Email this pageResources for Researchers
The Edward G. Miner Library maintains a list of useful online resources for researchers. Below are institutional support groups.
Animal Resource
The mission of Animal Resource is to assure the humane care and well-being of animals used in research and teaching at the University, while meeting the animal-related needs of faculty and their staff. We assist the University in complying with government and accrediting agencies which oversee animal research. We strive to promote quality science through responsible animal care and use.
Bibby Library
Bibby Library is an academic dental library, serving primarily the faculty, residents, and staff of the University of Rochester's Eastman Institute for Oral Health.
Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) Core
The Biosafety level three facility (BSL-3) is available for the use of any researcher at the university whose work requires manipulation of biological agentswhich may cause serious or potentially lethal disease as a result of exposure by the inhalation route.
Cell Sorting Core
The cell sorting core assists users to adapt and modify existing flow cytometric methods or to develop new procedures for their specific requirements.
Clinical Research Center
This Clinical Research Center is funded by the National Institutes of Health within the National Center for Research Resources through the University's Clinical and Translational Science Award (Grant No. UL1 RR024160) to support clinical studies.
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
As one of the first institutions nationwide with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute is to lead the emerging field of clinical and translational research.
Electron Microscope Research Core
The Electron Microscope Research core facility provides research support in electron microscopy using a Hitachi 7100 Transmission Electron Microscope. Scanning electron microscopy can also be done.
Functional Genomics Center
The Functional Genomics Center consolidates the Microarray Core, the Nucleic Acid Core and the MicroChemical Protein/Peptide Core Facilites into one entity.
Information Systems Division
Computing Support & Network Services - Faculty & Staff Intranet Access Only
Medical Informatics
The Division of Medical Informatics is a group of medical faculty and computer experts whose functions are to initiate research activities in medical informatics which offer substantial overlap with the clinical and research life of the rest of the school lead educational programs and discussions of informatics-related topics related to the conduct of long-term research projects or the improvement of the quality of patient care lead the development of novel prototype applications that may result in useful, institution-wide implementations.
MicroChemical Protein/Peptide Core Facility
This facility is an analytical service available to all members of the University community. The facility provides compositional and structural elucidation of proteins and peptides.
Miner Library
This academic health sciences library serves the University of Rochester Medical Center, including the School of Medicine and Dentistry, the Strong Memorial Hospital, the School of Nursing and the Eastman Dental Center.
Office for Educational Resources
The Office for Educational Resources provides support services for faculty, staff, and students.
Office for Human Subject Protection (OHSP)
The goal of the Office of Human Subject Protection is to establish the University of Rochester Medical Center as a leader in protecting the rights, welfare, and safety of human subjects participating in research.
Office of Corporate Alliances
The Office of Corporate Alliances (OCA) is industry's link to biomedical research at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), an international pacesetter in basic, translational, and clinical investigation. Working with URMC faculty members and potential corporate partners, OCA facilitates the dynamic transfer of URMC science and technology from the laboratory to the realm of medical advancement.
Office of Research and Project Administration (ORPA)
Research administration at the University of Rochester is a multi-faceted experience with contributions made by many different people and offices.
Pathology/Morphology Imaging Core (PMIC)
This core facility provides a Leica Confocal Microscope, an Olympus Flourescent Microscope, and an Arcturus PixCell Laser Capture Microscope for use by the SMD faculty. All users are provided the ability and expertise to characterize normal and abnormal biologic specimens, from the level of the intact mouse to subcellular structures.
Real Time Confocal Core
The Real Time Confocal core comprises a Noran OZ real-time laser scanning confocal microscope and associated SGI computers for operating the instrument and for off-line data analysis.
Research Subjects Review Board (RSRB)
The mission of the RSRB is to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects at the University of Rochester. To accomplish this, we review, approve the initiation of, and conduct periodic review of research involving human subjects.
Rochester Center for Brain Imaging (RCBI)
The Rochester Center for Brain Imaging (RCBI) provides researchers at the University of Rochester, as well as neighboring institutions, with access to a state-of-the-art 3T magnet for research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Although the primary use of the Center is to gather functional MRI data from the normal adult brain as participants perform a variety of tasks, it is capable of providing structural images of many anatomical structures.
Technology Transfer
Recognizing a need for technology transfer services specific to its medical faculty and to healthcare innovation, the University of Rochester established the URMC Office of Technology Transfer in 2001. The office is rapidly evolving and its responsibilities have recently expanded to include increased involvement in emerging biotechnology company development.
Transgenic Core
At this time, the Transgenic core provides expertise and assistance in the production of transgenic mouse models by either DNA microinjection or gene targeting in embryonic stem (ES) cells.
UCAR
Business Opportunities
Facilitating the transfer of URMC science and technology from the laboratory to the realm of medical advancement.
