Core Research Facilities


Name Location Web Site Contact
Advanced Materials Facilities (G-LAM) McCullough and Annex lam.stanford.edu/lab_fac.html Various - check website under Laboratories/ Facilties
 Description: Support for collaborative research programs on advanced materials. Facilities include scanning electron microscope and scanning probe microscopy.
Biofilm Laboratory Terman B18 www.stanford.edu/group/biofilm/ Lori Howe
(650)724-0655
 Description: Campus wide research facility for studies on microbial biofilms, housing an uprightZeiss LSM 510 confocal microscope. Upright scanhead and water immersion objectives allow imaging of films without removal from growing media.
Bioinformatics Resource Center Beckman CMGM B062D cmgm.stanford.edu Lee Kozar
(650)-725-4483
 Description: Computer resources for biomedical research at Stanford. Membership access to computer hardware; Mac, PC, and UNIX software; consulting; and workshops.
Cell Sciences Imaging Facility (CSIF) Beckman CMGM B050 taltos.stanford.edu Jon Mullholland
(650)-725-7532
 Description: Electron microscopy preparation and imaging services: advanced fluorescence and electron microscopy imaging, including confocal microscopy, 2-photon live cell imaging, deconvolution wide field microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy.
Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromoleccular Assemblies (CPIMA) Stranford (Stauffer III), IBM Almaden Research Center, UC Davis www.stanford.edu/group/
CPIMA/facilities/
Kay Kanazawa
(650) 723-7891
 Description: CPIMA is dedicated to fundamental research on interfaces found in systems containing polymers and low molecular weight amphiphiles.
Cognitive Neuroscience Facility Jordan Hall, Lucas Center for MR Spectroscopy and Imaging, and 401 Welch Rd. psych.stanford.edu/~Ecogneuro/ Dave Paniitz
(650) 725-2654
 Description: Center provides state-of-the-art scientific tools for researchers at Stanford studying human cognitive neuroscience - how the brain supports perception, cognition, emotion, and action, and how these brain-behavior relations are disrupted in neurological and psychiatric diseases.
Data Coordinating Center (DCC) Redwood T138C / Sequoia 139 www.stanford.edu/dept/H
 RP/biostatistics/staff.html

staff only-web site in progress
Balasubramanian Narasimhan
(650) 725-6163
 Description: Web based database management and storage to facilitate School of Medicine research projects: modern database management with data entry and access over the web; establish and maintain scalable and evolving databases; develop tools for the rapid prototyping of data forms; provide reliable and secure environments for data transactions; provide access to secondary databases; including links to publicly available databases.
Department of Surgery FACScan Center (Transplant Surgery FACScan Service Center) Medical School Lab Surge Building , (Lucas Center) P335 www.stanford.edu/group/
TIL/FACScan.htm
Sharon Dickow/Lab
(650)725-7038
(650)725-6616
 Description: Flow Cytometry: three fluorescence detectors to read emission spectra from a variety of dyes, including FITC, PE, CY5, propidium Iodide, and others.
Developmental Biology Fly Facility (Fly Room, Fly Media Service Center) Beckman B367 galitz.stanford.edu Todd Galitz
(650)725-7659
 Description: Fly food and media for various School of Medicine labs: fly bottle; dextrose rack; molasses rack; fly cage; small, medium , large, and xl caps; fly house collection; seeded bottle.
FACS Facility (Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting Facility) Beckman CMGM B016 herzenberg.stanford.edu/facs/ David Parks
(650)-725-8463
 Description: Multi-color fluorescence analysis and cell sorting using high-speed laser-based instruments developed at Stanford.
Functional Genomics Facility (SFGF) CCSR 0120 microarray.org/sfgf/jsp/home.jsp MIke Fero
(650)736-2431
John Coller (650)736-1026
 Description: High quality gene expression microarrays: production support and analysis, bioinformatic support. Products and services include: human and mouse microarrays, grade "C" human and mouse microarrays, poly-l-lysine coated glass, custom array printing, Agilent scan, array hybridization, Biomek FX, Biomek FX programming, hybridization course, and Axon scan.
