Analytical and Assay Core

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Analytical and Assay Core

The Analytical and Assay Core is a core facility in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Its main goal is to provide support for various radioimmunoassays, enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA), molecular and chemical analyses.

We have moved to an online submission management system. Directions for registering with the iLab system and for submitting service requests are located within iLab tab to the left. ALL users (Principle Investigator or Basic User, a member of a PI's research group) must register and set up an account through the iLab site listed above.

However, please be aware that a Principal Investigator must set up their account first and specify the Basic Users that have access to their account. If you are already a user of iLab via another institution, you do not need to register again and you can log into our core system using your already established iLab credentials.

Submissions for the Analytical and Assay Core:

https://ummc.ilab.agilent.com/service_center/show_external/5600/analytical_and_assay_core

If you have trouble registering for the site, please contact Lizzy Flynn for assistance.

These facilities and services are a resource for the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMMC collaborators and other educational and research institutions on a fee-for-service basis.

The specific aims of this core are:

To provide and ensure uniform methods for collection, labeling, transporting, storage and analysis of biological samples, including plasma, urine and tissues.
To provide accurate and timely analyses of these samples.
To provide supervision of commonly used analytical procedures.
To provide maintenance for equipment used by multiple investigators in different projects in the department and
To train new personnel in the proper use of the equipment.
To provide hardware and software for computerized collection and retrieval of data from radiation counters.
To reduce the expenditure of research funds by bulk purchasing of supplies at discount and by allowing equipment, instruments and facilities to serve multiple investigators.
To provide expertise and equipment to develop new and improve existing assays.
To provide personnel needed to ensure compliance with regulations in radiation safety, and handling of blood-borne pathogens and hazardous chemicals.

Elizabeth Flynn, the laboratory manager, has more than 10 years of experience performing radioimmunoassays and other biochemical assays. Dr. Barbara T. Alexander is the overall core leader and coordinates administrative and budgetary components of the core.

Equipment and assays available

Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
VET AXCEL Chemistry Analyzer

Acknowledgement of Core Services:

This Core serves an invaluable resource for many users at UMMC and is supported by multiple NIH funded programs as well as the Department of Physiology & Biophysics. Your use of this core is greatly appreciated and we hope to continue to provide these services to support your research program. Sustainability of these core services is a major goal of the Physiology Department.

As a user of these core services, you are expected to acknowledge the proper funding source that provides support for your use of this core. For every publication, press release or other document regarding above mentioned use of these core services, the appropriate NIH award, Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research Center P30GM149404 should be cited and acknowledged within PubMed Central (PMC). Appropriate acknowledgement can be reported as follows: "Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30GM149404. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health."

However, if a manuscript includes one or more co-authors whose listed affiliation is with a foreign institution, and the publication acknowledges support from the NIH IDeA Program, including the COBRE award,investigators should contact the COBRE Administrative Core before manuscript submission. NIH has recently emphasized that publications acknowledging IDeA funding and including authors affiliated with foreign institutions may require prior review and approval by NIGMS, even when the research activities were conducted entirely in the United States. The COBRE Administrative Core will help determine whether additional documentation or consultation with NIGMS is needed before the manuscript is submitted or the award is cited.

Contact Us

Elizabeth Flynn, Laboratory Manager
G475, Guyton Research Center
(601) 984-1825
Fax: (601) 984-1817