Facility
835 W 37th St.
SHS 163
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Norris Cancer Center Bio-Reagent Core
The Norris Cancer Center Bioreagent and Cell Culture Core supports cancer related research that requires in vitro experiments, provides reagents for cell culture and prepares Bioreagents that are produced by cells grown in the facility. The Core has acquired a New Brunswick BioReactor and is in the process of developing and evaluating lipofectin preparations for cell transfection.
Dr. Zoltan Tokes
Director
USC/Norris Cancer Center Bioreagent Core
1303 Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033
323-224-7775
ztokes@hsc.usc.edu
Norris PharmacoAnalytical Core
The USC/Norris Core Pharmaco-Analytical Laboratory develops, validates and performs qualitative and quantitative drug assays and their metabolites in various biological matrices. The laboratory provides analytic capability including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using conventional UV/visible and fluorescence detection, and is upgrading its resources, including liquid chromatograph mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
Dr. Stan G. Louie
Director
PharmacoAnalytical Core Facility
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089
323-442-1357
slouie@usc.edu
Pancreas and Liver Transplant Core
The Department of Pancreas and Liver Transplant Surgery Core offers core laboratory support in three areas: Cell culture, molecular biology, and subcellular organelle. It provides cell line banking and hepatocyte cultures; offers highly-purified plasma membrane, mitochondrial and microsomal specimens for use in transport, metabolic and biochemical studies; and oligonucleotide synthesis along with a number of other custom services.
Keck Department of Pancreas and Liver Transplant Surgery
USC Liver Transplant Program and Center for Liver Diseases
1510 San Pablo Street Suite 430
Los Angeles CA 90033-4612
(323) 442-3245
uscliver@surgery.hsc.usc.edu
Research Subject Advocacy Services
Research Subject Advocate (RSA) Services serve as a resource for investigators regarding issues related to subject rights, safety and safe conduct of research in humans. They also assist investigators in development or evaluation of Data Safety Monitoring Plans, serve as a resource for patients who have questions about their rights as research subjects and their participation in research protocols and monitor the informed consent process for studies utilizing vulnerable subjects.
Robert Larsen, M.D., Senior Research Subject Advocate
1200 N. State St.
Room GNH 6602
Los Angeles CA, 90033
(323) 226-4632
gcrc@usc.edu
Stem Cell Core
The USC Stem Cell Core is a comprehensive support facility and central hub for the dissemination of resources, knowledge and state of the art equipment. Our goal is to accelerate research by providing reagents, training, assistance and laboratory space to investigators working with (pluripotent) stem cells. We distribute a number of quality controlled stem cell lines and stem cell culture reagents. The Core facility is equipped with communal laboratory space for researchers to conduct pilot and collaborative research. This space contains state of the art cell culture and analytical equipment.
For more information on services, click here.
Vicki Fox, PhD, Manager
Eli and Edyth Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research
1450 Biggy Street
NRT Room 4513 (lab)
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323)442-7834
victorif@med.usc.edu
Translational Pathology Core
The Norris Cancer Center Translational Pathology Core provides normal and tumor tissue specimens necessary for many of the laboratory-based, epidemiologic and clinical studies being conducted by Cancer Center investigators. Services include the supply of fresh or frozen adult normal and tumor tissue specimens, pediatric normal and tumor tissue specimens, and population-based, fixed tissue specimens.
Dr. Sue Ellen Martin
Director
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Translational Path Core Facility
1441 Eastlake Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90089
CoreTransPath@ccnt.hsc.usc.edu
Translational Research Lab
The USC School of Pharmacy Translational Research Laboratory, is designed to promote translational therapeutic discovery. The primary mission of the Translational Research Laboratory is to provide USC researchers with full and timely access to lab resources and technical guidance. Moreover, the lab is available as a platform to promote translational research and provide a learning environment for new technologies and applications.
Liqin Zhao, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Manager, Translational Research Laboratory
USC School of Pharmacy, PSC 508
(323) 442-1495
liqinz@usc.edu
Lab Location:
PSC 510
1985 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033