MDRC Islet Core

The Islet Core provides consultative advice and state-of-the-art equipment and services for the isolation and study of pancreatic islet structure and function in support of diabetes-related research.

RRID

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University of Michigan MDRC Islet Core RRID:SCR_026769

Serving

External Researchers, U-M Researchers

Service Categories

Animal Research, Biorepository, Histology, Pathology, & Tissue, Human Research, Imaging, Microscopy, and Analysis, Physiology

Contact

Islet Core

[email protected]

Affiliation

Medical School

CFMS Website

Services

  • Whole pancreas isolation
  • Embryonic pancreas isolation
  • rodent islet isolation
  • β- α-cell mass
  • Proliferation assesments
  • Apoptosis assesments
  • Static GSIS
  • Perifusion
  • Respirometry
  • Transfection
  • Islet dissociation and pseudo-islets
  • Live fluorescent imaging
  • Embryonic rudiments cultures
  • Grafts and Imaging in the anterior chamber of the eye
  • Human islets

Equipment

  • Perifusion aparatus
  • Cytospin
  • Digital stereotaxic frame
  • Fluorescence wide depth of field microscope
  • Auto-isolator
  • COBE
  • Perfusion pump