Cores

The Core Center is dedicated to understanding processes in degenerative muscle disorders and to identifying therapeutic interventions. In order to most rapidly effect gains, the Center provides a host of interactive intellectual, administrative and research cores. The Center is comprised of four core facilities, all designed to facilitate discovery of therapeutics and test hypotheses related to muscle research. These cores include:

Highthroughput Screening and Cell Repository Muscle Phenotyping and Imaging Bioinformatics and Genomics Back

A primary goal for the Center in creating these Cores is to make available generically useful resources that can be distributed to other researchers in muscular dystrophy or to basic scientists interested in muscle research. The Center is structured to enrich existing muscle research programs on campus by providing its members with access to unique core facilities, pilot funding mechanisms, seminars and an annual retreat focused on muscle research.

Furthermore, the Core Center brings together investigators with a variety of specific interests, some of which are not directly muscle related, to benefit research in muscle disorders.