High Resolution Electron Microscope Facility for Biomedical Sciences Sherman Fairchild em.stanford.edu Jack McMahan
(650)723-7489
 Description: Assists the Biomedical research community in the study of a broad range of problems concerning cell function and disease that require imaging at nanometer spatial resolution using an FEI Technai G3 (Polara) electron microscope. Also provided are specimen preparation equipment, sample quality for tomography assessment using conventional electron microscopes, technical assistance with data collection, training and assistance in the use of EM3D software, and consultation for experimental design and data analysis.
High-Throughput Bioscience Center (HTBC) CCSR 0128 htbc.stanford.edu/ David Solow-Cordero
(650) 725-6002
 Description: Fully automated high-throughput screening (HTS) and high content screening of compound, genomic cDNA, and genomic siRNA libraries. Consultation and assistance for assay development, design, and analysis and for instrumentation training. Access to microplate based liquid handling equipment (SciClone ALH3000, Plate Washers, Reagent/Cells Dispensers), for plate replication, reformatting, reagent/cell dispensing and washing. Access to microplate based detection equipment (AnalystGT, Flexstation and Luminometer) for fluorescence (FP, HTRF, FI, FLIPR), luminescence, and absorbance reads. Access to automated microplate imaging equipment with the Axon ImageXpress.
Human Immune Monitoring Center CCSR Building 0125A http://imc.stanford.edu David L Hirschberg, PhD
(650) 723-1671
 Description: Analysis of clinical samples for a wide variety of immune markers and signs of infectious disease using current bead-based and array technologies, flow cytometry and mass spectrometry.
Lucas Center for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging (Lucas Center, MRSIC, Lucas MRS) Lucas Center P162-168, P173-176,P021A-E,P128 pichon.stanford.edu/
 research/Lucas_Center.html
Anne Sawyer- (650)725-9697
 Description: Apply magnetic resonance (MR) technology to fundamental physiologic and patho-physiologic studies involving animals and humans. Advance MR technology to improve health and patient care. Provide educational opportunities in MR to researchers, clinicians, and students. Serve the academic and industrial community. Whole Body Imaging for humans and animals. Equipment includes: Signa 1.5 Tesla ,2 Tesla upgraded to 4.7 Tesla, Fluoro Suite, and Horizon 3 Tesla.
Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (SMRL) Fairchild D026, and Old Organic Chemistry Bldg.(Quad 7 Bldg 250) Rm. 101A,B,E. smrl.stanford.edu/homepage.html Corey Liu
(650)724-7445
 Description: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, instrumentation, and expertise. Primary Solution State spectroscopy of bio-molecules - also including, but not limited to, studies of polymers, minerals, soils, extracts. Equipment and services include: 800MHz Varian Inova Spectrometer, 600MHz Varian Inova Spectrometer, 500MHz Varian Inova Spectrometer, and staff assistance/consultation.
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Keck 328 mass-spec.stanford.edu Allis Chien
(650)723-0710
 Description: Stanford University Mass Spectrometry (SUMS) offers state-of-the-art, user friendly MS resources on campus to support researchers at Stanford and beyond. Capabilities include routine analysis such as LC-MS/MS protein identification, mass determination of small molecules and biopolymers, LC-MS, MSn, and high-resolution MS, as well as custom proteomics, biomarker, and quantitation projects.
Microbiology and Immunology Electron Microscope Facility (EM Service Center and Core Imaging Facility of DDC, Cell Imaging Core) Fairchild D043B, and Palo Alto VA Bldg. 101 Rm. 4-115 ddc.stanford.edu/
 Corefacilitieslinks/
 Cell_Imaging_Core.htm
Nafisa Ghori
(650)725-0636
 Description: EM services: sample preparation; electron microscopy, CM-12 electron microscope; transmission electron microscopy negative staining; post-embedding immuno-electron microscopy; photography; Immuno-cryo-electron microscopy.
