Search for Shared Facilities | Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Skip to content Search for Shared Facilities VP&S Institutional Cores provide scientific services to all Columbia researchers (and external partners ), while Departmental Resources may provide more technically specialized or limited-access services. Toggle between these resource types and/or resource categories below. Showing 1 - 10 of 68 Services Advanced Instrument Engineering & Development Affiliation Mortimer B. Zucker­man Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZMBBI) Advance Instrument Engineering & Development group will design, build and tests commercially unavailable instruments, tools, and software. Leadership Tanya Tabachnik Contact Tanya Tabachnik Jerome L. Green Science Center 3227 Broadway New York NY 10027 United States 212-853-0472 tt2564@columbia.edu Advanced Tissue Pathology and Imaging Core Core Facility Affiliation Diabetes Research Center (DRC) Visualizing and quantifying tissue and cellular pathologies are central to understanding the pathogenesis, progression, and complications of metabolic disease. Leadership Lori Zeltser, PhD Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology Backup Freezers & Dry Ice Affiliation Columbia University Irving Medical Center CUIMC provides upright, shelved -80°C freezers for the research community to use during a freezer failure while their freezer is being repaired or replaced. Leadership CUIMC Facilities Contact Yvonne Wojcicki CUIMC Campus New York NY 10032 United States yw2366@cumc.columbia.edu Biomarkers (Biospecimen Processing, Storage, and Analysis) Affiliation Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) The Biomarkers Shared Resource provides a centralized and cost-effective resource for receiving, handling, and storing human samples that are collected as part of research studies. Leadership Regina Santella, PhD Contact Irina Gurvich, MS Black Building, 1608 650 West 168th Street New York NY 10032 United States 212-305-8158 ig112@columbia.edu Biomarkers (Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Pharmacokinetics) Affiliation Irving Institute and the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Executes mass spectrometry and bioanalytical assays for the quantitative assessment of biomarkers, drugs, and metabolites. Leadership Renu Nandakumar, PhD Contact Renu Nandakumar, PhD Presbyterian Hospital Building, 10-105 622 West 168th Street New York NY 10032 United States 212-305-0871 rn2374@cumc.columbia.edu Biomedical Informatics Affiliation Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) Provides training; expertise in data analysis tools/methodologies; access to state of the art software, databases, models, and computing infrastructure; and customized data analysis workflows. Leadership Aris Floratos, PhD Contact Aris Floratos, PhD Irving Cancer Research Center, Room 801 1130 St. Nicholas Avenue New York NY 10032 United States 212-851-5139 af2202@cumc.columbia.edu Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratory Affiliation Aaron DIamond AIDS Research Center The ADARC BSL-3 facility allows users to culture cells and process animal and human tissues that require biosafety level 3 containment. Leadership Manoj Nair Contact Manoj Nair 701 West 168th Street New York NY 10032 United States mn2947@cumc.columbia.edu Body Composition Analysis Core Facility Affiliation Diabetes Research Center (DRC) The Mouse Metabolic Function and Phenotyping Core has provided equipment and training for DRC investigators to measure the body composition of mice. Leadership Charles LeDuc, PhD Cancer Biostatistics Affiliation Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) Collaborates with investigators in the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of clinical, laboratory, and population science studies. Leadership Jianhua Hu, PhD, MS Contact Bin Cheng, PhD Mailman School of Public Health, Room 640 722 West 168th Street New York NY 10032 United States 212-342-1238 bc2159@columbia.edu Carleton Strength of Materials Laboratory Affiliation School of Engineering and Applied Science Equipped for research in all types of engineering materials and structural elements as well as damage detection, fatigue, vibrations, and sensor networks. Also has a fully outfitted machine shop. Leadership Adrian Brügger, Ph.D. Contact William Hunnicutt, Ph.D. 161 Engineering Terrace 500 West 120th Street, MC4709 New York NY 10027 United States 212-854-3158 wah2125@columbia.edu Pages next last