Core Facilities

The Animal Behavior Core provides services to monitor the behavior and physical presentation of animals.

The Behavioral Economics (BE) Core advises on behavioral economics, implementation sciences, and cost effectiveness analyses to translated research findings into clinical practice.

The primary function of the Biochemistry Core is to enable investigators to successfully utilize the BioID method to screen for protein associations in live cells.

We also provide assistance with gel-based protein separation, western immunoblotting and gel/membrane imaging.

The purpose of the Biomedical Statistic Core (BSC) is to create a methodological and statistical infrastructure supporting clinical and translational research and education focused on the mechanisms related to the onset and maintenance of eating disorders and eating behaviors.

The Data Exchange Core provides a resource-effective process for Sanford Health researchers and external collaborators to access electronic health records (EHR) data. 

The mission of the Flow Cytometry (FCM) Core is to assist all the investigators in the Sanford community and their regional collaborators in performing cutting-edge flow cytometry and cell sorting.

The mission of the Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Core is to provide infrastructure, expertise and support in molecular biology applications for COBRE project leaders and other Sanford Research researchers.

The primary role of the Histology and Imaging Core (HIC) is to provide histology and light microscopy support to the laboratories of Sanford Research. The goal of the histology services section of the core is to provide expertise in histological staining. The goal of the Imaging services portion of the HIC is to provide light, fluorescence and confocal microscopy to visual both living and fixed cells.

The Human Subjects Core (HSC) is a resource for CoBRE Project Directors and other researchers conducting research with human subjects.

The Research Assessment Services Core (RASC) provides a wide range of scientific measurement methodologies for the study of eating behavior, eating disorders and related mechanistic constructs, which can be utilized by Project Directors and other collaborating scientists and trainees in their proposed projects.

The mission of the Research Design & Biostatistics Core is to provide assistance with research projects including planning and designing research studies, data collection and management, data analysis, and interpretation and presentation of results.