Parallel Computer Cluster (Computational Structural Biology) Fairchild, D-109 biosimulation.stanford.edu Michael Levitt
(650) 723-6800
 Description: Consultation concerning research that focuses on two complementary aspects of protein and nucleic acid structure: simulation of molecular dynamics and prediction of stable native structures. Calculations attempt to simulate atomic motion in as accurate a manner as possible, explicitly including solvent, counter-ions, full flexibility, and thermal motion. Prediction of molecular structure attempts to build a three-dimensional model of the macromolecule using available information. This work ranges from the very difficult problem of protein folding from its amino acid sequence to easier problems of side-chain positioning and homology modeling.
Protein and Nucleic Acid (PAN) Beckman CMGM B065 cmgm.stanford.edu/pan/ Michael Eckart
(650)723-1907
 Description: Multifaceted biotechnology support for basic science research: DNA sequencing and oligo synthesis; protein sequencing and peptide synthesis; protein digestion and HPLC analysis and mapping; mass spectrometry; capillary electrophoresis; and microarray for gene expression analysis.
Proteomic & Integrative Research Facility (SPIR) Edwards R341 spir.stanford.edu Evelyn Wang (650)723-6592
 Description: Based in the Department of Pathology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the facility provides a fee for service component to support the needs of the Stanford research community. In addition, the facility has a mandate to promote research through collaborative projects spanning both basic and clinical research efforts at Stanford.  Services offered encompass standard protein/peptide identification, identification of protein complex components, identification of proteins in lysates, etc.  Services are provided in a packaged format and include sample preparation, protein separation methods, and mass spectrometry analysis. The approach is designed to meet the specific needs of the researcher, so discussion prior to sample submission is required to insure efficient workflow and optimal quality results.
Stanford Center for Innovation and In Vivo Imaging Clark Center, E150 http://sci3.stanford.edu/index.html Tim Doyle (650)724-8250
 Description: The Stanford Center for Innovation in In Vivo Imaging (Sci^3) is a small animal imaging facility that allows non-invasive studies on animals such as mice and rats. In addition to instruments routinely used in the clinic, such as ultrasound, microCT, microPET, microSPECT/CT and MRI (each optimized for animal research), the facility also has instruments to investigate bio-distribution of molecular imaging probes such as GFP, fluorescent markers and bioluminescent proteins in these animals. In addition, full computer support and data archiving is provided to investigators.
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) Paul Allen CIS Building snf.stanford.edu John Schott
(650) 725-3715
 Description: The Stanford Nanofabrication Facility provides advanced nanofabrication equipment and expertise.
Synchrotron Beamline Facility SLAC ssrl.slac.stanford.edu Cathy Knotts
(650) 926-3191
 Description: National User Facility which provides synchrotron radiation used to investigate various forms of matter ranging from objects of atomic and molecular size to man-made materials with unusual properties. X-ray, VUV, and Macromolecular Crystallography beam time can be obtained.
Tissue Bank (Pathology Tissue Bank) 800 Welch Road, Rm 168 tissuebank.stanford.edu Jonathan Pollack
(650)736-1987
 Description: Service to Stanford researchers by facilitating the collection, storage, distribution, and study of human tissues. Services and products include: frozen tissue pickup, frozen tissue from bank, H&E stained frozen section, and review of slides.
Transgenic Mouse Research Facility CCSR 1210 med.stanford.edu/transgenic/ Yanru Chen
(650)498-7604
 Description: Mouse models for gene of interest: transgenic mouse production; targeted ES cell clone production; chimeric mouse production; sperm cryopreservation; in vitro fertilization.
Veterinary Service Center (VSC, formerly DLAM) RAF 1 & 2 med.stanford.edu/compmed/animal_care/ Reese Zazio
(650)725-3882
 Description: Service aspects of the department which assure that all use of animals is humane and complies with all relevant policies and legal requirements. The functions of the VSC include: procurement of animals for research and teaching; provision of veterinary care; provision of animal husbandry services; oversight of animal holding facilities; provision of special services that facilitate animal research.
Visual Art Services (Instructual Media, VAS) MSOB X100 www.stanford.edu/dept/VAS/ Jim Day
(650)723-5401
 Description: Services for photography; medical photography; graphic publication and illustration; electronic imaging and scanning; graphic design and illustration; business cards.