Topics: Core Facilities

A gloved hand holds a beaker of fluid in the foreground; additional lab equipment and a periodic table are in the background.

Flow cytometry facility gets new equipment

May 29, 2018

The Flow Cytometry Core at Penn State College of Medicine recently acquired an ImageStreamX Mark II Imaging Flow Cytometer, a new instrument for researchers to use.

The Penn State Nittany Lion statue is seen in Penn State College of Medicine's outdoor courtyard. The statue is seen at the right of the photo in focus, framed by trees and pink flowers to the left and above and grass below.

Research data sharing between Hershey and University Park gets easier

Apr 13, 2018

Through support of Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute's executive committee and the College of Medicine Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, data use agreements are now not needed in certain circumstances when private health information is transferred from Hershey to University Park.

Nadine Hempel, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Cancer Institute member, recently received an equipment award from Agilent Technologies. A photo of Hempel, wearing a white blouse and glasses and standing in front of a blue photo background, is superimposed on an image of the College's Nittany Lion mascot statue outdoors, with trees and flowers visible in the background.

College of Medicine’s Hempel receives Agilent Seahorse XFp Grant Award

Dec 28, 2017

Nadine Hempel, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Cancer Institute member, recently received the Agilent Seahorse XFp Grant Award for her work "Bioenergetics Analysis of Ovarian Cancer Patient Ascites."

A lab technician's hands are pictured holding a tray of samples. A laboratory bottle is visible in the background.

Clinical Research Biospecimen Core offers centralized processing

Aug 10, 2016

Penn State College of Medicine's Clinical Research Biospecimen Core, which celebrated its grand opening Aug. 3, 2016, provides a centralized service for the processing and distribution of human subject research samples.

Discounted cell line authentication rates available to Penn State researchers

Jul 22, 2016

Penn State investigators from any campus have access to discounted cell line authentication services through Genetica, a commercial company.

Microscopy images from the Penn State College of Medicine Microscopy Imaging Facility are pictured. The collage of four images shows microscopic views in blue, green, red and black and gray.

Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility gets new equipment

Apr 30, 2016

A new Leica EM UC7 ultramicrotome was installed April 26, 2016, in the Penn State College of Medicine Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility.

Tanks of fish are seen during the grand opening of the Penn State College of Medicine Zebrafish Functional Genomics Core in April 2016. A row of five tanks with bright blue water are visible, with a green fake plant in the top of the leftmost tank and zebrafish visible swimming in the tanks. Other tanks can be seen above and below.

Grand opening of Zebrafish Functional Genomics Core celebrated

Apr 15, 2016

The Zebrafish Functional Genomics Core at Penn State College of Medicine held a grand opening event April 13, 2016.

Han Chen, MD, PhD, became director of the Penn State College of Medicine Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility in February 2016. Chen is pictured at right, seated and facing the camera, with the microscopy equipment behind him to his left.

Chen named director of Transmission Electron Microscopy facility

Mar 2, 2016

Dr. Han Chen started as director of the Penn State College of Medicine Transmission Electron Microscopy facility Feb. 29, 2016.

Attendees at an October 2015 party celebrate Roland Myers, who worked for 36 years on the Penn State College of Medicine electron microscopy team, on his retirement. The photos shows a room of people talking to each other in small groups, with a man in a light blue polo shirt most visible in the foreground and approximately 20 other people visible around him.

Retirement of Roland Myers celebrated

Oct 31, 2015

Penn State College of Medicine's Core Facilities marked the retirement of Roland Myers, part of the electron microscopy team, in late October 2015.

Todd Umstead, Research Project Manager, left, and E. Scott Halstead, MD, PhD, Director, right, are seen at work in the Pulmonary Immunology & Physiology Core in 2015. Umstead is at the center of the photo, looking left toward a computer screen and framed by lab equipment on the table in front of him. Umstead looks over his shoulder from the right of the photo.

Pulmonary Immunology & Physiology Core offers services

Jun 17, 2015

The Penn State College of Medicine/Penn State Health Pulmonary Immunology and Physiology (PIP) Core opened in spring 2015.

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