NERTRN Core Facility Survey August 2008
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The New England Regional Translational Research Network
Core Laboratory Survey

The New England Regional Translational Research Network (NERTRN) is a voluntary cooperative organization comprised of the University of Vermont (Richard Galbraith, MD, PhD), Dartmouth Medical School (Murray Korc, MD, PhD), the University of Massachusetts (John Sullivan, MD), the University of Connecticut (Judith Fifield, PhD), Brown University (Timothy Flanigan, MD), the Maine Medical Center Research Institute (Ken Ault, MD), and The Jackson Laboratory (Rick Woychik, PhD). The Network was formed to facilitate and enable clinical and translational research across the region. Examples of initiatives underway are attempts to build IRB reciprocity, interoperability of information services, educational and training programs, standardization of data reporting and adverse event reporting, co-recruitment of subjects for studies, and sharing of core facilities.

The attached survey specifically addresses the issues of core facilities. Please help us by taking the time to fill in this form and submitting it after which it will be routed automatically to Valerie Scott, Senior Director of Scientific Services at The Jackson Laboratory, who is coordinating our efforts to collate and publicize the core laboratories available throughout the region. When the data have been collated and analyzed, they will be distributed to each of the institutional representatives for feedback to you.

Many thanks for your help.

Richard Galbraith, MD, PhD
Chair, NERTRN

1. Please give us your contact information:

Please give us your contact information: Name:
Institution:
Title/Dept.
Address:
City/Town:
State:
ZIP Code:
Email Address:
Phone Number:

2. Would you be interested in accessing the following core facilities if they were accessible to NERTRN participating institutions? (Yes or No) (NERTRN CORE GROUP: note this would be the working groups recommended list)

	Yes/No
Deep Sequencing Core/UMass Medical School (http://www.umassmed.edu/nemo/index.aspx) Library Services, Genomics, Bioinformatics	Would you be interested in accessing the following core facilities if they were accessible to NERTRN participating institutions? (Yes or No) (NERTRN CORE GROUP: note this would be the working groups recommended list) Deep Sequencing Core/UMass Medical School (http://www.umassmed.edu/nemo/index.aspx) Library Services, Genomics, Bioinformatics Yes/No
shRNA Library Core/UMass Medical School (http://www.umassmed.edu/shrna/index.aspx) Provides Clones	shRNA Library Core/UMass Medical School (http://www.umassmed.edu/shrna/index.aspx) Provides Clones Yes/No
Reproductive Sciences (murine)/The Jackson Laboratory (http://jaxservices.jax.org/index.html) Cell Culture, Stem Cell Procurement & Derivation, Tissue Culture, Transgenics, Gamete Cryopreservation	Reproductive Sciences (murine)/The Jackson Laboratory (http://jaxservices.jax.org/index.html) Cell Culture, Stem Cell Procurement & Derivation, Tissue Culture, Transgenics, Gamete Cryopreservation Yes/No
Molecular Phenotyping Sciences/The Jackson Laboratory (http://jaxservices.jax.org/index.html) Western Blot, SDS-PAGE, RNA Integrity, RNA analysis, Real-time PCR, Proteomics, Protein Extraction, Nucleic Acid Extraction, Microarray (Affy expression & SNP-Chip), Mass Spectrometry, Flow Cytometric Analysis, DNA Analysis, Data Analysis, Cell Sorting, Cell Culture, Biochemical Analysis, 2D-PAGE	Molecular Phenotyping Sciences/The Jackson Laboratory (http://jaxservices.jax.org/index.html) Western Blot, SDS-PAGE, RNA Integrity, RNA analysis, Real-time PCR, Proteomics, Protein Extraction, Nucleic Acid Extraction, Microarray (Affy expression & SNP-Chip), Mass Spectrometry, Flow Cytometric Analysis, DNA Analysis, Data Analysis, Cell Sorting, Cell Culture, Biochemical Analysis, 2D-PAGE Yes/No
Stem Cell Core/Univ. of Connecticut Health Center (http://genetics.uchc.edu/stemcell/index.htm) Stem Cell Procurement, Cell Culture	Stem Cell Core/Univ. of Connecticut Health Center (http://genetics.uchc.edu/stemcell/index.htm) Stem Cell Procurement, Cell Culture Yes/No
Viral Vector Core Facility/Maine Medical Center Research Institute (http://www.mmcri.org/facility/vector.html) Recombinant viral vector	Viral Vector Core Facility/Maine Medical Center Research Institute (http://www.mmcri.org/facility/vector.html) Recombinant viral vector Yes/No
Center for X-Ray Crystallography/Univ. of Vermont (http://www.uvm.edu/sbb/cxx/cxx.html) Molecular Imaging; Single Crystal X-ray Pattern Analysis; X-Ray Crystallography	Center for X-Ray Crystallography/Univ. of Vermont (http://www.uvm.edu/sbb/cxx/cxx.html) Molecular Imaging; Single Crystal X-ray Pattern Analysis; X-Ray Crystallography Yes/No
Molecular Pathology CoreCOBRE - Center for Cancer Res. Dev./Rhode Island Hospital (http://www.rih-cobre-cares.org/moleoverview.html) RNA Integrity; RNA analysis; Real-time PCR; PCR Arrays; Optical Imaging; Microscopy; Laser Capture Microdissection; Immunohistochemistry; Tissue microarray, Human tumor bank	Molecular Pathology CoreCOBRE - Center for Cancer Res. Dev./Rhode Island Hospital (http://www.rih-cobre-cares.org/moleoverview.html) RNA Integrity; RNA analysis; Real-time PCR; PCR Arrays; Optical Imaging; Microscopy; Laser Capture Microdissection; Immunohistochemistry; Tissue microarray, Human tumor bank Yes/No

3. Which of following Core Facilities would you be interested in accessing? (NERTRN CORE GROUP: note I would remove redundant cores based on overlap in the description of deliverables)

4. Please identify core facilities which do not appear on the list above to which you would like access.

Please identify core facilities which do not appear on the list above to which you would like access.

5. What core facilities would you like to see developed across NERTRN sites?

What core facilities would you like to see developed across NERTRN sites?

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