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Biosciences

Key services
  • Advanced Light Microscopy Facility
  • ASU Genomics Facility
  • Bioinformatics Facility
  • Flow Cytometry Facility
  • DNA Shared Resource Facility
  • Mass Spectrometry Facility
  • Preclinical Imaging
  • Clinical and Translational Research Recharge Center

The eleven facilities within the biosciences core offer services and tools including ASU genomics facility, regenerative med, mass spectrometry facility, preclinical imaging, magnetic resonance research center, flow cytometry facility, advanced light microscopy facility, bioinformatics facility, ultrafast laser facility, DNA shared resource facility, and clinical and translational research recharge center.

Clinical Research Services

Key services

    Arizona State University's Clinical Research Services is dedicated to providing researchers with access to equipment and staff necessary to support or conduct high-quality human clinical research. Our state-of-the-art facilities are designed to support collaborative teams of faculty, students, external researchers, and community outreach groups - all of which are working to develop and conduct research that has direct value and relevance to health challenges in the community.

    Clinical Research Services can be provided offsite or at three locations in the Phoenix Metro Area:

    • Health Futures Center at Mayo Clinic
    • 850 Phoenix Bioscience Core Facility
    • Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Research Building

    Computing and data services

    Key services
    • Research Computing
    • Office of Evaluation & Educational Effectiveness
    • Research Data Management

    ASU supports research data and high performance computing needs as well as independent evaluation services for both externally and internally funded programs and grants. 

    Instrument Design and Fabrication

    Key services
    • Research support
    • Design
    • Repair
    • Electronics
    • Glassblowing
    • Machining
    • Ultra high vacuum
    • Welding
    • EDM

    The Instrument Design and Fabrication Core Facility offers a wide range of services for ASU researchers, peer institutions and private industry partners. With expert staff and capabilities from our Electronics and Machine shops along with our Glassblowing service resources, we are ready to help you accomplish your project goals.

    Materials characterization and synthesis

    Key services
    • TEM/SEM/STEM
    • Aberration corrected EM
    • Cryo-TEM
    • Ion beam analysis
    • Microprobe
    • Spectroscopy
    • X-ray diffraction
    • High-pressure synthesis
    • life Science Electron microscopy
    • Synthesis and processing

    The Eyring Materials Center provides academic and industry researchers with open access to advanced facilities and equipment for materials characterization; surface, optical and structural analysis; high-resolution and life Science electron microscopy; and materials synthesis and processing notably at high pressure.

    Facilities within EMC include:

    • John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy
    • Life Science Electron Microscopy Lab
    • Goldwater Materials Science Facility

    Nanofabrication

    Key services
    • NanoFab
    • Advanced Electronics and Photonics

    Our Nanofabrication facilities are equipped with the tools and expertise for advanced device processing, characterization, development and fabrication. With more than 45,000 combined square feet of clean room space, the Core Facilities specialize in nanofabrication, nanoscale processing and electronics design, fabrication, testing and integration.

    Biosciences
    atomic force microscopy,bioinformatics,biostatistics,cell sorting,data analysis,DNA extraction,electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy (TEM),scanning electron microscopy (SEMs),electron paramagnetic resonance,spin relaxation,electron spin echo,electron spin density,zeeman interaction,hyperfine coupling,zero-field splitting,electron-electron double resonance,environmental analysis and testing,flow cytometry,flow sorting,fluorescent analysis,genomics,genetic sequencing,next-generation sequencing (NGS),RNA seq,genome sequencing,ChIP seq,Exome sequencing,cancer panel sequencing,Illumina,DNA sequencing,Sanger sequencing,ABI 3730,mRNA sequencing,smRNA sequencing,bacterial NGS sequencing,FFPE sequencing,amplicon sequencing,16s sequencing,genetics,machine learning,mass spectrometry,protein,MALDI,Triple quad,HPLC-MS/MS,Proteome/proteomics,metabolomics,Lipidome/lipodomics,glycomics,post-translational modification (PTM),SDS-PAGE,2D-E,Tandem MS/MS,Orbitrap Fusion [tool],ABI 4800 [tool],GC/GC-MS,Q-TOF,intact proteins,charge deconvolution,in-gel digest,accurate mass,electron transfer dissociation (ETD),nanospray,metagenomics,microbiome,optical microscopy,plasmid repository,protein/peptide arrays,ribo depletion,scanning tunneling microscopy,separations,single cell analysis,spectroscopy
    Clinical Research Services
    aberration corrected electron microscopy (ACEM)
    Computing and data services
    data storage,data analysis,high performance computing (HPC),super computer,server cluster,servers,big data,Hadoop,Linux,high throughput computing (HTC)
    Instrument Design and Fabrication
    electronics design/repair,glassblowing services,instrument design,instrument repair,machining services,ultra high vacuum,vacuum pump,sheet metal,computer aided design (CAD),computer numerical control (CNC) lathe,electrical discharge machining (EMD),computer aided manufacturing (CAM),welding,computer numerical control (CNC) mill,service machine,annealing
    Materials characterization and synthesis
    atomic force microscopy,calorimetry,film deposition,electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy (TEM),scanning electron microscopy (SEMs),electron probe electron microscopy/analysis (EPEM, EPEA),aberration corrected electron microscopy (ACEM),cryo-transmission electron microscopy (CTEM),environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM),focused ion beam SEM,scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM),high angle annular dark field,furnaces,high spatial analytical measurements,high pressure synthesis,ion beam analysis (IBA),proton/particle induced X-ray emissions (PIXE),particle induced gamma emission (PIGE),X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy,energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (EDXRF),elastic recoil detection (ERD) analysis (ERDA),nuclear reaction analysis (NRA),ion channeling,light element detection,materials processing,microprobe,optical microscopy,profilometer (optical/stylus),Rutherford backscattering (RBS),spectroscopy,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS),UV-vis spectroscopy ,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR),Raman spectroscopy,Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS),Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX),thermo gravimetry analysis,X-ray diffraction (XRD),ellipsometry,life Science Electron microscopy
    Nanofabrication
    cleanroom,deposition,atomic layer deposition,dielectric deposition,metal deposition,device fabrication,MEMS device fabrication,semiconductor device fabrication,lithography,electron beam lithography,optical lithography,metrology,plasma etching,thermal processing,wet chemical processing