3T MRI/PET Imaging Core
Provides advanced 3T PET/MRI capabilities for clinical and research PET/MRI imaging using the cutting-edge uPMR 790 system.
Services:
Research and clinical MRI, PET/MRI, contrast imaging, and radiologist readings.
Research Cores and Service Centers
UTHealth Houston encourages the development of collaborative relationships among faculty around research and academic mission-related interests. To support these collaborations, UTHealth Houston enables academic departments, schools, and the university to establish research service centers (RSCs), shared research resources, and other collaborative research facilities and services that advance specific research and academic missions. These resources may include fee-for-service capabilities as well as shared, collaborative infrastructure and centers that provide broader support for faculty research programs. Together, these resources support UTHealth Houston’s growing research enterprise.
To explore trends in research activity, funding, and proposal development across the university, visit the UTHealth Houston Blue Ridge Research Performance Dashboard and the UTHealth Houston Internal Awards and Proposals Dashboard.
To learn more about the policies governing the development and administration of RSCs and related shared research resources, see Development and Administration of Research Service Centers.
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7T Preclinical Imaging Core
Provides state-of-the-art preclinical imaging with a simultaneous 7T Bruker PET-MRI system and IconeUS functional ultrasound.
Services:
In vivo and ex vivo MRI, PET/MRI, functional ultrasound imaging, imaging data analysis, behavioral lab access, and assisted surgical room access.
Atomic Force Microscopy Core
Provides nanoscale structural and nanomechanical analysis using a NanoWizard V AFM integrated with a Nikon TE2000 inverted microscope.
Services:
AFM/fluorescence imaging, topographical imaging, nanomechanical measurements, force spectroscopy, mechanical-property mapping, and 3D image analysis
Behavioral Sciences Imaging Center
A multidisciplinary research imaging and computational center anchored by a Siemens 3-Tesla MAGNETOM Cima.X system, supporting high-resolution neuroimaging, biomedical and translational research, and advanced computational analysis.
Services:
MRI scanning, MRI training, and data computation.
Center for Advanced Microscopy Core
A Nikon Center of Excellence providing advanced light microscopy, specialized imaging systems, and quantitative image analysis to support biomedical research.
Services:
Confocal, STORM, SIM, FLIM, IVIS, and 3D-STED imaging, with assisted or independent instrument use and training.
Center for Craniofacial Research Instrumentation Core (CCRIC)
Provides shared instrumentation for imaging, bioprinting, biomaterials characterization, mechanical testing, spectroscopy, and related biomedical research applications.
Services:
Microscopy and SEM, bioprinting, mechanical testing, spectroscopy, flow cytometry, and image analysis.
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core
Provides state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) for near-atomic single-particle analysis and cellular structure determination by cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET).
Services:
Specimen optimization, grid preparation and screening, cryo-EM/cryo-ET data collection, and user training.
Histology Service Center
Provides CLIA/CAP-certified histology and pathology support for human and animal tissues, with expertise in tissue processing, staining, and biomarker evaluation.
Services:
Frozen and paraffin sectioning, tissue processing and embedding, special stains, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and pathology consultation.
MicroCT Imaging Center
Provides high-resolution in vivo and ex vivo microCT imaging using a Bruker SkyScan 1276 system for small animals and specimens.
Services:
In vivo and ex vivo microCT scanning, 3D imaging, quantitative image analysis, and assisted or independent instrument use.
Small Animal Cardiovascular Phenotyping Center
Provides equipment and expertise for assessment of small-animal cardiovascular structure and physiology.
Services:
Vevo 3100 echocardiography and CODA tail-cuff blood pressure measurement.