Cores & Shared Resources
Providing University of Florida cancer scientists with state of the art technology coupled with scientific expertise to foster and facilitate outstanding cancer research, is one mission of the UF Health Cancer Center.
If you are interested in utilizing UFHCC supported shared resources, are not currently a member of a program, and are engaged in cancer-relevant research at the University of Florida, please visit the Cancer Center Membership page.
UFHCC-Supported Cores & Shared Resources
UFHCC shared resources are available to all UFHCC research program members conducting externally sponsored cancer relevant research. We provide financial support for the following services:
Biostatistics Shared Resources
Contact:
Samuel S. Wu, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Biostatistics
Office: 5243 CTRB
Phone: (352) 294-5910
Email: sw45@ufl.edu
Provides biostatistical support to enhance scientific research through collaboration with the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) members
Useful Resources
NIH Guidance: Scientific rigor and transparency
Training Modules to Enhance Data Reproducibility
Nature: Statistics for Biologists
Structure-Based Drug Design Core Lab
Core Director: David Ostrov, PhD
Specializing in three primary task areas: 1) X-Ray Crystallography, 2) Lead Discovery, and 3) Lead Optimization
TRC Human shRNA Library
The TRC Human shRNA Library is available to supply Lentiviral Human shRNA clones to UF Health researchers
Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR)
Core Director: Steven Madore, PhD
- Bioinformatics
- Confocal Microscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression & Genotyping
- Monoclonal Antibody
- NextGen DNA Sequencing
- Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Additional Shared Resources Available at UF
The UFHCC may provide financial support for the following resources on an ad hoc case by case basis.
Histology & IHC Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medical Services
A centralized resource for product collection, processing, cryopreservation, storage, preparation, and administration of clinical product applications
Director: Christian Jobin
Center for Cellular Reprogramming
Core Director: Naohiro Terada
Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Cores
Biorepository Core, Human Imaging Core, Genotyping Core, Biobehavioral Core, Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics, Quality Assurance, GCP, GLP, REDCap, Integrated Data Repository, Biomedical Informatics, OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium & OneFlorida Cancer Control Alliance
UF College of Pharmacy Research Centers:
Translational Drug Discovery Core, Center for Food Drug Interaction Research & Education, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), Center for Pharmacogenomics, Center for Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
Veterinary Medicine Cores & Resources
BD FACS Canto II Flow Cytometer, BD LSR Fortessa Cell Analyzer, Zeiss Confocal Microscopy LSM 710, Germ Free Mice, Germ Free Zebrafish
McKnight Brain Institute Cores & Resources
BD FACS Canto II Flow Cytometer, Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Spectroscopy Facility (AMRIS), Cell & Tissue Analysis Core (CTAC), Cell & Tissue Analysis Core Histology, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Lab, Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, Vector Core Lab
Engineering Service Centers & Facilities
Major Analytical Instrumentation Center, Nanoscale Research Facility, Particle Analysis Instrumentation Center (PAIC), Electronic Communications Laboratory (ECL), UF Training Reactor, Soft Matter Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Core Facilities
Neural Engineering, Imaging & Medical Physics, Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine, Biomedical Data Science
High Performance Computing Center
High-Energy Physics, Chemical Physics & Materials Science, Coastal & Estuarine Modeling, Medical Physics, Computational Biology, Computer Science & Engineering
NCQA-accredited survey program for conducting HEDIS healthcare surveys, including mail surveys, telephone surveys, web surveys, in-person surveys, questionnaire development, human subjects protections, facilities, computer security, and translation into foreign languages
Research Training Utility Tool
This tool helps faculty, staff, and students identify what mandatory training must be completed in order to conduct research at the University of Florida