COCVD

COCVD PHYSIOLOGIC RESEARCH CORES

All of the COCVD projects are facilitated by services that the Physiologic Research Cores provide to investigators. These include the measurement of lipids and cytokines in plasma/sera and cell culture media, measurement of blood pressure by radiotelemetry, quantification of atherosclerosis, measurement of whole body metabolism in mice, and basic services in pathology. The cores offer well-maintained facilities and research technical support to standardize measurement of metabolites and/or hormones for accuracy and reproducibility. Specifically, the physiologic cores provide measurement of lipid metabolites and hormones in blood products and cell culture extracts and maintains the necessary equipment for measurement, such as HPLCs with UV and electrochemical detectors, FPLCs for size exclusion chromatography, gas chromatograph, and the Luminex100TM System. The technical expertise and equipment that the Physiological Research Cores provide and make available to COCVD investigators greatly enhances the capabilities of their individual research projects.

PHYSIOLOGIC RESEARCH CORE DIRECTORS

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CORE
Andrew Morris, Ph.D.
Professor, Cardiovascular Research Center

CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CORE
Alan Daugherty, Ph.D.
College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean of Research
Director, Cardiovascular Research Center

DIABETES RESEARCH CORE
Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research Center

OBESITY RESEARCH CORE
Lisa A. Cassis, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
COCVD COBRE Program Director

PATHOLOGY RESEARCH CORE
Wendy Katz, Ph.D.
Research Associate Senior, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences