Immunology

Our Immunology Core allows for the expert analyses of immune responses to infectious diseases caused by various BSL2 or BSL3 pathogens. We also offer expertise in the development of assays for novel pathogens and multiple laboratory animal models. Areas of research include but are not limited to:

• Antibody responses
• Cell-cycle analyses
• Lymphoproliferation
• Live cell sorting
• Multi-color phenotypic analyses
• Multiplexed cytokine assays
• Blood chemistry and cellular differentials

The Immunology Core works closely with our other core facilities to lend expert support for down-stream processing and analysis, examples of which include:

• BIO-Imaging Core to design molecular markers and cellular tracers to investigate disease progression using in vivo and in vitro models.
• Animal Core to carefully isolate a variety of tissues from animal models for characterization of immunological components.
• Microbiology Core to process samples for IFA and cryotome sectioning with IHC and histological staining.
• HT Biology Core to design assays using novel cytometric techniques.