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Clinical Sciences Innovation Laboratory

Moving your research from concept to completion

About the Innovation Lab

Focused on helping:

  • Researchers without lab space of their own.
  • Researchers without funding to support long-term employees
  • Junior faculty working to establish research
  • Clinical faculty who have a research interest

 

Other useful contacts for getting your research started:

  1. DCS Research Drop-In Session, held the 1st Wednesday of each month, provides for an informal discussion of your research idea and help navigating our research ecosystem. The Drop-In Session is held from 1:00PM - 2:00PM.  Please contact Maria Hopko for the zoom link.
  2. DCS Research Committee members
  3. Preclinical Services Core (Elizabeth Moore)
  4. Clinical Trials Coordinators (Carol Frederick, Cindy Bennett, Andrea King, Adrian Martin)
  5. Cornell Veterinary Biobank - (Marta Castelhano, Susan Garrison)

 

Grant Application Copy/Paste Info on Innovation Lab

The Department of Clinical Sciences operates a fee-based laboratory providing faculty the opportunity to have research conducted on their behalf or to use the lab space to perform their own research. The laboratory manager can provide project planning, supply purchasing, experimentation, and data summary/analysis for projects run through the lab. This laboratory is ideal for researchers without dedicated lab space or full-time technicians, or for those who need assistance with projects of a fixed duration.  The laboratory consists of approximately 500 square feet of research space with 55 feet of bench space, refrigerator, -20C freezer, Beckman Allegra X15R and Eppendorf 5804R refrigerated centrifuges as well as basic research equipment including shaker/incubator, pipetting tools, and electrophoresis/western blot equipment.  The Innovation Lab maintains an adjacent but isolated 110 square foot space dedicated for tissue culture, containing a SterilGARD III Advance biosafety cabinet, two VWR Symphony incubators, and a Leica DMIL LED inverted microscope.

 

Services Provided

  • Project Planning
  • Supply Purchasing
    • Basic laboratory supplies are purchased and maintained in the lab.
    • Unique, specific, or expensive supplies may be purchased for the PI using their account.
  • Experimentation
    • Conducting experiments utilizing techniques such as RNA and DNA isolation, reverse-transcription PCR, quantitative PCR, Western blotting, protein extraction and analysis, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, RNAscope, ELISA, next-generation sequencing methods, sequence alignment and verification, and primer design and testing, complex and innovative cell culturing, and trouble-shooting primary and established cell lines.
  • Data Summary/Analysis
    • Basic data compilation

 

Equipment Available

  • C1118
    • Balances (Mettler Toledo DeltaRange PC2200, VWR 164AC)
    • Biosafety Cabinet, 6', Baker SterilGARD e3
    • Centrifuges (Beckman Allegra X-15R, Eppendorf 5804R, Eppendorf 5415D, Multiple Mini/Microfuges)
    • Cryogen Dewars (5L, Biocision Cryopod Carrier, Thermolyne Locator6Plus 34L)
    • Gel/Blot Power Supply (BTX ECM830, 150v, 200v, 300v, 500v)
    • Hot Plates / Magnetic Stirrers / Heat Blocks (multiple each)
    • Fume Hood and flammable storage
    • Microplate Reader, BioTek Synergy H1MFD (top and bottom Fluroescence intensity)
    • Microscopes (Inverted Nikon Diaphot, Inverted Nikon TMS, AO409, Inverted Leica DMIL LED)
    • Mixers (2-tier Rockers, Revolvers, multiple Vortexers)
    • Pipettors, Auto, Various Sizes, 3 sets
    • PCR (Eppendorf MasterCycler NexusGSX1 and ThermoMixer C)
    • QPCR System, Real Time, 2ml 96 Well, Applied Biosystems QuantStudio3
    • Spectrophotometer, Thermo Scientific NanoDrop OneC
    • Water Baths & Heat Blocks (multiple)
    • -20C Freezer Rental (by the box)
    • -80C Freezer Rental (by the box)
    • LN2 Storage Rental (by the box)
  • C1118B - Dedicated Cell-Culture Room
    • Biosafety Cabinet, 6', Baker SterilGARD III
    • 2x Incubator, CO2, Air Jacketed, VWR Symphony
    • Microscope, Inverted, Phase Contrast, Leica DMIL LED
    • Centrifuge, Eppendorf 5702
    • Cell Counter, Life Technologies Countess II FL
    • Water Bath, Digital, Fisher Scientific Isotemp 205
  • C1118E
    • Imager, Gels/Blots, Bio-Rad ChemiDoc MP w/multiple sample trays
    • Immuno Analyzer, CTL Analyzers ImmunoSpot S6 Universal
    • Multiplex Reader, Bio-Rad Magpix
    • Microplate Reader / Luminometer, 1-Channel, Molecular Devices SpectraMaxL
    • Sonicator, Diagenode Bioruptor Plus w/ Chiller-Circulator

 

  • Clinical Sciences Shared Equipment (owned by PI's but available for use upon request).
  • CVM Shared Equipment Resources (add link)

Rates

 

SERVICEINCLUDES BREAKDOWN OF FEE
INITIAL CONSULTATIONTOUR OF LAB, DISCUSSION OF AVAILABLE SERVICES, CONSULTATION TO SEE WHICH SERVICE BEST FITS YOUR NEEDSNO CHARGE 
TECHNICAL STAFFTO CARRY OUR YOUR RESEARCH AS DIRECTED.  POSSIBLE SERVICES INCLUDE: CONSULTATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TRAINING ON PROCEDURES, RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS, SAMPLE PROCESSING/DELIVERY/ORGANIZATION/RECORD KEEPING, SHIPPING, DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING, BASIC DATA ANALYSISContact Mike ByronNOTE: GENERAL TRAINING TIME THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR TECHNICAL STAFF WILL NOT BE CHARGED TO THE PI, WHEREAS AS PROJECT-SPECIFIC TRAINING TIME WILL BE CHARGED TO THE PI, AS DETERMINED AT INITIAL CONSULTATION.
 MAY ALSO INCLUDE:  ADMINISTRATIVE (SCHEDULING, INVOICING, ONBOARDING/ ORIENTATION FOR LAB USERS), ORDERING PROJECT-SPECIFIC SUPPLIES AND REAGENTS, FREEZER MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT DURATION OF PROJECTContact Mike ByronNOTE:  IF WORK IS REQUIRED DURING UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED HOLIDAYS, THE RATE WILL INCREASE.
 ADDITIONAL SERVICES:  SUPPLEMENTAL DATA STORAGE, LONG-TERM STORAGE OF SUPPLIES/REAGENTS, ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS  
LONG-TERM SAMPLE STORAGESAFE AND RELIABLE SAMPLE STORAGE LIQUID NITROGEN = $1/VIAL/MONTH (CANES)
 ASSIGNED SPACE AND LOCATION ULTRALOW (-80C) FREEZER = $10/BOX/MONTH
   STANDARD (-20C) FREEZER = $5/BOX/MONTH
   REFRIGERATOR (4C) = $2/BOX/MONTH
   ROOM TEMP = TBD BASED ON SPACE REQUIRED