Please contact the relevant PI directly to discuss possible collaborations.
Bile duct ligation | Kari Nejak-Bowen |
Body composition by proton-NMR | Michael Jurczak |
Special chemistry lab in the CLB (Pathology): offers assays for several drugs and vitamins; provides consultation for preclinical and clinical drug study designs. | Raman Venkataramanan |
Drug Discovery Institute: collaborates with faculty interested in including drug discovery, development and computational pathology in their research programs | Lans Taylor, Director of University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute https://www.upddi.pitt.edu/ |
Flow Cytometry | Eric Lagasse |
Hepatocyte culture work – In vitro | Raman Venkataramanan |
Histology, basic | Sarangarajan Ranganathan (through CHP Pathology Division, research core laboratory) |
Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp with isotopic tracers | Michael Jurczak |
Imaging — Ultrasound Thermal Strain
Imaging — Micro-vasculature network in vivo at high resolution |
Kang Kim |
Immune assay development and conduct | Lisa Butterfield, Director of UPCI Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory http://upci.upmc.edu/imcpl/ |
Immunohistochemical support for workup of antibodies | Sarangarajan Ranganathan (through CHP Pathology Division, research core laboratory) |
In vitro microfluidic platforms to test molecular targets in patient blood samples | Prithu Sundd |
In vivo animal studies | Raman Venkataramanan |
Inflammation biomarker analyses (e.g. Luminex™, ELISA, etc.) | Yoram Vodovotz |
Isolated Liver perfusion | Raman Venkataramanan |
Liver perfusion | Kari Nejak-Bowen |
Magnetic activated cell sorter [Miltenyi Biotec]: magnets (Mini, Midi, and QuadroMACS) with stands | Eva Schmelzer, in collaboration with Joerg Gerlach |
Metabolomic analysis. We provide both untargeted metabolomics (global metabolites) and targeted metabolomics (such as bile acids, drugs, and drug metabolites). | Xiaochao Ma |
Laser capture microdissection | Michael Oertel |
Metabolic cage analysis for energy expenditure, feeding and activity | Michael Jurczak |
Microscopy – Intravital in live mice
Microscopy – Live cell Microscopy – Total internal reflection fluorescence |
Prithu Sundd
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NexGen sequencing | Obaid Shaikh, in collaboration with Dr Scott Kulich (Chief of Molecular Anatomic Pathology at the VA) |
Odyssey Infrared Scanner [Licor] | Eva Schmelzer, in collaboration with Joerg Gerlach |
Proteomics | Nathan Yates |
Real-time PCR [Applied Biosystems] | Eva Schmelzer, in collaboration with Joerg Gerlach |
Recruitment of patients for clinical studies and for the collection of samples used to further understand and explore hepatobiliary diseases affecting children | James Squires |
Software and analytic support for quantitating muscle mass on cross sectional imaging. | Michael Dunn |
Tissue Processing | Sarangarajan Ranganathan (through CHP Pathology Division, research core laboratory) |
IRB-approved pathway available for faculty colleagues who may want to explore clinical applications of wearable physical activity monitoring. | Michael Dunn |