Cores
The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research Center provides important scientific resources to center members and to the entire Vanderbilt and VUMC communities.
Listed below are the facilities DRTC currently supports. We encourage members to utilize the extensive network of shared resources and core facilities managed by VU and VUMC, some of which are highlighted on our Resources page.
The price for a DRTC Core Service is determined by the DRTC working with the Office of Research. This price may change so please contact the DRTC Core Director for the current price.
Co-Directors: Sean Davies, PhD and Jeff Spraggins, PhD
Managing Director: Dale Edgerton, PhD
Analytical Services Core
The Analytical Services Core (ASC) offers sensitive, reproducible, and inexpensive analysis of hormones, catecholamines, amino acids, stable isotopes, purine nucleotides, and markers of oxidative stress and inflammation.
Director: Julio Ayala, PhD
Integrated Physiology Core
The Integrated Physiology Core provides investigators with platforms for the design, execution and interpretation of unique and highly specialized surgical and experimental procedures for animal models.
Co-Directors: Jennifer Below and Eric Gamazon, PhD, MS
Functional Multi-omics of Diabetes
Co-Directors: Lauren Woodard, PhD and Mark Magnusson, MD